diff --git a/script/release b/script/release
index 73aa1f3a..ae37dc86 100755
--- a/script/release
+++ b/script/release
@@ -281,7 +281,13 @@ echo "$RELEASE_BODY"
 # ── Tag & Push ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 echo "==> Tagging ${TAG}..."
 git tag -a "$TAG" -m "Release ${TAG}"
-git push origin "$TAG"
+
+# Push the branch (with the version-bump commit) and the tag together, so
+# the remote branch never lags the release tag. --atomic means both refs
+# land or neither does, avoiding a pushed tag pointing at an unpushed commit.
+BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+echo "==> Pushing ${BRANCH} and ${TAG}..."
+git push --atomic origin "$BRANCH" "$TAG"
 
 # ── Create Gitea Release ──────────────────────────────────────
 echo "==> Creating release on Gitea..."