diff --git a/.github/workflows/automated-main-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/automated-main-merge.yml
index eeb4eb1f..e4a773ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automated-main-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automated-main-merge.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ jobs:
           floating_tag="v${LATEST_FLOATING_VERSION#v}" # strip the leading "v" if present
           echo "Found tag ${floating_tag} re-creating it to point to latest commit"
           git tag -d $floating_tag
-          echo "${floating_tag} Deleted."
+          echo "${floating_tag} deleted locally."
+          git push --delete origin $floating_tag
+          echo "${floating_tag} deleted from origin."
           git tag -a $floating_tag -m "Floating tag for ${floating_tag}"
-          echo "${floating_tag} Re-created pointing to ${{github.sha}}."
-          git push origin --tags
-          echo "${floating_tag} Pushed."
+          echo "${floating_tag} re-created pointing to ${{ github.sha }}."
+          git push origin $floating_tag
+          echo "${floating_tag} pushed to origin."