diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-github.ts b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-github.ts
index 355006d7a9fc1491c7cc148295097c2690073064..6f74f932fef3bb5956327cb8b58a7b26adbbd1d0 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-github.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-github.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export async function getChangeLogJSON({
     if (!tags) {
       tags = await getTags(apiBaseUrl, repository);
     }
-    const regex = new RegExp(`${depName}[@-]`);
+    const regex = new RegExp(`(?:${depName}|release)[@-]`);
     const tagName = tags
       .filter((tag) => version.isVersion(tag.replace(regex, '')))
       .find((tag) => version.equals(tag.replace(regex, ''), release.version));
diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-gitlab.ts b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-gitlab.ts
index 912397dbe02a1a5093f8d37641d94a865dbc125a..2b2f2ca53c26ed85db54b9d9402fe59067839c27 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-gitlab.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/source-gitlab.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export async function getChangeLogJSON({
     if (!tags) {
       tags = await getTags(apiBaseUrl, versioning, repository);
     }
-    const regex = regEx(`${depName}[@-]`);
+    const regex = regEx(`(?:${depName}|release)[@-]`);
     const tagName = tags
       .filter((tag) => version.isVersion(tag.replace(regex, '')))
       .find((tag) => version.equals(tag.replace(regex, ''), release.version));