diff --git a/merge_helpers.sh b/merge_helpers.sh
index 87cc0e7d7b..fcbade32fa 100755
--- a/merge_helpers.sh
+++ b/merge_helpers.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ upstream_latest_tag() {
 upstream_previous_tag() {
     #git describe --abbrev=0 `upstream_latest_tag`~1 --tags
     #downstream_latest_tag | sed 's|sc_\(v.*\).sc.*|\1|'
-    git log | grep "Merge tag 'v.*' into sc" | head -n 1 |sed "s|.*Merge tag '\\(v.*\\)' into sc|\1|"
+    git log | grep "Merge tag 'v.*' into " | head -n 1 |sed "s|.*Merge tag '\\(v.*\\)' into .*|\1|"
 }
 downstream_latest_tag() {
     local commit="HEAD"