diff --git a/scripts/tag-and-push.sh b/scripts/tag-and-push.sh
index 94c4ffc1..eaba43fe 100755
--- a/scripts/tag-and-push.sh
+++ b/scripts/tag-and-push.sh
@@ -9,25 +9,6 @@ if git rev-parse "$tag" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-repo="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-
-echo "Creating signed tag: $tag (pointing to $sha)"
-
-# Create an annotated tag object via the GitHub API.
-# Tags created server-side are signed by GitHub and display as "Verified".
-tag_sha=$(gh api "repos/${repo}/git/tags" \
-  --method POST \
-  -f tag="$tag" \
-  -f message="CRE CLI $tag" \
-  -f object="$sha" \
-  -f type="commit" \
-  --jq '.sha')
-
-# Create the ref pointing to the tag object
-gh api "repos/${repo}/git/refs" \
-  --method POST \
-  -f ref="refs/tags/$tag" \
-  -f sha="$tag_sha"
-
-echo "Tag $tag created and verified."
+echo "Creating and pushing tag: $tag"
+git tag -a "$tag" -m "CRE CLI $tag"
+git push origin "$tag"