diff --git a/stack-updater/stack_updater.yml b/stack-updater/stack_updater.yml
index 92064a085ab4e473fc2c687ff07c5e7bbf3318b5..796946e466ae2d6a174a84b4fb783a44752a9b93 100644
--- a/stack-updater/stack_updater.yml
+++ b/stack-updater/stack_updater.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ update:
       - node package-version-updater/versionUpdater.js -v $current_version
       - bash package-version-updater/stage_file.sh
       - git commit -m "Dependencies updated to $current_version"
-      - npm version --allow-same-version $current_version
+      - git tag -a v${current_version} -m ""
       - branch=`bash package-version-updater/get_principal_branch.sh`
       - echo ${branch}
       - git checkout ${branch}