diff --git a/hail/build.gradle b/hail/build.gradle
index 1ec9b452e4c..33a722f6819 100644
--- a/hail/build.gradle
+++ b/hail/build.gradle
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ buildScan {
 //  - hail short version: MAJOR.MINOR
 //  - hail pip version: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
 //  - hail version: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH-GIT_SHA, calculated by generateBuildInfo
-String hailShortVersion = "0.2"
+String MAJOR = 0
+String MINOR = 2
+String PATCH = 4
+String hailShortVersion = MAJOR.toString() + "." + MINOR.toString()
 // By default pip hides versions ending in ".devN". Use these for testing.
-String hailPipVersion = hailShortVersion + ".4" + System.getProperty("hail.pip-version-suffix", "")
+String hailPipVersion = hailShortVersion + "." + PATCH + System.getProperty("hail.pip-version-suffix", "")
 String[] deployedSparkVersions = new File("deployed-spark-versions.txt").readLines()
 
 String sparkVersion = System.getProperty("spark.version", "2.2.0")
diff --git a/hail/python/deploy.sh b/hail/python/deploy.sh
index 0d7c012d814..4eabc6996c0 100755
--- a/hail/python/deploy.sh
+++ b/hail/python/deploy.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ then
           twine upload dist/*
         set -x
     fi
+
+    git tag ${current} -m "Hail version ${current}"
+    git push https://github.com/hail-is/hail.git ${current}
 else
     echo nothing to do ${published} == ${current}
 fi
diff --git a/hail/python/setup.py b/hail/python/setup.py
index a77ef5e541d..712ee4de2ee 100755
--- a/hail/python/setup.py
+++ b/hail/python/setup.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     version=hail_pip_version,
     author="Hail Team",
     author_email="hail-team@broadinstitute.org",
+    description="Scalable library for exploring and analyzing genomic data.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://hail.is",