diff --git a/.github/workflows/gitsplit.yml b/.github/workflows/gitsplit.yml
index 58d5c2eb..3eca1fd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gitsplit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gitsplit.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 name: gitsplit
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - "*.x"
     tags:
       - '*'
-  release:
-    types: [published]
 
 env:
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITSPLIT_TOKEN }}
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ jobs:
             split_repository: 'signature-pack'
 
     steps:
-      -   uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      -   uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          with:
+            fetch-depth: 0
 
       # no tag
       -
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-on-milestone-closed.yml b/.github/workflows/release-on-milestone-closed.yml
index dfb44e68..010d4410 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-on-milestone-closed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-on-milestone-closed.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
         uses: "actions/checkout@v3"
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: "Bump Changelog Version On Originating Release Branch"
         uses: "laminas/automatic-releases@1.24.0"