diff --git a/prerelease.sh b/prerelease.sh
index 951a3b9d4..7a68549fe 100644
--- a/prerelease.sh
+++ b/prerelease.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 tag=$( git describe --tags --abbrev=0 )
 tstamp=$( date +%Y%m%d%H%M )
 tag=${tag%-*}
+tag="$tag-$tstamp"
 git commit -a -m "committing changes for $tag"
 git push
 git tag $tag