diff --git a/src/Generator.php b/src/Generator.php
index 16d61acd0..ab804aaf4 100644
--- a/src/Generator.php
+++ b/src/Generator.php
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ public function getProcessorPipeline(): Pipeline
                 new Processors\MergeJsonContent(),
                 new Processors\MergeXmlContent(),
                 new Processors\OperationId(),
-                new Processors\AugmentTags(),
                 new Processors\CleanUnmerged(),
                 new Processors\PathFilter(),
                 new Processors\CleanUnusedComponents(),
+                new Processors\AugmentTags(),
             ]);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/SurplusTag.php b/tests/Fixtures/SurplusTag.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ac32cc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/SurplusTag.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * @license Apache 2.0
+ */
+
+namespace OpenApi\Tests\Fixtures;
+
+use OpenApi\Attributes as OAT;
+
+#[OAT\OpenApi(
+    info: new OAT\Info(
+        title: 'test',
+        description: 'test',
+        version: '2.0.0'
+    ),
+)]
+class SurplusTag
+{
+    #[OAT\Get(path: '/world/', tags: ['tag world'], responses: [new OAT\Response(response: '200', description: 'success')])]
+    #[OAT\Get(path: '/hello/', tags: ['tag hello'], responses: [new OAT\Response(response: '200', description: 'success')])]
+    public function hello(): void
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Processors/AugmentTagsTest.php b/tests/Processors/AugmentTagsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b62904793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Processors/AugmentTagsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * @license Apache 2.0
+ */
+
+namespace OpenApi\Tests\Processors;
+
+use OpenApi\Tests\OpenApiTestCase;
+
+class AugmentTagsTest extends OpenApiTestCase
+{
+    public function testAugmentTags(): void
+    {
+        $config = [
+            'pathFilter' => ['paths' => ['#^/hello/#']],
+            'cleanUnusedComponents' => ['enabled' => true],
+        ];
+        $analysis = $this->analysisFromFixtures(['SurplusTag.php'], static::processors(), null, $config);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $analysis->openapi->tags);
+    }
+}