diff --git a/build_tools/release-notes.sh b/build_tools/release-notes.sh
index 00e9777a4..1fedef4e7 100755
--- a/build_tools/release-notes.sh
+++ b/build_tools/release-notes.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if test -z "$CI" || [ "$(git -C "$workspace_root" tag | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then {
     echo 'Download links:'
     echo 'To download the source code for fish, we suggest the file named ``fish-'"$version"'.tar.xz``.'
     echo 'The file downloaded from ``Source code (tar.gz)`` will not build correctly.'
-    echo 'A GPG signature using the key published at '"${FISH_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_URL:-???}"' is available as ``fish-'"$version"'.tar.xz.asc``.'
+    echo 'A GPG signature using [this key]('"${FISH_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_URL:-???}"') is available as ``fish-'"$version"'.tar.xz.asc``.'
     echo
     echo 'The files called ``fish-'"$version"'-linux-*.tar.xz`` contain'
     echo '`standalone fish binaries <https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/?tab=readme-ov-file#building-fish-with-cargo>`__'
diff --git a/build_tools/release.sh b/build_tools/release.sh
index 5527c7dc4..b883acf07 100755
--- a/build_tools/release.sh
+++ b/build_tools/release.sh
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ done
     # This takes care to support remote names that are different from
     # fish-shell remote name. Also, support detached HEAD state.
     git push "$fish_site_repo" HEAD:master
+    git fetch "$fish_site_repo" \
+        "$(git rev-parse HEAD):refs/remotes/origin/master"
 )
 
 if [ -n "$integration_branch" ]; then {
@@ -262,17 +264,15 @@ milestone_version="$(
         echo "$version"
     fi
 )"
-milestone_number=$(
+milestone_number() {
     gh_api_repo milestones?state=open |
         jq --arg name "fish $1" '
             .[] | select(.title == $name) | .number
         '
-)
-gh_api_repo milestones/"$milestone_number" --method PATCH \
-    --raw-field state=closed
+}
+gh_api_repo milestones/"$(milestone_number "$milestone_version")" \
+    --method PATCH --raw-field state=closed
 
-next_minor_version=$(echo "$minor_version" |
-    awk -F. '{ printf "%s.%s", $1, $2+1 }')
 if [ -z "$(milestone_number "$next_minor_version")" ]; then
     gh_api_repo milestones --method POST \
         --raw-field title="fish $next_minor_version"