diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 1a590e5..c5d0b8b 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ set -e -o pipefail
 # usage: ./release.sh minor -n
 version=$(bump2version --dry-run --list $* | grep new_version | sed -r s,"^.*=",,)
 echo Version tag v$version
-bumpversion $* --verbose && git push upstream master v$version
+bumpversion $* --verbose && git push upstream main v$version