diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 51f78a7c..ab9a9865 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ gulp.task('deploy', ['deploy:updateSubmodule', 'deploy:bump', 'deploy:build', 'd
       'cd ./dist/',
       'git add -A',
       'git commit -am "Deploy <%= getVersion(file.path) %>" -n',
-      'git tag -a v<%= getVersion(file.path) %>',
+      'git tag -a v<%= getVersion(file.path) %> -m "Release <%= getVersion(file.path) %>"',
       'git push',
       'git push origin --tags',
       'cd ..',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65f54859..a1bd1628 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "yjs",
-  "version": "0.6.17",
+  "version": "0.6.18",
   "description": "A framework for real-time p2p shared editing on arbitrary complex data types",
   "main": "y.js",
   "scripts": {