diff --git a/generate-release/src/helpers.rs b/generate-release/src/helpers.rs
index 35401a6846..2f8b5dca0f 100644
--- a/generate-release/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/generate-release/src/helpers.rs
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ pub fn get_merged_prs(
 
     let mut out = vec![];
     for commit in &commits {
-        let Some(title) = get_pr_title_from_commit(commit) else {
+        let Some((title, number)) = get_title_parts_from_commit(commit) else {
             continue;
         };
 
         // Get the PR associated with the commit based on it's title
-        let Some(pr) = prs.iter().find(|pr| pr.title.contains(&title)) else {
+        let Some(pr) = prs.iter().find(|pr| pr.number == number) else {
             // If there's no label, then not finding a PR is an issue because this means we want all PRs
             // If there's a label then it just means the commit is not a PR with the label
             if label.is_none() {
@@ -57,22 +57,25 @@ pub fn get_merged_prs(
     Ok(out)
 }
 
-fn get_pr_title_from_commit(commit: &GithubCommitResponse) -> Option<String> {
+/// Parses the commit message and returns the text without the PR number and the PR
+/// number.
+fn get_title_parts_from_commit(commit: &GithubCommitResponse) -> Option<(String, u64)> {
     let mut message_lines = commit.commit.message.lines();
 
     // Title is always the first line of a commit message
     let title = message_lines.next().expect("Commit message empty");
 
-    // Get the pr number at the end of the title
-    let re = Regex::new(r"\(#([\d]*)\)").unwrap();
+    // Capture the title leading up to the PR number and the PR number
+    let re = Regex::new(r"(.+?)\(#([\d]*)\)$").unwrap();
     let Some(cap) = re.captures_iter(title).last() else {
         // This means there wasn't a PR associated with the commit
         return None;
     };
-    // remove PR number from title
-    let title = title.replace(&cap[0].to_string(), "");
-    let title = title.trim_end();
-    Some(title.to_string())
+
+    let title = cap[1].trim_end().to_string();
+    let number = cap[2].parse().unwrap();
+
+    Some((title, number))
 }
 
 /// Returns all the area label for a PR as a list separated with ' + '