diff --git a/bin/dev/release.sh b/bin/dev/release.sh
index e4cb15344..24650529f 100755
--- a/bin/dev/release.sh
+++ b/bin/dev/release.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ echo "Updated $CARGO_TOML"
 
 git add "$CARGO_TOML"
 git commit -m "Bump version to $new_version"
-git tag "$tag"
+git tag -a "$tag" -m "$tag"
 git push origin main "$tag"
 
 echo ""