diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/updates/generate.js b/lib/workers/repository/updates/generate.js
index af10baaf9d20486ce25c35f11b132e4f83fde07f..b988e387bd77804993b22179c475c00f62167c19 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/updates/generate.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/updates/generate.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function generateBranchConfig(branchUpgrades) {
   logger.debug(`hasGroupName: ${hasGroupName}`);
   // Use group settings only if multiple upgrades or lazy grouping is disabled
   const depNames = [];
+  const newValue = [];
   const toVersions = [];
   branchUpgrades.forEach(upg => {
     if (!depNames.includes(upg.depName)) {
@@ -21,12 +22,18 @@ function generateBranchConfig(branchUpgrades) {
     if (!toVersions.includes(upg.toVersion)) {
       toVersions.push(upg.toVersion);
     }
+    if (upg.commitMessageExtra) {
+      const extra = handlebars.compile(upg.commitMessageExtra)(upg);
+      if (!newValue.includes(extra)) {
+        newValue.push(extra);
+      }
+    }
   });
   const groupEligible =
     depNames.length > 1 ||
     toVersions.length > 1 ||
     branchUpgrades[0].lazyGrouping === false;
-  if (branchUpgrades.length > 1 && !groupEligible) {
+  if (newValue.length > 1 && !groupEligible) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
     branchUpgrades[0].commitMessageExtra = `to v${toVersions[0]}`;
   }
diff --git a/test/workers/repository/updates/generate.spec.js b/test/workers/repository/updates/generate.spec.js
index d5455e4a934d204e9f6ffa89073c89b5b347d368..762846c8d68174855927661b3ff9d040acd6491f 100644
--- a/test/workers/repository/updates/generate.spec.js
+++ b/test/workers/repository/updates/generate.spec.js
@@ -165,6 +165,45 @@ describe('workers/repository/updates/generate', () => {
       expect(res.groupName).toBeDefined();
       expect(res.releaseTimestamp).toEqual('2017-02-08T20:01:41+00:00');
     });
+    it('fixes different messages', () => {
+      const branch = [
+        {
+          depName: 'depA',
+          groupName: 'some-group',
+          branchName: 'some-branch',
+          prTitle: 'some-title',
+          commitMessageExtra:
+            'to {{#if isMajor}}v{{newMajor}}{{else}}{{#unless isRange}}v{{/unless}}{{newValue}}{{/if}}',
+          lazyGrouping: true,
+          foo: 1,
+          newValue: '>= 5.1.2',
+          toVersion: '5.1.2',
+          group: {
+            foo: 2,
+          },
+          releaseTimestamp: '2017-02-07T20:01:41+00:00',
+        },
+        {
+          depName: 'depA',
+          groupName: 'some-group',
+          branchName: 'some-branch',
+          prTitle: 'some-title',
+          commitMessageExtra:
+            'to {{#if isMajor}}v{{newMajor}}{{else}}{{#unless isRange}}v{{/unless}}{{newValue}}{{/if}}',
+          lazyGrouping: true,
+          foo: 1,
+          newValue: '^5,1,2',
+          toVersion: '5.1.2',
+          group: {
+            foo: 2,
+          },
+          releaseTimestamp: '2017-02-08T20:01:41+00:00',
+        },
+      ];
+      const res = generateBranchConfig(branch);
+      expect(res.foo).toBe(1);
+      expect(res.groupName).toBeUndefined();
+    });
     it('uses semantic commits', () => {
       const branch = [
         {