diff --git a/scripts/github-release.js b/scripts/github-release.js
index 01f5cc90197..40b9d32e374 100644
--- a/scripts/github-release.js
+++ b/scripts/github-release.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function getGitTag() {
 
 function getReleaseNotes(version) {
   let changelog = readFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', 'utf-8');
-  const header = changelog.match(new RegExp(`^###.*\\b${version.replace('v', '')}\\b.*$`, 'm'));
+  const header = changelog.match(new RegExp(`^###.*\\b${version}\\b.*$`, 'm'));
   if (!header) {
     return null;
   }