diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/github.spec.ts.snap b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/github.spec.ts.snap
index 57f6a7c9133b97df3c1bd188fd6753111509cdd9..0fd0d55de47a557c2eb37c4423aeab6225273499 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/github.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/github.spec.ts.snap
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diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/gitlab.spec.ts.snap b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/gitlab.spec.ts.snap
index 5ea9435c491909c50081f5a2438f193f74cd0ff2..6fac4360721bc969becea26fdf364d50933d92fb 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/gitlab.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/gitlab.spec.ts.snap
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diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index 7fe27ef13f2b02ca6140f8ac2e5f78604555525c..0bc6c5831b15a0bb1c8040de5060de49b3fa4eaf 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
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       },
       "date": undefined,
+      "gitRef": "npm_2.2.2",
       "releaseNotes": Object {
         "notesSourceUrl": "",
         "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk/compare/1.0.0...2.2.2",
@@ -352,6 +376,7 @@ Object {
       "changes": Array [],
       "compare": Object {},
       "date": undefined,
+      "gitRef": undefined,
       "releaseNotes": null,
       "version": "2.5.2",
     },
@@ -359,6 +384,7 @@ Object {
       "changes": Array [],
       "compare": Object {},
       "date": "2017-12-24T03:20:46.238Z",
+      "gitRef": undefined,
       "releaseNotes": null,
       "version": "2.4.2",
     },
@@ -368,6 +394,7 @@ Object {
         "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk/compare/npm_2.2.2...npm_2.3.0",
       },
       "date": "2017-10-24T03:20:46.238Z",
+      "gitRef": "npm_2.3.0",
       "releaseNotes": Object {
         "notesSourceUrl": "",
         "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk/compare/npm_2.2.2...npm_2.3.0",
@@ -380,6 +407,7 @@ Object {
         "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk/compare/npm_1.0.0...npm_2.2.2",
       },
       "date": undefined,
+      "gitRef": "npm_2.2.2",
       "releaseNotes": Object {
         "notesSourceUrl": "",
         "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk/compare/npm_1.0.0...npm_2.2.2",
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.spec.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.spec.ts
index aa94a95e66515eccbade0bdbe43949226c42e888..226cfb3dd6c792c18ccf009d38b3e7cee55ed941 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.spec.ts
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'some/repository',
           depName: 'some',
         },
-        '1.0.0'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.0',
+          gitRef: '1.0.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -297,7 +300,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'some/other-repository',
           depName: 'other',
         },
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         body: 'some body [#123](https://github.com/some/other-repository/issues/123), [#124](https://github.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)\n',
@@ -325,7 +331,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'some/other-repository',
           depName: 'other',
         },
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         body: 'some body [#123](https://github.com/some/other-repository/issues/123), [#124](https://github.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)\n',
@@ -354,7 +363,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'some/other-repository',
           depName: 'other',
         },
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         body: 'some body [#123](https://github.com/some/other-repository/issues/123), [#124](https://github.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)\n',
@@ -383,7 +395,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'some/other-repository',
           depName: 'other',
         },
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         body: 'some body [#123](https://github.com/some/other-repository/issues/123), [#124](https://github.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)\n',
@@ -411,7 +426,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'some/other-repository',
           depName: 'other',
         },
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         body: 'some body [#123](https://github.com/some/other-repository/issues/123), [#124](https://github.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)\n',
@@ -445,7 +463,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           depName: 'other',
           apiBaseUrl: 'https://api.gitlab.com/',
         },
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         body: 'some body #123, [#124](https://gitlab.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)',
@@ -478,7 +499,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           depName: 'other',
           apiBaseUrl: 'https://api.gitlab.com/',
         },
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         body: 'some body #123, [#124](https://gitlab.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)',
@@ -511,7 +535,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           depName: 'other',
           apiBaseUrl: 'https://api.gitlab.com/',
         },
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         body: 'some body #123, [#124](https://gitlab.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)',
@@ -531,7 +558,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           apiBaseUrl: 'https://api.lol.lol/',
           baseUrl: 'https://lol.lol/',
         } as ChangeLogProject,
-        '1.0.1'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.1',
+          gitRef: '1.0.1',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -555,7 +585,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'some/other-repository',
           depName: 'exampleDep',
         },
-        '1.0.0'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.0',
+          gitRef: '1.0.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toEqual({
         url: 'correct/url/tag.com',
@@ -577,7 +610,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           ...githubProject,
           repository: 'chalk',
         },
-        '2.0.0'
+        {
+          version: '2.0.0',
+          gitRef: '2.0.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -599,7 +635,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           ...githubProject,
           repository: 'chalk',
         },
-        '2.0.0'
+        {
+          version: '2.0.0',
+          gitRef: '2.0.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -620,7 +659,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           ...githubProject,
           repository: 'some/repository1',
         },
-        '1.0.0'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.0',
+          gitRef: '1.0.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -641,7 +683,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           ...githubProject,
           repository: 'some/repository2',
         },
-        '1.0.0'
+        {
+          version: '1.0.0',
+          gitRef: '1.0.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -662,7 +707,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           ...githubProject,
           repository: 'angular/angular.js',
         },
-        '1.6.9'
+        {
+          version: '1.6.9',
+          gitRef: '1.6.9',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot({
         notesSourceUrl:
@@ -687,7 +735,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'gitlab-org/gitter/webapp',
           apiBaseUrl: 'https://api.gitlab.com/',
         },
-        '20.26.0'
+        {
+          version: '20.26.0',
+          gitRef: '20.26.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
 
