diff --git a/task/tag.rake b/task/tag.rake
index ba738ac..8d20a06 100644
--- a/task/tag.rake
+++ b/task/tag.rake
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ desc 'Creates a Git tag for the current version'
 task :tag do
   version = Oga::VERSION
 
-  sh %Q{git tag -a -m "Version #{version}" #{version}}
+  sh %Q{git tag -a -m "Version #{version}" v#{version}}
 end