diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 1d281bd9e..159a88162 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ jobs:
           UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           for package in dist/*; do
+            if [[ "$package" == *"crewai_devtools"* ]]; then
+              echo "Skipping private package: $package"
+              continue
+            fi
             echo "Publishing $package"
             uv publish "$package"
           done
diff --git a/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/cli.py b/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/cli.py
index c854b987a..f2a117468 100644
--- a/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/cli.py
+++ b/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/cli.py
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def tag(dry_run: bool, no_edit: bool) -> None:
 
         version = unique_versions.pop()
         console.print(f"[green]✓[/green] Validated packages @ [bold]{version}[/bold]")
-        tag_name = f"v{version}"
+        tag_name = version
 
         if not dry_run:
             with console.status("[cyan]Checking out release/v1.0.0 branch..."):
@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ def tag(dry_run: bool, no_edit: bool) -> None:
                         "release",
                         "create",
                         tag_name,
+                        "--title",
+                        tag_name,
                         "--notes",
                         release_notes,
                     ]