diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4f12a06358465f5fe671dae99d9056bdc3234789..9db35b850e19fdb2099e3f4f08e2981c92ce4790 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'