diff --git a/tests/ci/git_helper.py b/tests/ci/git_helper.py
index 2d28c693087..5c02ea53cf8 100644
--- a/tests/ci/git_helper.py
+++ b/tests/ci/git_helper.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import argparse
 import os.path as p
 import re
 import subprocess
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 # ^ and $ match subline in `multiple\nlines`
 # \A and \Z match only start and end of the whole string
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Git:
             self.run(f"git rev-list {self.latest_tag}..HEAD --count")
         )
 
-    def _check_tag(self, value: str):
+    def check_tag(self, value: str):
         if value == "":
             return
         if not self._tag_pattern.match(value):
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Git:
 
     @latest_tag.setter
     def latest_tag(self, value: str):
-        self._check_tag(value)
+        self.check_tag(value)
         self._latest_tag = value
 
     @property
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Git:
 
     @new_tag.setter
     def new_tag(self, value: str):
-        self._check_tag(value)
+        self.check_tag(value)
         self._new_tag = value
 
     @property
@@ -122,3 +122,6 @@ class Git:
 
         version = self.latest_tag.split("-", maxsplit=1)[0]
         return int(version.split(".")[-1]) + self.commits_since_tag
+
+    def get_tags(self) -> List[str]:
+        return self.run("git tag").split()