diff --git a/changelogs/8.0.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.0.asciidoc
index cfcd7ededd3..9edc47f7a0b 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.0.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.0.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.0]]
 == APM version 8.0
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/7.17\...8.0[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.0.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.0.0>>
 * <<release-notes-8.0.0-rc2>>
diff --git a/changelogs/8.1.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.1.asciidoc
index a9f13dc87a9..8676b67582d 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.1.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.1.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.1]]
 == APM version 8.1
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.0\...8.1[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.1.3>>
 * <<release-notes-8.1.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.1.1>>
diff --git a/changelogs/8.10.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.10.asciidoc
index 574c859d40f..5ad04cc9cfd 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.10.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.10.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.10]]
 == APM version 8.10
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.9\...8.10[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.10.4>>
 * <<release-notes-8.10.3>>
 * <<release-notes-8.10.2>>
@@ -13,6 +11,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.9\...8.10[View commits]
 [[release-notes-8.10.4]]
 === APM version 8.10.4
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.10.3\...v8.10.4[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Bug fixes
 
@@ -22,18 +22,24 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.9\...8.10[View commits]
 [[release-notes-8.10.3]]
 === APM version 8.10.3
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.10.2\...v8.10.3[View commits]
+
 No significant changes.
 
 [float]
 [[release-notes-8.10.2]]
 === APM version 8.10.2
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.10.1\...v8.10.2[View commits]
+
 No significant changes.
 
 [float]
 [[release-notes-8.10.1]]
 === APM version 8.10.1
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.10.0\...v8.10.1[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Bug fixes
 Fix tail-based sampling discarding low throughput and low sample rate traces {pull}11642[11642]
@@ -42,6 +48,8 @@ Fix tail-based sampling discarding low throughput and low sample rate traces {pu
 [[release-notes-8.10.0]]
 === APM version 8.10.0
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.9.2\...v8.10.0[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Breaking Changes
 - Aggregated metrics now consider global labels to be part of a service's identity, and high cardinality global labels may cause services to be obscured {pull}11386[11386]
diff --git a/changelogs/8.11.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.11.asciidoc
index 04ac014c79d..a2cb9647e9c 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.11.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.11.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.11]]
 == APM version 8.11
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.10\...8.11[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.11.4>>
 * <<release-notes-8.11.3>>
 * <<release-notes-8.11.2>>
@@ -47,6 +45,8 @@ No significant changes.
 [[release-notes-8.11.0]]
 === APM version 8.11.0
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.10.4\...v8.11.0[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Breaking Changes
 - The `ecs.version` field has been removed from APM data streams {pull}11632[11632]
diff --git a/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc
index 94abff210f4..d402bd3ff4f 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [[release-notes-8.12]]
 == APM version 8.12
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.11\...8.12[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.12.0>>
 
 [float]
 [[release-notes-8.12.0]]
 === APM version 8.12.0
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.11.4\...v8.12.0[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Breaking Changes
 - The unsupported apm_data_stream_migration ingest pipeline has been removed {pull}12102[12102].
diff --git a/changelogs/8.2.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.2.asciidoc
index 82ab6a45c5d..69dacf5dd0e 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.2.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.2.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.2]]
 == APM version 8.2
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.1\...8.2[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.2.3>>
 * <<release-notes-8.2.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.2.1>>
diff --git a/changelogs/8.3.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.3.asciidoc
index d3056f53d0a..3685b811644 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.3.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.3.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.3]]
 == APM version 8.3
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.2\...8.3[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.3.3>>
 * <<release-notes-8.3.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.3.1>>
diff --git a/changelogs/8.4.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.4.asciidoc
index 5d9b687633c..a3d4cbc65da 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.4.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.4.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.4]]
 == APM version 8.4
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.3\...8.4[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.4.3>>
 * <<release-notes-8.4.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.4.1>>
diff --git a/changelogs/8.5.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.5.asciidoc
index b61e746d0bc..99d8ca6119d 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.5.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.5.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.5]]
 == APM version 8.5
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.4\...8.5[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.5.3>>
 * <<release-notes-8.5.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.5.1>>
@@ -12,6 +10,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.4\...8.5[View commits]
 [[release-notes-8.5.3]]
 === APM version 8.5.3
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.5.2\...v8.5.3[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Bug fixes
 - OpenTelemetry GRPC Spans from the Javascript API/SDK/Instrumentations are now correctly transformed into transactions with type=`request` {pull}9308[9308]
diff --git a/changelogs/8.6.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.6.asciidoc
index fa0ea98e1b3..0f16eb32e0f 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.6.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.6.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.6]]
 == APM version 8.6
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.5\...8.6[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.6.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.6.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.6.0>>
@@ -30,6 +28,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.6.0\...v8.6.1[View commits]
 [[release-notes-8.6.0]]
 === APM version 8.6.0
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.5.3\...v8.6.0[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Breaking Changes
 - `apm-server.decoder.*` stack monitoring metrics are no longer recorded {pull}9210[9210]
diff --git a/changelogs/8.7.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.7.asciidoc
index 79352693aa3..d51776bc2ed 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.7.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.7.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.7]]
 == APM version 8.7
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.6\...8.7[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.7.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.7.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.7.0>>
@@ -35,6 +33,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.7.0\...v8.7.1[View commits]
 [[release-notes-8.7.0]]
 === APM version 8.7.0
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.6.2\...v8.7.0[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Breaking Changes
 - `transaction.failure_count` has been removed. `transaction.success_count` type has changed to `aggregated_metric_double` {pull}9791[9791]
diff --git a/changelogs/8.8.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.8.asciidoc
index f8891c13bee..3113668b664 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.8.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.8.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.8]]
 == APM version 8.8
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.7\...8.8[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.8.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.8.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.8.0>>
@@ -31,6 +29,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.8.0\...v8.8.1[View commits]
 [[release-notes-8.8.0]]
 === APM version 8.8.0
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.7.2\...v8.8.0[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Breaking Changes
 - Store app logs into service-specific data streams {pull}10456[10456]
diff --git a/changelogs/8.9.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.9.asciidoc
index 75af82371be..3a7fdb965d1 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.9.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.9.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [[release-notes-8.9]]
 == APM version 8.9
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.8\...8.9[View commits]
-
 * <<release-notes-8.9.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.9.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.9.0>>
@@ -29,6 +27,8 @@ No significant changes.
 [[release-notes-8.9.0]]
 === APM version 8.9.0
 
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/v8.8.2\...v8.9.0[View commits]
+
 [float]
 ==== Bug fixes
 - Limit the amount of concurrent OTLP requests being processed in parallel {pull}10987[10987].