diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
index 6f33ffec89..7a6ac9764a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ jobs:
     # The assumption is that when manual changes happen, we want to handle
     # tagging manually too.
     name: Check for release commit and create tag
-    if: github.event.head_commit.author.username == 'github-actions[bot]'
+    # The author is emscripten-bot when triggered from Chromium CI, and github-actions when manually triggered.
+    if: ${ github.event.head_commit.author.username == 'github-actions[bot]' || github.event.head_commit.author.username == 'emscripten-bot' }
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       is_release: ${{ steps.create-tag.outputs.result }}