diff --git a/cmd/ninja/cmd/plugin.go b/cmd/ninja/cmd/plugin.go
index 1b8eaa8..063911e 100644
--- a/cmd/ninja/cmd/plugin.go
+++ b/cmd/ninja/cmd/plugin.go
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func newPluginInitCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			if private {
 				modScope = ""
 			}
-			if err := upsertPluginMod(modScope, name, displayName, description, kind, cats, private); err != nil {
+			if err := upsertPluginMod(modScope, name, displayName, description, kind, cats, nil, private); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			fmt.Println("plugin.mod updated")
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ func submodulePaths(repoDir string) []string {
 	return paths
 }
 
-func upsertPluginMod(scope, name, displayName, description, kind string, categories []string, private bool) error {
+func upsertPluginMod(scope, name, displayName, description, kind string, categories, tags []string, private bool) error {
 	const file = "plugin.mod"
 	existing, _ := os.ReadFile(file)
 	mod, _ := core.ParseModFull(existing)
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ func upsertPluginMod(scope, name, displayName, description, kind string, categor
 	mod.Plugin.Description = description
 	mod.Plugin.Kind = kind
 	mod.Plugin.Categories = categories
+	mod.Plugin.Tags = tags
 	mod.Plugin.Private = private
 	return writeMod(file, mod)
 }
@@ -1017,6 +1018,13 @@ func writeMod(path string, m *core.ModFile) error {
 		}
 		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("categories = [%s]\n", strings.Join(quoted, ", ")))
 	}
+	if len(m.Plugin.Tags) > 0 {
+		quoted := make([]string, len(m.Plugin.Tags))
+		for i, t := range m.Plugin.Tags {
+			quoted[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q", t)
+		}
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("tags = [%s]\n", strings.Join(quoted, ", ")))
+	}
 	if m.Plugin.Private {
 		b.WriteString("private = true\n")
 	}