diff --git a/ci-scripts/genrelnotes.py b/ci-scripts/genrelnotes.py
index 0ac18340ae..93ef10fdfe 100755
--- a/ci-scripts/genrelnotes.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/genrelnotes.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def extract_release_notes(git_output, tag):
 
     prev_release, curr_release, *_ = sys.argv[1:]
     try:
-        git_cmd = 'git log --merges v%s..v%s' % (prev_release, curr_release)
+        git_cmd = 'git log --merges %s..%s' % (prev_release, curr_release)
         completed = subprocess.run(git_cmd.split(),
                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                    stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,