diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 29d5a5a34cb6dc06dd37cde62f60b2403d257d4f..789a81e7c10d9105c269235bff37af6693d6c7ff 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if [[ $2 =~ ^[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+((a|b)[0-9]+)?$ && $3 =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
   echo "**********************************"
 
   if [[ $4 =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+:[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$ && "_$5" != "_" ]]; then
-    ./github.sh $1 $4 $5
+    ./github.sh $1 $4 "'"$5"'"
   else
     echo " WARN - missing arguments: "
     echo "       user:password 'release_description'"