diff --git a/tasks/release.rb b/tasks/release.rb
index 33aaee5a4bb..191c014f9f7 100644
--- a/tasks/release.rb
+++ b/tasks/release.rb
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 
   task :tag do
     sh "git tag #{tag}"
+    sh "git push --tags"
   end
 
   task :release => %w(ensure_clean_state build commit tag push)