diff --git a/release b/release
index ff042ed075..13b038af0a 100755
--- a/release
+++ b/release
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ NEW="$1"
 
 [ "$NEW" != "" ] || exit 1
 
-PREV=`git tag|head -1`
+PREV=`git tag|tail -1`
 
 ############## update Release_notes.txt
 NOTES="dist/Release_notes.txt"