diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 49642e9fb..a641b03ea 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
       return
     }
 
-    const { draftRelease, lastRelease } = await findReleases({ ref, app, context })
+    const { draftRelease, lastRelease } = await findReleases({ app, context })
     const {
       commits,
       pullRequests: mergedPullRequests,
diff --git a/lib/releases.js b/lib/releases.js
index c603542d2..ec832aaca 100644
--- a/lib/releases.js
+++ b/lib/releases.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const sortReleases = (releases) => {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports.findReleases = async ({ ref, app, context }) => {
+module.exports.findReleases = async ({ app, context }) => {
   let releases = await context.github.paginate(
     context.github.repos.listReleases.endpoint.merge(
       context.repo({
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ module.exports.findReleases = async ({ ref, app, context }) => {
   )
 
   log({ app, context, message: `Found ${releases.length} releases` })
-  
-  const filteredReleases = releases.filter((r) => ref.match(`/${r.target_commitish}$`))
-  const sortedPublishedReleases = sortReleases(filteredReleases.filter((r) => !r.draft))
-  const draftRelease = filteredReleases.find((r) => r.draft)
+
+  const sortedPublishedReleases = sortReleases(releases.filter((r) => !r.draft))
+  const draftRelease = releases.find((r) => r.draft)
   const lastRelease =
     sortedPublishedReleases[sortedPublishedReleases.length - 1]