diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e0a483a5e5020d58508295bfdc48a2499ea1587..27cf7a16994a1a54f618ae759c33d129486e0fa7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ build:
     - GOOS=windows GOARCH=386 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags '-w -s' -o release/udb.win32 main.go
     - GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags '-w -s' -o release/udb.darwin64 main.go
     - ./release/udb.linux64 --version
+    - git remote add origin_tags git@gitlab.com:elixxir/user-discovery-bot.git || true
+    - git remote set-url origin_tags git@gitlab.com:elixxir/user-discovery-bot.git || true
+    - git tag $(./release/udb.linux64 --version | grep "Elixxir User Discovery Bot v"| cut -d ' ' -f5) -f
+    - git push origin_tags -f --tags
   artifacts:
     paths:
      - release/