diff --git a/lib/commands/publish.js b/lib/commands/publish.js
index a18b6f0c81bcc..f912f59d55f6a 100644
--- a/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class Publish extends BaseCommand {
 
     const access = opts.access === null ? 'default' : opts.access
     const verb = this.isStage ? 'Staging' : 'Publishing'
-    let msg = `${verb} to ${outputRegistry} with tag ${defaultTag} and ${access} access`
+    let msg = `${verb} to ${outputRegistry} with tag ${opts.defaultTag} and ${access} access`
     if (dryRun) {
       msg = `${msg} (dry-run)`
     }
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class Publish extends BaseCommand {
           ? `+ ${pkgContents.id} (staged with id ${stageId})`
           : `+ ${pkgContents.id} (staged)`
         output.standard(stagedMsg, { [META]: true, redact: false })
-        log.notice(this.#command, `package ${pkgContents.id} has been staged with tag ${defaultTag}`)
+        log.notice(this.#command, `package ${pkgContents.id} has been staged with tag ${opts.defaultTag}`)
       } else {
         output.standard(`+ ${pkgContents.id}`)
       }
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/publish.js b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
index 9ddca285488a7..7b6cace939343 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -172,6 +172,54 @@ for (const allowDirectory of ['none', 'root']) {
   })
 }
 
+t.test('dry-run with publishConfig.tag', async t => {
+  const packageJson = {
+    ...pkgJson,
+    publishConfig: { tag: 'next' },
+  }
+  const { joinedOutput, npm, logs, registry } = await loadNpmWithRegistry(t, {
+    config: {
+      'dry-run': true,
+      ...auth,
+    },
+    prefixDir: {
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2),
+    },
+    authorization: token,
+  })
+  registry.publish(pkg, { noPut: true })
+  await npm.exec('publish', [])
+  t.equal(joinedOutput(), `+ ${pkg}@1.0.0`)
+  t.ok(
+    logs.notice.includes('Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag next and default access (dry-run)'),
+    'notice reports the publishConfig tag'
+  )
+})
+
+t.test('CLI --tag overrides publishConfig.tag in notice', async t => {
+  const packageJson = {
+    ...pkgJson,
+    publishConfig: { tag: 'next' },
+  }
+  const { npm, logs, registry } = await loadNpmWithRegistry(t, {
+    config: {
+      'dry-run': true,
+      ...auth,
+    },
+    argv: ['--tag', 'beta'],
+    prefixDir: {
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2),
+    },
+    authorization: token,
+  })
+  registry.publish(pkg, { noPut: true })
+  await npm.exec('publish', [])
+  t.ok(
+    logs.notice.includes('Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag beta and default access (dry-run)'),
+    'notice reports the CLI tag'
+  )
+})
+
 t.test('foreground-scripts defaults to true', async t => {
   const { outputs, npm, logs, registry } = await loadNpmWithRegistry(t, {
     config: {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/stage/index.js b/test/lib/commands/stage/index.js
index 127c0ea825288..8a82fe5a1095c 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/stage/index.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/stage/index.js
@@ -267,6 +267,30 @@ t.test('respects publishConfig', async t => {
   t.match(logs.warn, [/Unknown publishConfig/])
 })
 
+t.test('reports publishConfig.tag in notices', async t => {
+  const { npm, logs } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    config: authConfig,
+    prefixDir: {
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        ...pkgJson,
+        publishConfig: { tag: 'next' },
+      }),
+    },
+  })
+  const registry = new MockRegistry({
+    tap: t,
+    registry: npm.config.get('registry'),
+    authorization: token,
+  })
+  registry.nock.post('/-/stage/package/@npmcli%2ftest-package').reply(201, {})
+  await npm.exec('stage', ['publish'])
+  t.ok(logs.notice.some(n => /Staging to .* with tag next and default access/.test(n)), 'staging notice reports the publishConfig tag')
+  t.ok(
+    logs.notice.includes(`stage package ${pkg}@1.0.0 has been staged with tag next`),
+    'staged notice reports the publishConfig tag'
+  )
+})
+
 t.test('warns about auto-corrected package.json errors', async t => {
   const { npm, logs } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
     config: authConfig,