diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 37ce832504697454598b5f6033e3d6d10932bd7d..85f5458cd4ce3b087fd0c8cff3d176df9c46ef2f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -207,4 +207,4 @@ release_job:
     - echo "running release_job"
   release:
     tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
-    description: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+    description: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG - $CI_COMMIT_TAG_MESSAGE'