diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index ff3e2ce6dc..33b3676f1b 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ tag="v${release}"
 echo "electron yarn version"
 
 cd electron_app
-yarn version --no-git-tag-version "$release"
+yarn version --no-git-tag-version --new-version "$release"
 git commit package.json -m "$tag"
 
 cd ..