diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 4992886..bb260e4 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # extension into two archive files that contain the current
 # git tag as the version number.
 
-tar cvzf release/LinkTitles-`git describe --tags`.tar.gz gpl-*.txt HISTORY LinkTitles.* --exclude '*~' --transform 's,^,LinkTitles/,'
+tar cvzf release/LinkTitles-`git describe --tags --abbrev=0`.tar.gz gpl-*.txt HISTORY LinkTitles.* --exclude '*~' --transform 's,^,LinkTitles/,'