diff --git a/scripts/lib/getPackageDetails.ts b/scripts/lib/getPackageDetails.ts
index cdb8a242a..705384403 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/getPackageDetails.ts
+++ b/scripts/lib/getPackageDetails.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ export const getPackageDetails = async (): Promise<PackageDetails[]> => {
       const publishedVersion = json?.['dist-tags']?.latest
       const publishDate = json?.time?.[publishedVersion]
 
-      const prevGitTag = `${dirName}/${packageJson.version}`
+      const prevGitTag =
+        dirName === 'payload' ? `v${packageJson.version}` : `${dirName}/${packageJson.version}`
       const prevGitTagHash = await git.revparse(prevGitTag)
 
       const newCommits = await git.log({
diff --git a/scripts/release.ts b/scripts/release.ts
index c8d8aee81..94fe34659 100755
--- a/scripts/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/release.ts
@@ -92,9 +92,13 @@ ${packagesToRelease
       const newVersion = packageObj.version
 
       const tagName = `${shortName}/${newVersion}`
-      execSync(`git commit -m "chore(release): ${tagName}"`, execOpts)
+      execSync(`git commit -m "chore(release): ${tagName} [skip ci]" `, execOpts)
       execSync(`git tag -a ${tagName} -m "${tagName}"`, execOpts)
 
+      if (pkg === 'payload') {
+        execSync(`git tag -a v${newVersion} -m "v${newVersion}"`, execOpts)
+      }
+
       let publishCmd = `pnpm publish -C ${packagePath} --no-git-checks`
       if (tag !== 'latest') {
         publishCmd += ` --tag ${tag}`