diff --git a/update-version.sh b/update-version.sh
index c6f7a1e4..ec8f1087 100755
--- a/update-version.sh
+++ b/update-version.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ BASE=2.2
 NOW=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 sed -i='' -E  "s/(__version__ = ').*$/\1$BASE.$NOW'/" ./pywb/version.py 
 git tag v-$BASE.$NOW
-git commit ./pywb/version.py
+git commit -m "version: update to $BASE.$NOW" ./pywb/version.py
+git push
 git push origin v-$BASE.$NOW