diff --git a/forgejo-release.sh b/forgejo-release.sh
index 5c034b1..a3d1754 100755
--- a/forgejo-release.sh
+++ b/forgejo-release.sh
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ upload_release() {
         echo "Uploading as Stable"
     fi
     ensure_tag
-    if ! $TEA_BIN release create "${assets[@]}" --repo "$REPO" --note "$RELEASENOTES" --tag "$TAG" --title "$TITLE" --draft ${releaseType} >&"$TMP_DIR"/tea.log; then
+    if ! $TEA_BIN release create "${assets[@]}" --repo "$REPO" --tag "$TAG" --title "$TITLE" --draft ${releaseType} --note "$RELEASENOTES" >&"$TMP_DIR"/tea.log; then
         if grep --quiet 'Unknown API Error: 500' "$TMP_DIR"/tea.log && grep --quiet services/release/release.go:194 "$TMP_DIR"/tea.log; then
             echo "workaround v1.20 race condition https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1370"
             sleep 10
-            $TEA_BIN release create "${assets[@]}" --repo "$REPO" --note "$RELEASENOTES" --tag "$TAG" --title "$TITLE" --draft ${releaseType}
+            $TEA_BIN release create "${assets[@]}" --repo "$REPO" --tag "$TAG" --title "$TITLE" --draft ${releaseType} --note "$RELEASENOTES"
         else
             cat "$TMP_DIR"/tea.log
             return 1