diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset.go b/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset.go
index 700136ca5..0f7daff79 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func verifyAssetRun(config *VerifyAssetConfig) error {
 	}
 
 	// Filter attestations by tag name
-	filteredAttestations, err := shared.FilterAttestationsByTag(attestations, opts.TagName)
+	filteredAttestations, err := shared.FilterAttestationsByTag(attestations, tagName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing attestations for tag %s: %w", tagName, err)
 	}
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ func verifyAssetRun(config *VerifyAssetConfig) error {
 	io := config.IO
 	cs := io.ColorScheme()
 	fmt.Fprintf(io.Out, "Calculated digest for %s: %s\n", fileName, fileDigest.DigestWithAlg())
-	fmt.Fprintf(io.Out, "Resolved tag %s to %s\n", opts.TagName, releaseRefDigest.DigestWithAlg())
+	fmt.Fprintf(io.Out, "Resolved tag %s to %s\n", tagName, releaseRefDigest.DigestWithAlg())
 	fmt.Fprint(io.Out, "Loaded attestation from GitHub API\n\n")
-	fmt.Fprintf(io.Out, cs.Green("%s Verification succeeded! %s is present in release %s\n"), cs.SuccessIcon(), fileName, opts.TagName)
+	fmt.Fprintf(io.Out, cs.Green("%s Verification succeeded! %s is present in release %s\n"), cs.SuccessIcon(), fileName, tagName)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset_test.go b/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset_test.go
index 732de9fd2..530f478ed 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,49 @@ func Test_verifyAssetRun_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+func Test_verifyAssetRun_SuccessNoTagArg(t *testing.T) {
+	ios, _, _, _ := iostreams.Test()
+	tagName := "v6"
+
+	fakeHTTP := &httpmock.Registry{}
+	defer fakeHTTP.Verify(t)
+	fakeSHA := "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678"
+	shared.StubFetchRefSHA(t, fakeHTTP, "OWNER", "REPO", tagName, fakeSHA)
+	shared.StubFetchRelease(t, fakeHTTP, "OWNER", "REPO", "", `{
+				"tag_name": "v6",
+				"draft": false,
+				"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/23456"
+			}`)
+
+	baseRepo, err := ghrepo.FromFullName("OWNER/REPO")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	result := &verification.AttestationProcessingResult{
+		Attestation: &api.Attestation{
+			Bundle:    data.GitHubReleaseBundle(t),
+			BundleURL: "https://example.com",
+		},
+		VerificationResult: nil,
+	}
+
+	releaseAssetPath := test.NormalizeRelativePath("../../attestation/test/data/github_release_artifact.zip")
+
+	cfg := &VerifyAssetConfig{
+		Opts: &VerifyAssetOptions{
+			AssetFilePath: releaseAssetPath,
+			TagName:       "", // No tag argument provided
+			BaseRepo:      baseRepo,
+			Exporter:      nil,
+		},
+		IO:          ios,
+		HttpClient:  &http.Client{Transport: fakeHTTP},
+		AttClient:   api.NewTestClient(),
+		AttVerifier: shared.NewMockVerifier(result),
+	}
+
+	err = verifyAssetRun(cfg)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func Test_verifyAssetRun_FailedNoAttestations(t *testing.T) {
 	ios, _, _, _ := iostreams.Test()
 	tagName := "v1"