diff --git a/lib/platform/azure/azure-helper.ts b/lib/platform/azure/azure-helper.ts
index b14d6b8d0c783f6a828f1318eec53db861c743bd..fdec24ecd3d201d1be1fe596cb9b9fe43213ae2c 100644
--- a/lib/platform/azure/azure-helper.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/azure/azure-helper.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export function getRenovatePRFormat(azurePr: {
   pr.displayNumber = `Pull Request #${azurePr.pullRequestId}`;
   pr.number = azurePr.pullRequestId;
   pr.body = azurePr.description;
-  pr.targetBranch = azurePr.targetRefName;
+  pr.targetBranch = getBranchNameWithoutRefsheadsPrefix(azurePr.targetRefName);
 
   // status
   // export declare enum PullRequestStatus {