diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3655788dc..3331c14ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ DOWNLOAD.md: $(VERSIONFILE)
 	perl -p -e "s/hledger(|-chart|-web|-vty)-[0-9.]+-/hledger\1-$(VERSION)-/g" -i $@
 
 tagrelease:
-	git tag -a $(VERSION)
+	git tag $(VERSION)
 
 hackageupload-dry:
 	for p in $(PACKAGES); do cabal upload $$p/dist/$$p-$(VERSION).tar.gz -v2 --check; done