diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ddade593..1b247564 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tach"
-version = "0.16.4"
+version = "0.16.5"
 dependencies = [
  "cached",
  "criterion",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f22bfce8..dcf32b92 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tach"
-version = "0.16.4"
+version = "0.16.5"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/docs/usage/commands.mdx b/docs/usage/commands.mdx
index 3deaa8af..0529d090 100644
--- a/docs/usage/commands.mdx
+++ b/docs/usage/commands.mdx
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ If you use the [pre-commit framework](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit),
 ```yaml
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/gauge-sh/tach-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.16.4 # change this to the latest tag!
+    rev: v0.16.5 # change this to the latest tag!
     hooks:
       - id: tach
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 267788df..da2341d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "tach"
-version = "0.16.4"
+version = "0.16.5"
 authors = [
     { name = "Caelean Barnes", email = "caeleanb@gmail.com" },
     { name = "Evan Doyle", email = "evanmdoyle@gmail.com" },
diff --git a/python/tach/__init__.py b/python/tach/__init__.py
index 9c8f804c..ace3e8d9 100644
--- a/python/tach/__init__.py
+++ b/python/tach/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__: str = "0.16.4"
+__version__: str = "0.16.5"
 
 __all__ = ["__version__"]
diff --git a/python/tach/filesystem/git_ops.py b/python/tach/filesystem/git_ops.py
index 4b44f675..de5ac8af 100644
--- a/python/tach/filesystem/git_ops.py
+++ b/python/tach/filesystem/git_ops.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from tach.errors import TachError, TachSetupError
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from git import Repo
+
 
 @dataclass
 class GitBranchInfo:
@@ -13,6 +18,24 @@ class GitBranchInfo:
     commit: str
 
 
+def is_github_actions():
+    return os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true"
+
+
+def _get_branch_name(repo: Repo) -> str:
+    try:
+        repo_name = repo.active_branch.name
+    except TypeError as e:
+        # GHA uses a detached HEAD / shallow clone in actions/checkout@v4, get the branch name from env
+        if is_github_actions():
+            repo_name = os.environ.get("GITHUB_HEAD_REF")
+            if not repo_name:
+                raise e
+        else:
+            raise e
+    return repo_name
+
+
 def get_current_branch_info(
     project_root: Path, allow_dirty: bool = False
 ) -> GitBranchInfo:
@@ -33,7 +56,7 @@ def get_current_branch_info(
     try:
         # TODO: support slashes or org names
         repo_name = repo.remotes.origin.url.split("/")[-1].replace(".git", "")
-        branch = repo.active_branch.name
+        branch = _get_branch_name(repo)
         commit = repo.head.commit.hexsha
     except Exception as e:
         raise TachError(f"Failed to determine current branch information!\nError: {e}")