diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/release.sh b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/release.sh
index a08353cd..c980dd9b 100755
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/release.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ towncrier build --yes --version "${NEW_VERSION}"
 bump-my-version bump release --commit --message "Release {new_version}" --tag --tag-name "{new_version}" --tag-message "Release {new_version}" --allow-dirty
 bump-my-version bump patch --commit
 
-git push origin "${BRANCH}" "${NEW_VERSION}"
+# Git push is not atomic. And we want this to fail if the branch could not be updated.
+git push origin "${BRANCH}"
+git push origin "${NEW_VERSION}"