diff --git a/release/release_notes/bug_fixes_per_major_release.py b/release/release_notes/bug_fixes_per_major_release.py
index 6ecee02445a..4c618fe2d22 100644
--- a/release/release_notes/bug_fixes_per_major_release.py
+++ b/release/release_notes/bug_fixes_per_major_release.py
@@ -312,8 +312,10 @@ class CommitInfo:
         command = ['git', 'show', '-s', '--format=%B', self.hash]
         command_output = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True).stdout.decode('utf-8')
 
-        # Find every instance of #NUMBER. These are the report that the commit claims to fix.
-        match = re.findall(r'#(\d+)', command_output)
+        # Find every instance of SPACE#NUMBER. These are the report that the commit claims to fix.
+        # We are looking for the SPACE part because otherwise commits that fix issues in other repos,
+        # E.g. Fix blender/blender-maunal#NUMBER, will be picked out for processing.
+        match = re.findall(r'\s#+(\d+)', command_output)
         if match:
             self.fixed_reports = match