diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index d3fb4e646c3..a8f319bea60 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -24,13 +24,16 @@ let
   lib = pkgs.lib;
 
   jobs =
-    { tarball = import ./make-tarball.nix { inherit pkgs nixpkgs officialRelease; };
+    rec { tarball = import ./make-tarball.nix { inherit pkgs nixpkgs officialRelease; };
 
       metrics = import ./metrics.nix { inherit pkgs nixpkgs; };
 
       manual = import ../../doc;
       lib-tests = import ../../lib/tests/release.nix { inherit nixpkgs; };
 
+      # for consistency with NixOS tested job
+      tested = unstable;
+
       unstable = pkgs.releaseTools.aggregate
         { name = "nixpkgs-${jobs.tarball.version}";
           meta.description = "Release-critical builds for the Nixpkgs unstable channel";