diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 42e3cec..02967d9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,32 @@ class ConventionalChangelog extends Plugin {
     return 'version';
   }
 
+  getInitialOptions(options, namespace) {
+    options[namespace].tagName = options.git.tagName;
+    return options[namespace];
+  }
+
+  async getChangelog(latestVersion) {
+    const { version, previousTag, currentTag } = await this.getConventionalConfig(latestVersion);
+    this.setContext({ version, previousTag, currentTag });
+    return this.generateChangelog();
+  }
+
+  async getConventionalConfig(latestVersion) {
+    const { increment, isPreRelease, preReleaseId } = this.config.getContext('version');
+    const version = await this.getIncrementedVersion({ increment, latestVersion, isPreRelease, preReleaseId });
+    this.setContext({ version });
+
+    const previousTag = this.config.getContext('latestTag');
+    const tagTemplate = this.options.tagName || ((previousTag || '').match(/^v/) ? 'v${version}' : '${version}');
+    const currentTag = tagTemplate.replace('${version}', version);
+
+    return { version, previousTag, currentTag };
+  }
+
   getIncrementedVersion({ increment, latestVersion, isPreRelease, preReleaseId }) {
+    const { version } = this.getContext();
+    if (version) return version;
     this.debug({ increment, latestVersion, isPreRelease, preReleaseId });
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
       conventionalRecommendedBump(this.options, (err, result) => {
@@ -35,14 +60,15 @@ class ConventionalChangelog extends Plugin {
     );
   }
 
-  getChangelog(latestVersion) {
-    return this.generateChangelog();
-  }
-
   getChangelogStream(options = {}) {
-    return conventionalChangelog(Object.assign(options, this.options), null, {
-      debug: this.config.isDebug ? this.debug : null
-    });
+    const { version, previousTag, currentTag } = this.getContext();
+    return conventionalChangelog(
+      Object.assign(options, this.options),
+      { version, previousTag, currentTag },
+      {
+        debug: this.config.isDebug ? this.debug : null
+      }
+    );
   }
 
   generateChangelog(options) {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 32cbd68..b7ba1e9 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -31,15 +31,16 @@ const Plugin = proxyquire('.', {
 const namespace = 'conventional-changelog';
 const preset = 'angular';
 const infile = 'CHANGES.md';
+const git = { tagName: '${version}' };
 
 test('should not throw', async t => {
-  const options = { [namespace]: { preset } };
+  const options = { [namespace]: { preset }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options });
   await assert.doesNotReject(runTasks(plugin));
 });
 
 test('should set changelog', async t => {
-  const options = { [namespace]: { preset } };
+  const options = { [namespace]: { preset }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options });
   await runTasks(plugin);
   const { changelog } = plugin.config.getContext();
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ test('should set changelog', async t => {
 });
 
 test('should use recommended bump', async t => {
-  const options = { [namespace]: { preset } };
+  const options = { [namespace]: { preset }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options });
   await runTasks(plugin);
   const { version } = plugin.config.getContext();
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ test('should use recommended bump', async t => {
 });
 
 test('should use provided increment', async t => {
-  const options = { increment: 'major', [namespace]: { preset } };
+  const options = { increment: 'major', [namespace]: { preset }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options });
   await runTasks(plugin);
   const { version } = plugin.config.getContext();
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ test('should use provided increment', async t => {
 });
 
 test('should use provided version', async t => {
-  const options = { increment: '1.2.3', [namespace]: { preset } };
+  const options = { increment: '1.2.3', [namespace]: { preset }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options });
   await runTasks(plugin);
   const { version } = plugin.config.getContext();
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ test('should use provided version', async t => {
 });
 
 test(`should write and update infile (${infile})`, async t => {
-  const options = { [namespace]: { preset, infile } };
+  const options = { [namespace]: { preset, infile }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options });
   await runTasks(plugin);
   const changelog = fs.readFileSync(infile);
@@ -85,20 +86,20 @@ test(`should write and update infile (${infile})`, async t => {
 });
 
 test('should reject if conventional bump passes error', async t => {
-  const options = { [namespace]: { preset: 'what?' } };
+  const options = { [namespace]: { preset: 'what?' }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options });
   await assert.rejects(runTasks(plugin), /Something went wrong/);
 });
 
 test('should reject if conventional changelog has error', async t => {
-  const options = { [namespace]: { preset, releaseCount: -1 } };
+  const options = { [namespace]: { preset, releaseCount: -1 }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options });
   await assert.rejects(runTasks(plugin), /Something went wrong/);
 });
 
 test('should not write infile in dry run', async t => {
   const infile = 'DRYRUN.md';
-  const options = { [namespace]: { preset, infile } };
+  const options = { [namespace]: { preset, infile }, git };
   const plugin = factory(Plugin, { namespace, options, global: { isDryRun: true } });
   const spy = sinon.spy(plugin, 'writeChangelog');
   await runTasks(plugin);