diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/update-major-tag.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/update-major-tag.yaml
index 4ab7711..1c13c54 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/update-major-tag.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/update-major-tag.yaml
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ jobs:
           major_tag="v${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
           git config user.name "Gitea Actions"
           git config user.email "actions@localhost"
-          git tag --force --annotate "$major_tag" --message "Update $major_tag to $release_tag" "$release_tag"
+          git tag --force --annotate "$major_tag" --message "Update $major_tag to $release_tag" "${release_tag}^{}"
           git push origin "refs/tags/$major_tag" --force