diff --git a/scripts/update-gluon.sh b/scripts/update-gluon.sh
index f014c8c11580990796145d9a4dbf1229af77a345..385ac1d53bc03b35a8ace96e401b19362a1a9598 100755
--- a/scripts/update-gluon.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-gluon.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ git -C "$gluon_path" checkout -b "$tag_to_update_to-ffs"
 git -C "$gluon_path" rebase -i "$current_upstream_tag_name" --onto FETCH_HEAD
 
 fork_tagname="$tag_to_update_to-ffs0.1"
-git -C "$gluon_path" tag "$fork_tagname"
+git -C "$gluon_path" tag -a "$fork_tagname" -m "Release $fork_tagname"
 
 git -C "$gluon_path" push origin "$tag_to_update_to"
 git -C "$gluon_path" push origin "$fork_tagname"