diff --git a/templates/release-mr.yml b/templates/release-mr.yml
index fbe008fc66bf4a21a1501ad22e50a2b114545bfe..258052718d03fea318bd311cf7c842df058b9d32 100644
--- a/templates/release-mr.yml
+++ b/templates/release-mr.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include:
 variables:
   RELEASE_MR_SOURCE_BRANCH: develop
   RELEASE_MR_TARGET_BRANCH: master
+  RELEASE_MR_FILTER_BRANCH: $RELEASE_MR_SOURCE_BRANCH
 
 release_mr:
   stage: pre
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ release_mr:
     - if: $CI_AWE_RUN_ALL
   script:
     - python-gitlab-set-private-token ${RELEASE_MR_TOKEN}
-    - DESCRIPTION=$(git log-mr --output markdown --target ${RELEASE_MR_SOURCE_BRANCH} origin/${RELEASE_MR_TARGET_BRANCH}..origin/${RELEASE_MR_SOURCE_BRANCH})
+    - DESCRIPTION=$(git log-mr --output markdown --target ${RELEASE_MR_FILTER_BRANCH} origin/${RELEASE_MR_TARGET_BRANCH}..origin/${RELEASE_MR_SOURCE_BRANCH})
     - |
       gitlab project-merge-request update \
         --project-id ${CI_PROJECT_ID} \