diff --git a/lib/lifecycles/tag.js b/lib/lifecycles/tag.js
index 9de7cd978..29b60cf82 100644
--- a/lib/lifecycles/tag.js
+++ b/lib/lifecycles/tag.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function execTag (newVersion, pkgPrivate, args) {
   }
   checkpoint(args, 'tagging release %s%s', [args.tagPrefix, newVersion])
   return runExec(args, 'git tag ' + tagOption + args.tagPrefix + newVersion + ' -m "' + formatCommitMessage(args.message, newVersion) + '"')
-    .then(() => runExec(args, 'git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD'))
+    .then(() => runExec('', 'git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD'))
     .then((currentBranch) => {
       let message = 'git push --follow-tags origin ' + currentBranch.trim()
       if (pkgPrivate !== true) {