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot({
@@ -715,7 +766,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           apiBaseUrl: 'https://my.custom.domain/',
           baseUrl: 'https://my.custom.domain/',
         },
-        '20.26.0'
+        {
+          version: '20.26.0',
+          gitRef: '20.26.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
 
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot({
@@ -741,7 +795,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           ...githubProject,
           repository: 'facebook/jest',
         },
-        '22.0.0'
+        {
+          version: '22.0.0',
+          gitRef: '22.0.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
 
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot({
@@ -773,7 +830,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           repository: 'nodeca/js-yaml',
           sourceDirectory,
         },
-        '3.10.0'
+        {
+          version: '3.10.0',
+          gitRef: '3.10.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
 
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot({
@@ -799,7 +859,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
           ...githubProject,
           repository: 'nodeca/js-yaml',
         },
-        '3.10.0'
+        {
+          version: '3.10.0',
+          gitRef: '3.10.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
 
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot({
@@ -814,7 +877,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
         {
           repository: 'nodeca/js-yaml',
         } as ChangeLogProject,
-        '3.10.0'
+        {
+          version: '3.10.0',
+          gitRef: '3.10.0',
+        } as ChangeLogRelease
       );
       expect(res).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -839,7 +905,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
             ...githubProject,
             repository: 'yargs/yargs',
           },
-          '15.3.0'
+          {
+            version: '15.3.0',
+            gitRef: '15.3.0',
+          } as ChangeLogRelease
         );
         versionOneNotes = res;
 
@@ -866,7 +935,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
             ...githubProject,
             repository: 'yargs/yargs',
           },
-          '15.2.0'
+          {
+            version: '15.2.0',
+            gitRef: '15.2.0',
+          } as ChangeLogRelease
         );
         versionTwoNotes = res;
 
@@ -893,7 +965,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
             ...gitlabProject,
             repository: 'itentialopensource/adapter-utils',
           },
-          '4.33.0'
+          {
+            version: '4.33.0',
+            gitRef: '4.33.0',
+          } as ChangeLogRelease
         );
         versionTwoNotes = res;
 
@@ -926,7 +1001,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
             repository: 'itentialopensource/adapter-utils',
             sourceDirectory,
           },
-          '4.33.0'
+          {
+            version: '4.33.0',
+            gitRef: '4.33.0',
+          } as ChangeLogRelease
         );
         versionTwoNotes = res;
 
