diff --git a/bin/push-docker-tags.sh b/bin/push-docker-tags.sh
index faee3998631..464a0f8942b 100755
--- a/bin/push-docker-tags.sh
+++ b/bin/push-docker-tags.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # A bit like dockerhub autobuild config, but somewhere we can version control it.
 # 
 # The `docker-build` job in .circleci/config.yml builds the current commit
-# in docker and tags it as ipfs/go-ipfs:wip
+# in docker and tags it as ipfs/go-ipfs:wip
 #
 # Then the `docker-publish` job runs this script to decide what tag, if any,
 # to publish to dockerhub.
@@ -59,9 +59,13 @@ pushTag () {
   fi
 }
 
-if [[ $GIT_TAG =~ ^v[0-9]+ ]]; then
+if [[ $GIT_TAG =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-rc ]]; then
+  pushTag "$GIT_TAG"
+
+elif [[ $GIT_TAG =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
   pushTag "$GIT_TAG"
   pushTag "latest"
+  pushTag "release" # see: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/3999#issuecomment-742228981
 
 elif [ "$GIT_BRANCH" = "feat/stabilize-dht" ]; then
   pushTag "bifrost-${BUILD_NUM}-${GIT_SHA1_SHORT}"