diff --git a/changelog.d/10925.misc b/changelog.d/10925.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c8027ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/10925.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update release script to sign the newly created git tags.
diff --git a/scripts-dev/release.py b/scripts-dev/release.py
index a339260c4..ab2d860ab 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/release.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/release.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def tag(gh_token: Optional[str]):
     if click.confirm("Edit text?", default=False):
         changes = click.edit(changes, require_save=False)
 
-    repo.create_tag(tag_name, message=changes)
+    repo.create_tag(tag_name, message=changes, sign=True)
 
     if not click.confirm("Push tag to GitHub?", default=True):
         print("")