diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_pybwa.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_pybwa.yml
index c38ecd4..ee93601 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_pybwa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_pybwa.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: 'true'
 
+      # TODO: remove this and the next action when the following PR 
+      # is merged and released:
+      #   https://github.com/rickstaa/action-contains-tag/pull/18
+      - name: git config remote.origin.followRemoteHEAD never
+        shell: bash
+        run: git config remote.origin.followRemoteHEAD never
+
+      - name: debug git branch -a
+        shell: bash
+        run: git branch -a
+
       - uses: rickstaa/action-contains-tag@v1
         id: contains_tag
         with:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 727e196..d5726c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pybwa"
-version = "1.4.2"
+version = "1.4.3"
 description = "Python bindings for BWA"
 authors = ["Nils Homer"]
 license = "MIT"