diff --git a/routers/web/repo/release.go b/routers/web/repo/release.go
index 1998bd8ccd..79f3181ba0 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/release.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/release.go
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ func Releases(ctx *context.Context) {
 		ctx.ServerError("getReleaseInfos", err)
 		return
 	}
+	for _, rel := range releases {
+		if rel.Release.IsTag && rel.Release.Title == "" {
+			rel.Release.Title = rel.Release.TagName
+		}
+	}
 
 	ctx.Data["Releases"] = releases
 
@@ -295,6 +300,9 @@ func SingleRelease(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	release := releases[0].Release
+	if release.IsTag && release.Title == "" {
+		release.Title = release.TagName
+	}
 
 	ctx.Data["PageIsSingleTag"] = release.IsTag
 	if release.IsTag {
diff --git a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
index 6dbeb741db..826480e3fb 100644
--- a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 					<div class="ui twelve wide column detail">
 						<div class="gt-df gt-ac gt-sb gt-fw gt-mb-3">
 							<h4 class="release-list-title gt-word-break">
-								<a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/releases/tag/{{$release.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}">{{$release.Title}}</a>
+								{{if $.PageIsSingleTag}}{{$release.Title}}{{else}}<a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/releases/tag/{{$release.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}">{{$release.Title}}</a>{{end}}
 								{{template "repo/commit_statuses" dict "Status" $info.CommitStatus "Statuses" $info.CommitStatuses "AdditionalClasses" "gt-df"}}
 								{{if $release.IsDraft}}
 									<span class="ui yellow label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.release.draft"}}</span>
 								{{else if $release.IsPrerelease}}
 									<span class="ui orange label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.release.prerelease"}}</span>
-								{{else}}
+								{{else if (not $release.IsTag)}}
 									<span class="ui green label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.release.stable"}}</span>
 								{{end}}
 							</h4>