diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/release-notes.js b/lib/workers/pr/release-notes.js
index acd6ab31b4f22ee0607ec2d4018d89f771343903..c3eba799fc48cbd7077fd25d805922eeef6654f1 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/release-notes.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/release-notes.js
@@ -166,11 +166,12 @@ async function addReleaseNotes(input) {
     return input;
   }
   const output = { ...input, versions: [] };
+  const repository = input.project.github.replace(/\.git$/, '');
   for (const v of input.versions) {
-    let releaseNotes = await getReleaseNotesMd(input.project.github, v.version);
+    let releaseNotes = await getReleaseNotesMd(repository, v.version);
     if (!releaseNotes) {
       logger.trace('No markdown release notes found for v' + v.version);
-      releaseNotes = await getReleaseNotes(input.project.github, v.version);
+      releaseNotes = await getReleaseNotes(repository, v.version);
     }
     // Small hack to force display of release notes when there is a compare url
     if (!releaseNotes && v.compare.url) {