diff --git a/scripts/bump_deps.sh b/scripts/bump_deps.sh
index 53372861..f294c4f1 100755
--- a/scripts/bump_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump_deps.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ PACKAGE_DIRS=$(find . -mindepth 2 -type f -name 'go.mod' -exec dirname {} \; \
 
 for dir in $PACKAGE_DIRS
 do
-    printf "${dir}: go get -u ./... && go mod tidy\n"
-    (cd ./${dir} && go get -u ./... && go mod tidy)
+    printf "${dir}: go get -d && go mod tidy\n"
+    (cd ./${dir} && go get -d && go mod tidy)
 done
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 56e3d245..fe9f74bf 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ done
 
 for dir in $PACKAGE_DIRS
 do
-    printf "${dir}: go mod tidy\n"
-    (cd ./${dir} && go mod tidy)
+    printf "${dir}: go get -d && go mod tidy\n"
+    (cd ./${dir} && go get -d && go mod tidy)
 done
 
 sed --in-place "s/\(return \)\"[^\"]*\"/\1\"${TAG#v}\"/" ./version.go
diff --git a/scripts/tag.sh b/scripts/tag.sh
index b9c8cbaf..6038c813 100755
--- a/scripts/tag.sh
+++ b/scripts/tag.sh
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ git tag ${TAG}
 for dir in $PACKAGE_DIRS
 do
     printf "tagging ${dir}/${TAG}\n"
-    git tag ${dir}/${TAG}
+    git tag ${dir}/${TAG} -a -m "Version ${TAG}"
 done