diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/release-notes.js b/lib/workers/pr/release-notes.js
index 238c4710a1b3193d3c919028ab88ad03978d7af5..1a53fb9d8b541a1df160b3dcc0941a3c747c2133 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/release-notes.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/release-notes.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async function getReleaseNotesMd(repository, version) {
       const body = section.replace(/.*?\n/, '').trim();
       if (title) {
         for (let i = 0; i < title.length; i += 1) {
-          if (title[i].endsWith(version) || title[i].includes(`[${version}]`)) {
+          if (title[i].includes(version) || title[i].includes(`v${version}`)) {
             logger.trace({ body }, 'Found release notes for v' + version);
             let url = `https://github.com/${repository}/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#`;
             url += title.join('-').replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9-]/g, '');