diff --git a/cmd/releases/delete.go b/cmd/releases/delete.go
index 8c4f06f..db947c2 100644
--- a/cmd/releases/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/releases/delete.go
@@ -20,7 +20,17 @@ var CmdReleaseDelete = cli.Command{
 	Description: `Delete a release`,
 	ArgsUsage:   "<release tag>",
 	Action:      runReleaseDelete,
-	Flags:       flags.AllDefaultFlags,
+	Flags: append([]cli.Flag{
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "confirm",
+			Aliases: []string{"y"},
+			Usage:   "Confirm deletion (required)",
+		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "delete-tag",
+			Usage: "Also delete the git tag for this release",
+		},
+	}, flags.AllDefaultFlags...),
 }
 
 func runReleaseDelete(ctx *cli.Context) error {
@@ -33,6 +43,11 @@ func runReleaseDelete(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if !ctx.Bool("confirm") {
+		fmt.Println("Are you sure? Please confirm with -y or --confirm.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	release, err := getReleaseByTag(owner, repo, tag, client)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -42,5 +57,14 @@ func runReleaseDelete(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	_, err = client.DeleteRelease(owner, repo, release.ID)
-	return err
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if ctx.Bool("delete-tag") {
+		_, err = client.DeleteReleaseTag(owner, repo, tag)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9a72574..1b5f86f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.13
 
 require (
 	code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.1
-	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.13.1-0.20201129150736-6ea6e887f2fc
+	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.13.1-0.20201209180822-68eec69f472e
 	github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.2.2
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.4.15 // indirect
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.2.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4b76f08..d958507 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.1 h1:b30by7+3SkmiftK0RjuXqFvZg2q4p68uoPGuxhzBN0s=
 code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.1/go.mod h1:zcNbT/aJEmivCAhfmkHOlT645KNOf9W2KnkLgFjGGfE=
-code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.13.1-0.20201129150736-6ea6e887f2fc h1:Jy4PoO7T7tST6iYe7nvUwD2zkqbqVB34hLZsrG0EmLo=
-code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.13.1-0.20201129150736-6ea6e887f2fc/go.mod h1:89WiyOX1KEcvjP66sRHdu0RafojGo60bT9UqW17VbWs=
+code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.13.1-0.20201209180822-68eec69f472e h1:oJOoT5TGbSYRNGUhEiiEz3MqFjU6wELN0/liCZ3RmVg=
+code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.13.1-0.20201209180822-68eec69f472e/go.mod h1:89WiyOX1KEcvjP66sRHdu0RafojGo60bT9UqW17VbWs=
 github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.2.2 h1:1I4qBrNsHQE+91tQCqVlfrKe9DEL65949d1oKZWVELY=
 github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:9FJRdMdDm8rnT+zHVbvQT2RTSTLq0Ttd6q3Vl2fahjk=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
diff --git a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/release.go b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/release.go
index d8d28c5..502e5da 100644
--- a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/release.go
+++ b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/release.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (c *Client) EditRelease(user, repo string, id int64, form EditReleaseOption
 	return r, resp, err
 }
 
-// DeleteRelease delete a release from a repository
+// DeleteRelease delete a release from a repository, keeping its tag
 func (c *Client) DeleteRelease(user, repo string, id int64) (*Response, error) {
 	_, resp, err := c.getResponse("DELETE",
 		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases/%d", user, repo, id),
@@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteRelease(user, repo string, id int64) (*Response, error) {
 	return resp, err
 }
 
+// DeleteReleaseTag deletes a tag from a repository, if no release refers to it.
+func (c *Client) DeleteReleaseTag(user, repo string, tag string) (*Response, error) {
+	if err := c.checkServerVersionGreaterThanOrEqual(version1_14_0); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	_, resp, err := c.getResponse("DELETE",
+		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases/tags/%s", user, repo, tag),
+		nil, nil)
+	return resp, err
+}
+
 // fallbackGetReleaseByTag is fallback for old gitea installations ( < 1.13.0 )
 func (c *Client) fallbackGetReleaseByTag(user, repo string, tag string) (*Release, *Response, error) {
 	for i := 1; ; i++ {
diff --git a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/version.go b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/version.go
index b5922ec..c96ef66 100644
--- a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/version.go
+++ b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/version.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var (
 	version1_11_0, _ = version.NewVersion("1.11.0")
 	version1_12_0, _ = version.NewVersion("1.12.0")
 	version1_13_0, _ = version.NewVersion("1.13.0")
+	version1_14_0, _ = version.NewVersion("1.14.0")
 )
 
 // checkServerVersionGreaterThanOrEqual is internally used to speed up things and ignore issues with prerelease
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 432949d..5c8aa42 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.1
 code.gitea.io/gitea-vet
 code.gitea.io/gitea-vet/checks
-# code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.13.1-0.20201129150736-6ea6e887f2fc
+# code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.13.1-0.20201209180822-68eec69f472e
 code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea
 # github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.2.2
 github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2