diff --git a/src/main/scala/Vcs.scala b/src/main/scala/Vcs.scala
index 26c5db6..19e949f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/Vcs.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/Vcs.scala
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ class Git(val baseDir: File) extends Vcs with GitLike {
     cmd("push", trackingRemote, "%s:%s" format (localBranch, trackingBranch))
   }
 
-  private def pushTags = cmd("push", "--tags", trackingRemote)
+  private def pushTags = {
+    val lastTag = (cmd("for-each-ref", "--count=1", "--sort=-taggerdate", "--format", "%(tag)", "refs/tags") !!).
+      linesIterator.next()
+    cmd("push", trackingRemote, lastTag)
+  }
+
 }
 
 object Subversion extends VcsCompanion {
@@ -214,4 +219,4 @@ class Subversion(val baseDir: File) extends Vcs {
 
 private[sbtrelease] object Try {
   def apply[A](f: => A): Option[A] = scala.util.control.Exception.allCatch.opt(f)
-}
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+}