diff --git a/check_releasepy.bash b/check_releasepy.bash
index a7c07a222..8c1959f80 100755
--- a/check_releasepy.bash
+++ b/check_releasepy.bash
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ exec_releasepy_test()
     gz-foo 1.2.3 token ${test_params}""
 }
 
+exec_ignition_releasepy_test()
+{
+  test_params=${1}
+
+    ./release.py \
+      --dry-run \
+      --no-sanity-checks \
+    ign-foo 1.2.3 token ${test_params}""
+}
+
 expect_job_run()
 {
   output="${1}" job="${2}"
@@ -81,3 +91,15 @@ expect_job_not_run "${bump_linux_test}" "generic-release-homebrew_pull_request_u
 expect_job_not_run "${bump_linux_test}" "gz-foo-source"
 expect_number_of_jobs "${bump_linux_test}" "6"
 expect_param "${bump_linux_test}" "RELEASE_VERSION=2"
+
+ignition_test=$(exec_ignition_releasepy_test "--source-repo-uri https://github.org/gazebosim/gz-foo")
+expect_job_run "${ignition_test}" "gz-foo-source"
+expect_job_not_run "${ignition_test}" "ignition-foo-source"
+expect_number_of_jobs "${ignition_test}" "1"
+
+ignition_source_tarball_uri_test=$(exec_ignition_releasepy_test "--source-tarball-uri https://gazebosim/gz-foo-1.2.3.tar.gz")
+expect_job_run "${ignition_source_tarball_uri_test}" "ignition-foo-debbuilder"
+expect_job_run "${ignition_source_tarball_uri_test}" "generic-release-homebrew_pull_request_updater"
+expect_job_not_run "${ignition_source_tarball_uri_test}" "ignition-foo-source"
+expect_number_of_jobs "${ignition_source_tarball_uri_test}" "7"
+expect_param "${ignition_source_tarball_uri_test}" "SOURCE_TARBALL_URI=https%3A%2F%2Fgazebosim%2Fgz-foo-1.2.3.tar.gz"
diff --git a/release.py b/release.py
index 56ca9c5b5..154cb5981 100755
--- a/release.py
+++ b/release.py
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ def parse_args(argv):
         args.package = args.package.replace('ign-', 'gz-')
 
     args.package_alias = args.package
+    if args.package.startswith('ign-'):
+        args.package_alias = args.package.replace('ign-', 'ignition-')
 
     DRY_RUN = args.dry_run
     if args.upload_to_repository == 'nightly':
@@ -521,6 +523,8 @@ def go(argv):
     if not args.release_version:
         args.release_version = 1
 
+    package_alias_force_gz = args.package_alias.replace('ignition-','gz-')
+
     print(f"Downloading releasing info for {args.package}")
     # Sanity checks and dicover supported distributions before proceed.
     repo_dir, args.release_repo_branch = download_release_repository(args.package, args.release_repo_branch)
@@ -632,7 +636,7 @@ def go(argv):
         params['SOURCE_REPO_REF'] = tag_repo(args) \
             if not args.source_repo_ref else args.source_repo_ref
 
-        call_jenkins_build(f"{args.package_alias}-source",
+        call_jenkins_build(f'{package_alias_force_gz}-source',
                            params,
                            'Source',
                            args.version)