diff --git a/.changeset/violet-bags-sell.md b/.changeset/violet-bags-sell.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88f5a1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-bags-sell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/action": minor
+---
+
+Change git push command option to use '--follow-tags' instead of '--tags'
diff --git a/src/gitUtils.ts b/src/gitUtils.ts
index 3c579830..9b055d9e 100644
--- a/src/gitUtils.ts
+++ b/src/gitUtils.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ export const push = async (
   );
 };
 
-export const pushTags = async () => {
-  await exec("git", ["push", "origin", "--tags"]);
+export const pushFollowTags = async () => {
+  await exec("git", ["push", "origin", "--follow-tags"]);
 };
 
 export const switchToMaybeExistingBranch = async (branch: string) => {
diff --git a/src/run.ts b/src/run.ts
index 2612393f..49c5b382 100644
--- a/src/run.ts
+++ b/src/run.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export async function runPublish({
     { cwd }
   );
 
-  await gitUtils.pushTags();
+  await gitUtils.pushFollowTags();
 
   let { packages, tool } = await getPackages(cwd);
   let releasedPackages: Package[] = [];