diff --git a/substrate/.maintain/gitlab/check_runtime.sh b/substrate/.maintain/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
index 1eec8311ef..5b7e25e3af 100755
--- a/substrate/.maintain/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
+++ b/substrate/.maintain/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ git log --graph --oneline --decorate=short -n 10
 boldprint "make sure the master branch and release tag are available in shallow clones"
 git fetch --depth=${GIT_DEPTH:-100} origin master
 git fetch --depth=${GIT_DEPTH:-100} origin release
-git tag release FETCH_HEAD
+git tag -f release FETCH_HEAD
 git log -n1 release