diff --git a/forgejo-release.sh b/forgejo-release.sh
index 922e5e0..5cd1775 100755
--- a/forgejo-release.sh
+++ b/forgejo-release.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ upload_release() {
     fi
     ensure_tag
     anchor=$(echo "$TAG" | sed -e 's/^v//' -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/-/g')
-    if ! "$BIN_DIR"/tea release create "${assets[@]}" --repo $REPO --note "$RELEASENOTES" --tag $TAG --title "$TITLE" --draft ${releaseType} >& "$TMP_DIR"/tea.log ; then
+    if ! "$BIN_DIR"/tea release create "${assets[@]}" --repo $REPO --note "$RELEASENOTES" --tag "$TAG" --title "$TITLE" --draft ${releaseType} >& "$TMP_DIR"/tea.log ; then
         if grep --quiet 'Unknown API Error: 500' "$TMP_DIR"/tea.log && grep --quiet services/release/release.go:194 "$TMP_DIR"/tea.log ; then
             echo "workaround v1.20 race condition https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1370"
             sleep 10