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
index 1709d6cf0424c2cca67b731a9e9f648cc15c1f71..616f4f63161b3d07b133d3b8775c7160bfdf22fa 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type {
   ChangeLogFile,
   ChangeLogNotes,
   ChangeLogProject,
+  ChangeLogRelease,
   ChangeLogResult,
 } from './types';
 
@@ -95,9 +96,10 @@ export function massageBody(
 
 export async function getReleaseNotes(
   project: ChangeLogProject,
-  version: string
+  release: ChangeLogRelease
 ): Promise<ChangeLogNotes | null> {
   const { depName, repository } = project;
+  const { version, gitRef } = release;
   logger.trace(`getReleaseNotes(${repository}, ${version}, ${depName})`);
   const releases = await getCachedReleaseList(project);
   logger.trace({ releases }, 'Release list from getReleaseList');
@@ -107,7 +109,11 @@ export async function getReleaseNotes(
   if (is.undefined(matchedRelease)) {
     // no exact match of a release then check other cases
     matchedRelease = releases.find(
-      (r) => r.tag === version || r.tag === `v${version}`
+      (r) =>
+        r.tag === version ||
+        r.tag === `v${version}` ||
+        r.tag === gitRef ||
+        r.tag === `v${gitRef}`
     );
   }
   releaseNotes = await releaseNotesResult(matchedRelease, project);
@@ -256,9 +262,10 @@ export function getReleaseNotesMdFile(
 
 export async function getReleaseNotesMd(
   project: ChangeLogProject,
-  version: string
+  release: ChangeLogRelease
 ): Promise<ChangeLogNotes | null> {
   const { baseUrl, repository } = project;
+  const version = release.version;
   logger.trace(`getReleaseNotesMd(${repository}, ${version})`);
   const skippedRepos = ['facebook/react-native'];
   // istanbul ignore if
@@ -373,10 +380,10 @@ export async function addReleaseNotes(
     releaseNotes = await packageCache.get(cacheNamespace, cacheKey);
     // istanbul ignore else: no cache tests
     if (!releaseNotes) {
-      releaseNotes = await getReleaseNotesMd(input.project, v.version);
+      releaseNotes = await getReleaseNotesMd(input.project, v);
       // istanbul ignore else: should be tested
       if (!releaseNotes) {
-        releaseNotes = await getReleaseNotes(input.project, v.version);
+        releaseNotes = await getReleaseNotes(input.project, v);
       }
       // Small hack to force display of release notes when there is a compare url
       if (!releaseNotes && v.compare.url) {
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/source-github.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/source-github.ts
index 8d62b41dce635ac4451d24670000ff7cbe98753c..474ae3a46804c4ac56bde3689e03c3e4e157fd15 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/source-github.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/source-github.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ export async function getChangeLogJSON(
       if (!release) {
         release = {
           version: next.version,
+          gitRef: next.gitRef,
           date: next.releaseTimestamp,
           // put empty changes so that existing templates won't break
           changes: [],
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/source-gitlab.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/source-gitlab.ts
index 04815f531e264f881f829eee4087fb28fad4b0d9..679d7836a7eb1c046607cd8afdf8b2b1573fd66e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/source-gitlab.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/source-gitlab.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export async function getChangeLogJSON(
         release = {
           version: next.version,
           date: next.releaseTimestamp,
+          gitRef: next.gitRef,
           // put empty changes so that existing templates won't break
           changes: [],
           compare: {},
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/types.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/types.ts
index ba737409d7d8abc319f180bce1d2b79026f4d439..a3184672a65301f7ba5eef05d77fb6c1365cc9b8 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/types.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/types.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface ChangeLogRelease {
   date: string | Date;
   releaseNotes?: ChangeLogNotes;
   version: string;
+  gitRef: string;
 }
 
 export interface ChangeLogProject {
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/index.spec.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/index.spec.ts
index 345301637b4f3fc28504b4fed1fcf9f019646d3a..912284d7635d4290f84b90af7a98eb9abbd50aa4 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/index.spec.ts
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/index', () => {
 
       const dummyRelease: ChangeLogRelease = {
         version: '',
+        gitRef: '',
         changes: dummyChanges,
         compare: {},
         date: '',