diff --git a/new-version.sh b/new-version.sh
index 55e6886..4515f50 100644
--- a/new-version.sh
+++ b/new-version.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 	README
 
 # tag the tree
-$test git tag -u 096c4dd3 -m "Version $version" $version
+$test git tag -m "Version $version" $version
 
 # Make distributed change log