diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6a41042c2..b24f4c0e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     needs:
       - prepare-release
       - integration_test
@@ -347,6 +348,22 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm run release-github
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Mark merged release PR as tagged
+        # skip-github-release in release-please-config.json means release-please
+        # never sees this release finalized, so it never flips the merged release
+        # PR's label from "autorelease: pending" to "autorelease: tagged" itself.
+        # Without this, release-please permanently refuses to open the next
+        # release PR ("There are untagged, merged release PRs outstanding").
+        # The "autorelease: tagged" label itself is created once, repo-wide.
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          pr=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/commits/${{ github.sha }}/pulls" --jq '.[0].number // empty')
+          if [ -z "${pr}" ]; then
+            echo "No pull request associated with ${{ github.sha }}, skipping relabel"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          gh pr edit "${pr}" --remove-label "autorelease: pending" --add-label "autorelease: tagged"
 
   publish_release:
     permissions: