diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 5774292076cc39e3be6c88bce8eb99b77cde3013..3d4b1211ad3c6bb439807054e715eed698a94877 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ echo "Current version: $current"
 if [[ $1 =~ ^[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+[0-9a-z]+$ ]]; then
   sed -i "s/__version__     = '$current'/__version__     = '$1'/g" duniterpy/__init__.py
   git commit duniterpy/__init__.py -m "$1"
-  git tag -a -m "$1"
+  git tag "$1" -a -m "$1"
 else
   echo "Wrong version format"
 fi