diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index 80d6bd86d1070e2f4e900660a7cab060ebdfbcea..54b50a68217b6ff66ddf1de9a28a8f45d224fefc 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ tasks:
       - sh: "[ $(git status --porcelain=2 | wc -l) = 0 ]"
         msg: "Git is dirty"
     cmds:
+      - git commit --allow-empty -m "{{.NEXT}}"
       - git tag -d nightly
       - git tag --sign {{.NEXT}} {{.CLI_ARGS}}
-      - echo "pushing {{.NEXT}}..."
+      - echo "Pushing {{.NEXT}}..."
       - git push origin --tags