diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 309cce86..757ab688 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           add: 'action.yml slim/action.yml'
           default_author: github_actions
           message: 'Automated update of action.yml and slim/action.yml version numbers'
+          push: origin main --force
 
       # We use ^{} to recursively deference the tag to get the commit the tag is pointing at.
       # Then, we use that reference to create new tags, so that the new tags point to the commit