diff --git a/extra/release.py b/extra/release.py
index 2d57e2cfc..de4d55029 100755
--- a/extra/release.py
+++ b/extra/release.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ def publish():
 
     # Push to GitHub.
     with chdir(BASE):
+        subprocess.check_call(['git', 'push'])
         subprocess.check_call(['git', 'push', '--tags'])
 
     # Upload to PyPI.