diff --git a/spotless-changelog-lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/changelog/GitActions.java b/spotless-changelog-lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/changelog/GitActions.java
index 4166b9a..ec40aad 100644
--- a/spotless-changelog-lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/changelog/GitActions.java
+++ b/spotless-changelog-lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/changelog/GitActions.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2019-2023 DiffPlug
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2024 DiffPlug
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ public void tagBranchPush() throws GitAPIException {
 		push(cfg.branch, RemoteRefUpdate.Status.OK);
 	}
 
+	public void runAfterPush() {
+		if (cfg.runAfterPush == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		try (var runner = new ProcessRunner()) {
+			var result = runner.shell(formatTagMessage(cfg.runAfterPush));
+			System.out.write(result.stdOut());
+			System.out.flush();
+			System.err.write(result.stdErr());
+			System.err.flush();
+		} catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("runAfterPush failed: " + formatTagMessage(cfg.runAfterPush), e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private String formatCommitMessage(final String commitMessage) {
 		return commitMessage.replace(GitCfg.COMMIT_MESSAGE_VERSION, model.versions().next());
 	}
diff --git a/spotless-changelog-plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/changelog/gradle/ChangelogPlugin.java b/spotless-changelog-plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/changelog/gradle/ChangelogPlugin.java
index 451f0f3..618cbc6 100644
--- a/spotless-changelog-plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/changelog/gradle/ChangelogPlugin.java
+++ b/spotless-changelog-plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/changelog/gradle/ChangelogPlugin.java
@@ -247,17 +247,7 @@ public void push() throws IOException, GitAPIException {
 			GitActions git = data.gitCfg.withChangelog(data.changelogFile, data.model());
 			git.addAndCommit();
 			git.tagBranchPush();
-			if (data.gitCfg.runAfterPush != null) {
-				try (var runner = new ProcessRunner()) {
-					var result = runner.shell(data.gitCfg.runAfterPush);
-					System.out.write(result.stdOut());
-					System.out.flush();
-					System.err.write(result.stdErr());
-					System.err.flush();
-				} catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
-					throw new GradleException("runAfterPush failed: " + data.gitCfg.runAfterPush, e);
-				}
-			}
+			git.runAfterPush();
 		}
 	}
 }