diff --git a/.github/workflows/do_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/do_release.yaml
index 76c0e70b39..96667071be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/do_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/do_release.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           -H "Authorization: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
           -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
           https://api.github.com/repos/inventree/InvenTree/releases/generate-notes \
-          -d '{"tag_name":"${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}","target_commitish":"${{ github.event.inputs.target }}","previous_tag_name":"${{ steps.version.outputs.old_version }}}","configuration_file_path":".github/release.yml"}')
+          -d '{"tag_name":"${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}","target_commitish":"${{ steps.version.outputs.old_branch }}","previous_tag_name":"${{ steps.version.outputs.old_version }}}","configuration_file_path":".github/release.yml"}')
           echo $auto_text
           echo "auto_text=$auto_text" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: "Dummy: Set version"
diff --git a/ci/version_check.py b/ci/version_check.py
index a3c28fba76..336b9ba3d0 100644
--- a/ci/version_check.py
+++ b/ci/version_check.py
@@ -105,14 +105,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         old_version = f'{highest_tupple[0]}.{highest_tupple[1]}.{highest_tupple[2]}'
         if target == 'master':
             tag = f'{highest_tupple[0]}.{highest_tupple[1] + 1}.0'
+            old_branch = 'master'
         elif target == 'stable':
             tag = f'{highest_tupple[0]}.{highest_tupple[1]}.{highest_tupple[2] + 1}'
+            old_branch = f'{highest_tupple[0]}.{highest_tupple[1]}.x'
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"Unknown target '{target}'")
         new_tag = f'{tag} dev'
 
         with open(os.getenv('GITHUB_OUTPUT'), 'a') as env_file:
             env_file.write(f'old_version={old_version}\n')
+            env_file.write(f'old_branch={old_branch}\n')
             env_file.write(f'tag={tag}\n')
             env_file.write(f'new_tag={new_tag}\n')
         exit(0)