diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 516ecbb4..be6e7814 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________________
 
 Things to be included in the next release go here.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed the GitHub Release template generation
+
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
 ## v0.1.20 (2023-10-24)
@@ -258,4 +262,3 @@ ______________________________________________________________________
 ### Added
 
 - First release of `tm_devices`!
-    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8989d995..d6b14088 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ exclude_commit_patterns = []
 template_dir = "python_semantic_release_templates"
 
 [tool.semantic_release.changelog.environment]
-extensions = ["jinja2.ext.do"]
+extensions = []
 
 [tool.semantic_release.commit_parser_options]
 # These settings allow python-semantic-release to be used without triggering on any commits
diff --git a/python_semantic_release_templates/.macros.j2 b/python_semantic_release_templates/.macros.j2
index 1034a917..be277d6c 100644
--- a/python_semantic_release_templates/.macros.j2
+++ b/python_semantic_release_templates/.macros.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         {%- for commit in commits %}
             {%- set pr_num = commit.commit.message.rstrip().rsplit("(#", 1)[-1].rsplit(")", 1)[0]|int %}
             {%- if pr_num %}
-                {%- do recently_merged_prs.update({commit.commit.message.split("\n")[0].rsplit("(#", 1)[0]|safe: pr_num}) %}
+                {{- recently_merged_prs.update({commit.commit.message.split("\n")[0].rsplit("(#", 1)[0]|safe: pr_num})|replace("None", "") }}
             {%- endif %}
         {%- endfor %}
     {%- endfor %}
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     {%- if recently_merged_prs %}
        {%- set merged_prs_text_list = ["\n\n### Merged Pull Requests\n\n"] %}
        {%- for message, number in recently_merged_prs.items() %}
-           {%- do merged_prs_text_list.append("- " ~ message ~ "([#" + number|string ~ "](" ~ number|string|pull_request_url ~ "))\n") %}
+           {{- merged_prs_text_list.append("- " ~ message ~ "([#" + number|string ~ "](" ~ number|string|pull_request_url ~ "))\n")|replace("None", "") }}
        {%- endfor %}
        {%- set merged_prs_text = (merged_prs_text_list|join).rstrip() %}
     {%- else %}
diff --git a/python_semantic_release_templates/.release_notes.md.j2 b/python_semantic_release_templates/.release_notes.md.j2
index d92964a5..86b17467 100644
--- a/python_semantic_release_templates/.release_notes.md.j2
+++ b/python_semantic_release_templates/.release_notes.md.j2
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 {%- call(output) macros.populate_variables() %}
     {%-  filter replace("Things to be included in the next release go here.", "# " + output[0] + " (" + output[1] + ")" + output[2])|replace("##", "#") %}
         {%-  include ".previous_release_notes_for_template.md" %}
-    {% endfilter %}
-{%- endcall %}
+    {%- endfilter %}
+{% endcall %}
diff --git a/python_semantic_release_templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2 b/python_semantic_release_templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2
index 81c96ba8..b03c4bb9 100644
--- a/python_semantic_release_templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2
+++ b/python_semantic_release_templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 {%- call(output) macros.populate_variables() %}
     {%-  filter replace("Things to be included in the next release go here.", "Things to be included in the next release go here.\n\n______________________________________________________________________\n\n## " + output[0] + " (" + output[1] + ")" + output[2]) %}
         {%-  include ".previous_changelog_for_template.md" %}
-    {% endfilter %}
-{%- endcall %}
+    {%- endfilter %}
+{% endcall %}