diff --git a/GitVersionCore/MergeMessageParser.cs b/GitVersionCore/MergeMessageParser.cs
index c3ff90b209..41e09e680e 100644
--- a/GitVersionCore/MergeMessageParser.cs
+++ b/GitVersionCore/MergeMessageParser.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ static bool Inner(Commit mergeCommit, out string versionPart)
                 return suffix.TryGetPrefix(out versionPart, "'");
             }
 
+            if (message.StartsWith("Merge tag '"))
+            {
+                var suffix = message.Replace("Merge tag '", "");
+
+                if (suffix.Contains("-"))
+                {
+                    suffix = suffix.Split('-')[1];
+                }
+                return suffix.TryGetPrefix(out versionPart, "'");
+            }
+
             if (message.StartsWith("Merge pull request #"))
             {
                 var split = message.Split(new[]
diff --git a/GitVersionTask.Tests/MergeMessageParserTests.cs b/GitVersionTask.Tests/MergeMessageParserTests.cs
index caf2de3210..cf3b191ef5 100644
--- a/GitVersionTask.Tests/MergeMessageParserTests.cs
+++ b/GitVersionTask.Tests/MergeMessageParserTests.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class MergeMessageParserTests
     [TestCase("Merge branch 'release-0.2.0'", true, "0.2.0")]
     [TestCase("Merge branch 'hotfix-4.6.6' into support-4.6", true, "4.6.6")]
     [TestCase("Merge branch 'hotfix-10.10.50'", true, "10.10.50")]
+    [TestCase("Merge tag '10.10.50'", true, "10.10.50")]
     [TestCase("Merge branch 'hotfix-0.1.5'", true, "0.1.5")]
     [TestCase("Merge branch 'hotfix-0.1.5'\n\nRelates to: TicketId", true, "0.1.5")]
     [TestCase("Merge branch 'alpha-0.1.5'", true, "0.1.5")]