diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi-nightly.yml
index 92759f340..0db69ff7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pypi-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi-nightly.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,21 @@ jobs:
           cd python
           cp ../README.md ../LICENSE .
 
-          # Build wheel - setuptools-scm automatically generates version from git tags
+          # Parse git describe output to detect exact tag builds (distance=0)
+          # Use same command as pyproject.toml to ensure version consistency
+          DESC=$(git tag --list --sort=-version:refname 'v*.*.*' | head -1 | xargs git describe --tags --long 2>/dev/null || echo 'v0.0.0-0-g0000000')
+          DIST=$(echo "$DESC" | cut -d- -f2)
+
+          # If building at exact tag (distance=0), force dev0 version for unique wheel names
+          if [ "$DIST" = "0" ]; then
+            TAG=$(echo "$DESC" | cut -d- -f1)
+            HASH=$(echo "$DESC" | cut -d- -f3-)
+            FORCE_VERSION="${TAG#v}.dev0+${HASH}"
+            echo "Building at exact tag, forcing version to: $FORCE_VERSION"
+            export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="$FORCE_VERSION"
+          fi
+
+          # Build wheel
           python3 -m build --wheel
 
           # Extract version from built wheel filename