diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 77ff920..e8e9eb4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 ARG LIBVIPS_VERSION=8.16.2
 
 WORKDIR /tmp
-RUN git clone --branch v${LIBVIPS_VERSION} --depth 1 https://github.com/libvips/libvips.git \
+RUN git clone --branch refs/tags/v${LIBVIPS_VERSION} --depth 1 https://github.com/libvips/libvips.git \
     && cd libvips \
     && meson setup build --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release \
     && ninja -C build \