diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 38f4831c..ca74c941 100644
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def full_version(version):
 	r'"version": ".*?",','"version": "{}",'.format(full_version(version)))
 
 # Commit the release
-execute_command('git add . && commit -m v{}'.format(version))
+execute_command('git add . && git commit -m "v{}"'.format(version))
 
 # Tag the new version
 execute_command('git tag v{}'.format(version))