diff --git a/tools/release/arduino/create_release.sh b/tools/release/arduino/create_release.sh
index 9f89eadb..d5dbf3da 100755
--- a/tools/release/arduino/create_release.sh
+++ b/tools/release/arduino/create_release.sh
@@ -280,11 +280,13 @@ popd
 echo doing LOCAL tag and COMMIT with ${ver}
 git tag ${ver}
 git commit -a -m "${ver}"
+git push
 git push --tags
 echo doing ARDUINO Repo tag and COMMIT with ${ver}
 cd ~/git/U8g2_Arduino
 git tag ${ver}
 git commit -a -m "${ver}"
+git push
 git push --tags
 echo now create a release in gitub for U8glib_Arduino, tag/name = ${ver}
 echo no prefix required, release name can be empty