diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-github.js b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-github.js
index 6b9fb35273a748dd3287fa402bd097c86b84d714..6f138cfa73b9c7e21984772402a2a9cec141d6fb 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-github.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-github.js
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ async function getChangeLogJSON({
     if (!tags) {
       tags = await getTags(endpoint, versionScheme, repository);
     }
+    const regex = new RegExp(`${depName}[@-]`);
     const tagName = tags
-      .filter(tag => isVersion(tag.replace(`${depName}@`, '')))
-      .find(tag => equals(tag.replace(`${depName}@`, ''), release.version));
+      .filter(tag => isVersion(tag.replace(regex, '')))
+      .find(tag => equals(tag.replace(regex, ''), release.version));
     if (tagName) {
       return tagName;
     }