diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/github/index.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/github/index.ts
index 5f8817ef7d2a9afb7c214de17ff17db9f6c1ea0c..92c92d6656fbe51ef839ab2adbfe689b7c04f82e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/github/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/github/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ import type {
 import { GithubHttp } from '../../../../../../util/http/github';
 import { fromBase64 } from '../../../../../../util/string';
 import { ensureTrailingSlash } from '../../../../../../util/url';
-import type { ChangeLogFile, ChangeLogNotes } from '../types';
+import type {
+  ChangeLogFile,
+  ChangeLogNotes,
+  ChangeLogProject,
+  ChangeLogRelease,
+} from '../types';
 
 export const id = 'github-changelog';
 const http = new GithubHttp(id);
@@ -107,10 +112,14 @@ export async function getReleaseNotesMd(
 }
 
 export async function getReleaseList(
-  apiBaseUrl: string,
-  repository: string
+  project: ChangeLogProject,
+  _release: ChangeLogRelease
 ): Promise<ChangeLogNotes[]> {
   logger.trace('github.getReleaseList()');
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion
+  const apiBaseUrl = project.apiBaseUrl!;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion
+  const repository = project.repository!;
   const notesSourceUrl = `${ensureTrailingSlash(
     apiBaseUrl
   )}repos/${repository}/releases`;
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/gitlab/index.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/gitlab/index.ts
index d20be75218d91839bd057d75519111a29e56408c..c24f431aacb73272713a1ddb0e331bf163780efe 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/gitlab/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/gitlab/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import type { GitlabTag } from '../../../../../../modules/datasource/gitlab-tags
 import type { GitlabTreeNode } from '../../../../../../types/platform/gitlab';
 import { GitlabHttp } from '../../../../../../util/http/gitlab';
 import { ensureTrailingSlash } from '../../../../../../util/url';
-import type { ChangeLogFile, ChangeLogNotes } from '../types';
+import type {
+  ChangeLogFile,
+  ChangeLogNotes,
+  ChangeLogProject,
+  ChangeLogRelease,
+} from '../types';
 
 export const id = 'gitlab-changelog';
 const http = new GitlabHttp(id);
@@ -91,11 +96,14 @@ export async function getReleaseNotesMd(
 }
 
 export async function getReleaseList(
-  apiBaseUrl: string,
-  repository: string
+  project: ChangeLogProject,
+  _release: ChangeLogRelease
 ): Promise<ChangeLogNotes[]> {
   logger.trace('gitlab.getReleaseNotesMd()');
-
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion
+  const apiBaseUrl = project.apiBaseUrl!;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion
+  const repository = project.repository!;
   const urlEncodedRepo = encodeURIComponent(repository);
   const apiUrl = `${ensureTrailingSlash(
     apiBaseUrl
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.spec.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.spec.ts
index c138e0d9d0d82cdeca1ea260625fdd7cf2a0b8e7..9580a00edbf327f094735ce139b78295d218302b 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.spec.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
 
   describe('getReleaseList()', () => {
     it('should return empty array if no apiBaseUrl', async () => {
-      const res = await getReleaseList({} as ChangeLogProject);
+      const res = await getReleaseList(
+        {} as ChangeLogProject,
+        {} as ChangeLogRelease
+      );
       expect(res).toBeEmptyArray();
     });
 
@@ -186,10 +189,13 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
         },
       ] as never);
 
-      const res = await getReleaseList({
-        ...githubProject,
-        repository: 'some/yet-other-repository',
-      });
+      const res = await getReleaseList(
+        {
+          ...githubProject,
+          repository: 'some/yet-other-repository',
+        },
+        {} as ChangeLogRelease
+      );
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot([
         {
           notesSourceUrl:
@@ -218,10 +224,13 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
             body: 'some body #123, [#124](https://gitlab.com/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)',
           },
         ]);
-      const res = await getReleaseList({
-        ...gitlabProject,
-        repository: 'some/yet-other-repository',
-      });
+      const res = await getReleaseList(
+        {
+          ...gitlabProject,
+          repository: 'some/yet-other-repository',
+        },
+        {} as ChangeLogRelease
+      );
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot([
         {
           notesSourceUrl:
@@ -252,12 +261,15 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes', () => {
             body: 'some body #123, [#124](https://my.custom.domain/some/yet-other-repository/issues/124)',
           },
         ]);
-      const res = await getReleaseList({
-        ...gitlabProject,
-        repository: 'some/yet-other-repository',
-        apiBaseUrl: 'https://my.custom.domain/api/v4/',
-        baseUrl: 'https://my.custom.domain/',
-      });
+      const res = await getReleaseList(
+        {
+          ...gitlabProject,
+          repository: 'some/yet-other-repository',
+          apiBaseUrl: 'https://my.custom.domain/api/v4/',
+          baseUrl: 'https://my.custom.domain/',
+        },
+        {} as ChangeLogRelease
+      );
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot([
         {
           notesSourceUrl:
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
index 561b841192365688ce1c11e3008f362149fab232..71c0a8aed6ee8a8b01fc150085ae3cc8ffc2a610 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
@@ -22,16 +22,17 @@ const markdown = new MarkdownIt('zero');
 markdown.enable(['heading', 'lheading']);
 
 export async function getReleaseList(
-  project: ChangeLogProject
+  project: ChangeLogProject,
+  release: ChangeLogRelease
 ): Promise<ChangeLogNotes[]> {
   logger.trace('getReleaseList()');
   const { apiBaseUrl, repository, type } = project;
   try {
     switch (type) {
       case 'gitlab':
-        return await gitlab.getReleaseList(apiBaseUrl, repository);
+        return await gitlab.getReleaseList(project, release);
       case 'github':
-        return await github.getReleaseList(apiBaseUrl, repository);
+        return await github.getReleaseList(project, release);
 
       default:
         logger.warn({ apiBaseUrl, repository, type }, 'Invalid project type');
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ export async function getReleaseList(
 }
 
 export function getCachedReleaseList(
-  project: ChangeLogProject
+  project: ChangeLogProject,
+  release: ChangeLogRelease
 ): Promise<ChangeLogNotes[]> {
   const cacheKey = `getReleaseList-${project.apiBaseUrl}-${project.repository}`;
   const cachedResult = memCache.get<Promise<ChangeLogNotes[]>>(cacheKey);
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ export function getCachedReleaseList(
   if (cachedResult !== undefined) {
     return cachedResult;
   }
-  const promisedRes = getReleaseList(project);
+  const promisedRes = getReleaseList(project, release);
   memCache.set(cacheKey, promisedRes);
   return promisedRes;
 }
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ export async function getReleaseNotes(
   const { depName, repository } = project;
   const { version, gitRef } = release;
   logger.trace(`getReleaseNotes(${repository}, ${version}, ${depName})`);
-  const releases = await getCachedReleaseList(project);
+  const releases = await getCachedReleaseList(project, release);
   logger.trace({ releases }, 'Release list from getReleaseList');
   let releaseNotes: ChangeLogNotes | null = null;