diff --git a/Configurations/make-release-package.sh b/Configurations/make-release-package.sh
index 4eb3372c66..2adc96dc4f 100755
--- a/Configurations/make-release-package.sh
+++ b/Configurations/make-release-package.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if [ "$ACTION" = "" ] ; then
     if [ "$CI" != true ]; then
         # Get latest git tag
         cd "$SRCROOT"
-        latest_git_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0)
+        latest_git_tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
         # Check semantic versioning
         if [[ $latest_git_tag =~ ^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-((0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$ ]]; then
             echo "Tag $latest_git_tag follows semantic versioning"
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 6bea977d52..1ea547e612 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import PackageDescription
 
 // Version is technically not required here, SPM doesn't check
-let version = "1.26.0"
+let version = "1.26.0-a1"
 // Tag is required to point towards the right asset. SPM requires the tag to follow semantic versioning to be able to resolve it.
-let tag = "1.26.0"
-let checksum = "14f3a80c528d6ac5d6beff7ffda7e0ef6be83591d66cdd006fe55520fc6bbbf9"
+let tag = "1.26.0-a1"
+let checksum = "6995034093f9ab039a4249c331a432700ea64b90e11f2d88d36585a6df42c95c"
 let url = "https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/releases/download/\(tag)/Sparkle-for-Swift-Package-Manager.zip"
 
 let package = Package(