diff --git a/.sync/workflows/config/release-draft/release-draft-config.yml b/.sync/workflows/config/release-draft/release-draft-config.yml
index cec70bc2..073b7fcd 100644
--- a/.sync/workflows/config/release-draft/release-draft-config.yml
+++ b/.sync/workflows/config/release-draft/release-draft-config.yml
@@ -25,13 +25,9 @@ tag-template: 'v$RESOLVED_VERSION'
 {# `release_branch` applies a commitish. `latest` then determines the branch to use. -#}
 {# If a commitish is not specified, then the `github.ref` value is implicitly used. -#}
 {%- if release_branch %}
-{%- set latest_mu_dev_branch = "refs/heads/" + (sync_version.latest_mu_release_branch | replace("release", "dev")) %}
-{%- set previous_mu_dev_branch = "refs/heads/" + (sync_version.previous_mu_release_branch | replace("release", "dev")) %}
-{% set actual_branch = latest_mu_dev_branch if latest else previous_mu_dev_branch %}
-commitish: {{ actual_branch }}
+{% set release_branch = "refs/heads/" + (sync_version.latest_mu_release_branch if latest else sync_version.previous_mu_release_branch) %}
+commitish: {{ release_branch }}
 filter-by-commitish: true
-include-labels: "type:backport"
-latest: {{ latest | string }}
 {% endif %}
 
 template: |