diff --git a/cli/internal/recipe.go b/cli/internal/recipe.go
index b4f01020..ede34464 100644
--- a/cli/internal/recipe.go
+++ b/cli/internal/recipe.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // PromptBumpType prompts for version bump type
-func PromptBumpType(tagString string) error {
+func PromptBumpType(tagString, latestRelease string) error {
 	if (!Major && !Minor && !Patch) && tagString == "" {
 		fmt.Printf(`
 You need to make a decision about what kind of an update this new recipe
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ migration work or take care of some breaking changes? This can be signaled in
 the version you specify on the recipe deploy label and is called a semantic
 version.
 
+The latest published version is %s.
+
 Here is a semver cheat sheet (more on https://semver.org):
 
     major: new features/bug fixes, backwards incompatible (e.g 1.0.0 -> 2.0.0).
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ Here is a semver cheat sheet (more on https://semver.org):
            should also Just Work and is mostly to do with minor bug fixes
            and/or security patches. "nothing to worry about".
 
-`)
+`, latestRelease)
 
 		var chosenBumpType string
 		prompt := &survey.Select{
diff --git a/cli/recipe/release.go b/cli/recipe/release.go
index 05481f2e..79c72d10 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/release.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/release.go
@@ -322,12 +322,6 @@ func createReleaseFromPreviousTag(tagString, mainAppVersion string, recipe recip
 	}
 
 	var lastGitTag tagcmp.Tag
-	if tagString == "" {
-		if err := internal.PromptBumpType(tagString); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	for _, tag := range tags {
 		parsed, err := tagcmp.Parse(tag)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -368,6 +362,12 @@ func createReleaseFromPreviousTag(tagString, mainAppVersion string, recipe recip
 		newTag.Major = strconv.Itoa(now + 1)
 	}
 
+	if tagString == "" {
+		if err := internal.PromptBumpType(tagString, lastGitTag.String()); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if internal.Major || internal.Minor || internal.Patch {
 		newTag.Metadata = mainAppVersion
 		tagString = newTag.String()
diff --git a/cli/recipe/sync.go b/cli/recipe/sync.go
index 74d67c56..fd6f1af2 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/sync.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/sync.go
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ likely to change.
 		}
 
 		if nextTag == "" && (!internal.Major && !internal.Minor && !internal.Patch) {
-			if err := internal.PromptBumpType(""); err != nil {
+			latestRelease := tags[len(tags)-1]
+			if err := internal.PromptBumpType("", latestRelease); err != nil {
 				logrus.Fatal(err)
 			}
 		}