diff --git a/scripts/makebumpver b/scripts/makebumpver
index 43fa0788b51..86077664a5a 100755
--- a/scripts/makebumpver
+++ b/scripts/makebumpver
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class MakeBumpVer:
         # make the release commit
         run_program(['git', 'commit', '-m', commit_message])
         # tag the release
-        run_program(['git', 'tag', release_tag])
+        run_program(['git', 'tag', '-a', '-m', commit_message, release_tag])
         # log the commit message & tag
         log.info("commit message: %s", commit_message)
         log.info("tag: %s", release_tag)