diff --git a/bin/push-tag.sh b/bin/push-tag.sh
index b1cc07afd..20a7c6914 100755
--- a/bin/push-tag.sh
+++ b/bin/push-tag.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ set -e
 # Insist repository is clean
 git diff-index --quiet HEAD
 
-git checkout master
-git pull origin master
+git checkout $1
+git pull origin $1
 version=$(grep "__version__ = " spacy/about.py)
 version=${version/__version__ = }
 version=${version/\'/}