diff --git a/Documentation/dev-release.txt b/Documentation/dev-release.txt
index 48bafdf..9e1744c 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-release.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-release.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 Tag the plugins:
 
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-  git submodule foreach git tag -s -m "v$version" "v$version"
+  git submodule foreach '[ "$path" == "modules/jgit" ] || git tag -s -m "v$version" "v$version"'
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 [[build-gerrit]]