diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8f950f033ad..845e85d2de8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
           BRANCH="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
           if [[ "$BRANCH" == *-pre ]]; then
             echo "prerelease=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "tag=pre" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           elif [[ "$BRANCH" == *-maint ]]; then
             echo "tag=maint" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           elif [[ "$BRANCH" =~ ^v[0-9]+$ ]]; then