diff --git a/Blacklight/NameFixer.php b/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
index e6f280cbf..177ffde15 100755
--- a/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
+++ b/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ class NameFixer
 
                         if ($taggedRelease !== null) {
                             $taggedRelease->update($updateColumns);
+                            $taggedRelease->untag();
                             $taggedRelease->retag($determinedCategory['tags']);
                         }
                         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
@@ -1069,6 +1070,7 @@ class NameFixer
                                     'iscategorized' => 1,
                                 ]
                             );
+                        $taggedRelease->untag();
                         $taggedRelease?->retag($determinedCategory['tags']);
                         if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
                             $this->elasticsearch->updateRelease($release->_releases_id);
diff --git a/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php b/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
index c61c02d97..7da146615 100755
--- a/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
+++ b/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ class ProcessReleases
                 Release::query()->where('id', $release->id)->update(['categories_id' => $catId['categories_id'], 'iscategorized' => 1]);
                 try {
                     $taggedRelease = Release::find($release->id);
+                    $taggedRelease->untag();
                     $taggedRelease->retag($catId['tags']);
                 } catch (\Throwable $e) {
                     //Just pass this part, tag is not created for some reason, exception is thrown and blocks release creation
@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@ class ProcessReleases
                 );
                 try {
                     $release = Release::find($releaseID);
+                    $release->untag();
                     $release->retag($determinedCategory['tags']);
                 } catch (\Throwable $e) {
                     Log::debug($e->getTraceAsString());
diff --git a/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php b/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
index 549e1a141..90b1d420e 100755
--- a/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
+++ b/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
@@ -1767,6 +1767,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
                                     // Update the search name.
                                     $release = Release::whereId($this->_release->id);
                                     $release->update(['searchname' => $newTitle, 'categories_id' => $newCat['categories_id'], 'iscategorized' => 1, 'isrenamed' => 1, 'proc_pp' => 1]);
+                                    $release->untag();
                                     $release->retag($newCat['tags']);
 
                                     if (config('nntmux.elasticsearch_enabled') === true) {
diff --git a/app/Models/Release.php b/app/Models/Release.php
index b8ebf579c..6de3a976a 100644
--- a/app/Models/Release.php
+++ b/app/Models/Release.php
@@ -363,7 +363,9 @@ class Release extends Model
         }
         if (! empty($tags)) {
             $newTags = explode(',', $tags);
-            self::find($id)->retag($newTags);
+            $release = self::find($id);
+            $release->untag();
+            $release->retag($newTags);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/misc/testing/Releases/recategorize.php b/misc/testing/Releases/recategorize.php
index 364d6217a..b4605161c 100644
--- a/misc/testing/Releases/recategorize.php
+++ b/misc/testing/Releases/recategorize.php
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ function categorizeRelease($update = true, $echoOutput = false, $argv): int
                         ]);
                         $release = Release::find($result->id);
                         if (! empty($release)) {
+                            $release->untag();
                             $release->retag($catId['tags']);
                         }
                         \Blacklight\NameFixer::echoChangedReleaseName([