diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index 5e8d768ba..62c8d500f 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ main() {
     docker push "quay.io/coreos/etcd:${RELEASE_VERSION}"
 
     echo "Pushing container images to gcr.io ${RELEASE_VERSION}"
-    gcloud docker -- "push gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+    gcloud docker -- push "gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${RELEASE_VERSION}"
 
     for TARGET_ARCH in "-arm64" "-ppc64le"; do
       echo "Pushing container images to quay.io ${RELEASE_VERSION}${TARGET_ARCH}"