diff --git a/.changeset/two-eels-kiss.md b/.changeset/two-eels-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66cb917abcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/two-eels-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"electron-publish": patch
+---
+
+fix: get CI tag in GitHub Actions
diff --git a/packages/electron-publish/src/publisher.ts b/packages/electron-publish/src/publisher.ts
index 42e61bb745d..9146f85f716 100644
--- a/packages/electron-publish/src/publisher.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-publish/src/publisher.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ export abstract class HttpPublisher extends Publisher {
 
 export function getCiTag() {
   const tag =
-    process.env.TRAVIS_TAG || process.env.APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME || process.env.CIRCLE_TAG || process.env.BITRISE_GIT_TAG || process.env.CI_BUILD_TAG || process.env.BITBUCKET_TAG
+    process.env.TRAVIS_TAG ||
+    process.env.APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME ||
+    process.env.CIRCLE_TAG ||
+    process.env.BITRISE_GIT_TAG ||
+    process.env.CI_BUILD_TAG ||
+    process.env.BITBUCKET_TAG ||
+    (process.env.GITHUB_REF_TYPE === "tag" ? process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME : null)
   return tag != null && tag.length > 0 ? tag : null
 }