diff --git a/cli/recipe/release.go b/cli/recipe/release.go
index ff8ed1b8..55c29567 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/release.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/release.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+	configPkg "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
@@ -318,7 +319,13 @@ func pushRelease(tagString string, repo *git.Repository) error {
 	}
 
 	if internal.Push {
-		if err := repo.Push(&git.PushOptions{}); err != nil {
+		tagRef := fmt.Sprintf("+refs/tags/%s:refs/tags/%s", tagString, tagString)
+		pushOpts := &git.PushOptions{
+			RefSpecs: []configPkg.RefSpec{
+				configPkg.RefSpec(tagRef),
+			},
+		}
+		if err := repo.Push(pushOpts); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		logrus.Info(fmt.Sprintf("pushed tag %s to remote", tagString))