diff --git a/pontos/release/create.py b/pontos/release/create.py
index 3076d572b..2436fb2ea 100644
--- a/pontos/release/create.py
+++ b/pontos/release/create.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from pontos.changelog.conventional_commits import ChangelogBuilder
 from pontos.errors import PontosError
-from pontos.git import Git
+from pontos.git import Git, ResetMode
 from pontos.github.actions.core import ActionIO
 from pontos.github.api import GitHubAsyncRESTApi
 from pontos.release.command import AsyncCommand
@@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ async def async_run(  # type: ignore[override]
                 self.terminal.ok(f"Created release {release_version}")
             except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
                 self.print_error(str(e))
+                # revert commit and tag
+                self.git.delete_tag(git_version)
+                self.git.push(git_version, delete=True, remote=git_remote_name)
+                self.git.reset("HEAD^", mode=ResetMode.HARD)
+                self.git.push(force=True, remote=git_remote_name)
                 return CreateReleaseReturnValue.CREATE_RELEASE_ERROR
 
         if next_version is None:
diff --git a/tests/release/test_create.py b/tests/release/test_create.py
index 4c000192b..6a7597537 100644
--- a/tests/release/test_create.py
+++ b/tests/release/test_create.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from httpx import HTTPStatusError, Request, Response
 
-from pontos.git import ConfigScope, Git, StatusEntry
+from pontos.git import ConfigScope, Git, ResetMode, StatusEntry
 from pontos.github.actions.errors import GitHubActionsError
 from pontos.release.create import (
     CreateReleaseReturnValue,
@@ -1653,9 +1653,17 @@ def test_github_create_release_failure(
             released, CreateReleaseReturnValue.CREATE_RELEASE_ERROR
         )
 
-        git_instance_mock.push.assert_called_once_with(
-            follow_tags=True, remote=None
+        git_instance_mock.push.assert_has_calls(
+            [
+                call(follow_tags=True, remote=None),
+                call("v0.0.1", delete=True, remote=None),
+                call(force=True, remote=None),
+            ]
+        )
+        git_instance_mock.reset.assert_called_once_with(
+            "HEAD^", mode=ResetMode.HARD
         )
+        git_instance_mock.delete_tag.assert_called_once_with("v0.0.1")
         git_instance_mock.add.assert_called_once_with(Path("MyProject.conf"))
         git_instance_mock.commit.assert_called_once_with(
             "Automatic release to 0.0.1", verify=False, gpg_signing_key="1234"