diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/pr-body.js b/lib/workers/pr/pr-body.js
index 4017dbe174b4d6429e9c9b78ebedd9146ff436f0..52997bb294223302c2cfc6c154c6cfccc15e63b7 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/pr-body.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/pr-body.js
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ async function getPrBody(config) {
   if (config.hasReleaseNotes) {
     let releaseNotes =
       '\n\n---\n\n' + handlebars.compile(releaseNotesHbs)(config) + '\n\n';
+    releaseNotes = releaseNotes.replace(/### \[`vv/g, '### [`v');
     // Generic replacements/link-breakers
 
     // Put a zero width space after every # followed by a digit