diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/release-prepare-release.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/release-prepare-release.sh
index 95e2d3d5624ee..ec4f867b00737 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/release-prepare-release.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/release-prepare-release.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
 
-make chlog-update VERSION="${CANDIDATE_BETA}"
+make chlog-update VERSION="v${CANDIDATE_BETA}"
 git config user.name opentelemetrybot
 git config user.email 107717825+opentelemetrybot@users.noreply.github.com
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ git push origin "${BRANCH}"
 
 gh pr create --title "[chore] Prepare release ${CANDIDATE_BETA}" --body "
 The following commands were run to prepare this release:
-- make chlog-update VERSION=${CANDIDATE_BETA}
+- make chlog-update VERSION=v${CANDIDATE_BETA}
 - sed -i.bak s/${CURRENT_BETA}/${CANDIDATE_BETA}/g versions.yaml
 - make multimod-prerelease
 - make multimod-sync