diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/codehost/git.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/codehost/git.go
index d3a713223c..7d9e5d82f9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/codehost/git.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/codehost/git.go
@@ -550,7 +550,11 @@ func (r *gitRepo) stat(ctx context.Context, rev string) (info *RevInfo, err erro
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		_, err = Run(ctx, r.dir, "git", "fetch", "-f", "--depth=1", r.remote, refspec)
+		// We explicitly set protocol.version=2 for this command to work around
+		// an apparent Git bug introduced in Git 2.21 (commit 61c771),
+		// which causes the handler for protocol version 1 to sometimes miss
+		// tags that point to the requested commit (see https://go.dev/issue/56881).
+		_, err = Run(ctx, r.dir, "git", "fetch", "-f", "-c", "protocol.version=2", "--depth=1", r.remote, refspec)
 		release()
 
 		if err == nil {