diff --git a/.github/workflows/tags_stable.yml b/.github/workflows/tags_stable.yml
index 1b03b6fde3c..f8cfa1137cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tags_stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tags_stable.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         committer: "robot-clickhouse <robot-clickhouse@users.noreply.github.com>"
         commit-message: Update version_date.tsv and changelogs after ${{ env.GITHUB_TAG }}
         branch: auto/${{ env.GITHUB_TAG }}
+        assignees: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}  # assign the PR to the tag pusher
         delete-branch: true
         title: Update version_date.tsv and changelogs after ${{ env.GITHUB_TAG }}
         labels: do not test
diff --git a/tests/ci/release.py b/tests/ci/release.py
index 8e58413f91f..502efd79173 100755
--- a/tests/ci/release.py
+++ b/tests/ci/release.py
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ class Release:
             body_file = get_abs_path(".github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md")
             self.run(
                 f"gh pr create --repo {self.repo} --title 'Update version after "
-                f"release' --head {helper_branch} --body-file '{body_file}'"
+                f"release' --head {helper_branch} --body-file '{body_file}' "
+                "--label 'do not test' --assignee @me"
             )
             # Here the testing part is done
             yield