diff --git a/management/status_checks.py b/management/status_checks.py
index d4fdd6d6..17380405 100755
--- a/management/status_checks.py
+++ b/management/status_checks.py
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ def what_version_is_this(env):
 	# Git may not be installed and Mail-in-a-Box may not have been cloned from github,
 	# so this function may raise all sorts of exceptions.
 	miab_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-	tag = shell("check_output", ["/usr/bin/git", "describe", "--abbrev=0"], env={"GIT_DIR": os.path.join(miab_dir, '.git')}).strip()
+	tag = shell("check_output", ["/usr/bin/git", "describe", "--tags", "--abbrev=0"], env={"GIT_DIR": os.path.join(miab_dir, '.git')}).strip()
 	return tag
 
 def get_latest_miab_version():