diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index ffb7eb6fb..ffe2e6b28 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ rm -f "./client/dist/embed-stats.json"
     github-release release --user chocobozzz --repo peertube --tag "$version" --name "$version" --description "$changelog" "$github_prerelease_option"
   fi
 
+  # Wait for the release to be published, we had some issues when the files were not uploaded because of "unknown release" error
+  sleep 2
+
   github-release upload --user chocobozzz --repo peertube --tag "$version" --name "$zip_name" --file "$zip_name"
   github-release upload --user chocobozzz --repo peertube --tag "$version" --name "$zip_name.asc" --file "$zip_name.asc"
   github-release upload --user chocobozzz --repo peertube --tag "$version" --name "$tar_name" --file "$tar_name"