diff --git a/scripts/_utils.ts b/scripts/_utils.ts
index fb5804c514..fa28f92e25 100644
--- a/scripts/_utils.ts
+++ b/scripts/_utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { execSync } from 'node:child_process'
 import { promises as fsp } from 'node:fs'
 import { $fetch } from 'ofetch'
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
+import { compare } from 'semver'
 import { glob } from 'tinyglobby'
 import { exec } from 'tinyexec'
 import { determineSemverChange, getGitDiff, loadChangelogConfig, parseCommits } from 'changelogen'
@@ -106,17 +106,35 @@ export async function determineBumpType () {
   return determineSemverChange(commits, config)
 }
 
+export async function getLatestTag () {
+  const { stdout: latestTag } = await exec('git', ['describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=0'])
+  return latestTag.trim()
+}
+
+export async function getLatestReleasedTag () {
+  const latestReleasedTag = await exec('git', ['tag', '-l']).then(r => r.stdout.trim().split('\n').filter(t => /v3\.\d+\.\d+/.test(t)).sort(compare)).then(r => r.pop()!.trim())
+  return latestReleasedTag
+}
+
+export async function getPreviousReleasedCommits () {
+  const config = await loadChangelogConfig(process.cwd())
+  const latestTag = await getLatestTag()
+  const latestReleasedTag = await getLatestReleasedTag()
+  const commits = parseCommits(await getGitDiff(latestTag, latestReleasedTag), config)
+  return commits
+}
+
 export async function getLatestCommits () {
   const config = await loadChangelogConfig(process.cwd())
-  const { stdout: latestTag } = await exec('git', ['describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=0'])
+  const latestTag = await getLatestTag()
 
-  return parseCommits(await getGitDiff(latestTag.trim()), config)
+  return parseCommits(await getGitDiff(latestTag), config)
 }
 
 export async function getContributors () {
   const contributors = [] as Array<{ name: string, username: string }>
   const emails = new Set<string>()
-  const latestTag = execSync('git describe --tags --abbrev=0').toString().trim()
+  const latestTag = await getLatestTag()
   const rawCommits = await getGitDiff(latestTag)
   for (const commit of rawCommits) {
     if (emails.has(commit.author.email) || commit.author.name === 'renovate[bot]') { continue }
diff --git a/scripts/update-changelog.ts b/scripts/update-changelog.ts
index 7da75bb731..eb16f6c47c 100644
--- a/scripts/update-changelog.ts
+++ b/scripts/update-changelog.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,19 @@ import { $fetch } from 'ofetch'
 import { inc } from 'semver'
 import { generateMarkDown, getCurrentGitBranch, loadChangelogConfig } from 'changelogen'
 import { consola } from 'consola'
-import { determineBumpType, getContributors, getLatestCommits, loadWorkspace } from './_utils'
+import { determineBumpType, getContributors, getLatestCommits, getLatestReleasedTag, getLatestTag, getPreviousReleasedCommits, loadWorkspace } from './_utils'
+
+const handleSeparateBranch = true
 
 async function main () {
   const releaseBranch = await getCurrentGitBranch()
   const workspace = await loadWorkspace(process.cwd())
   const config = await loadChangelogConfig(process.cwd(), {})
 
+  const prevMessages = new Set(handleSeparateBranch ? await getPreviousReleasedCommits().then(r => r.map(c => c.message)) : [])
+
   const commits = await getLatestCommits().then(commits => commits.filter(
-    c => config.types[c.type] && !(c.type === 'chore' && c.scope === 'deps'),
+    c => config.types[c.type] && !(c.type === 'chore' && c.scope === 'deps') && !prevMessages.has(c.message),
   ))
   const bumpType = await determineBumpType() || 'patch'
 
@@ -38,6 +42,9 @@ async function main () {
   const [currentPR] = await $fetch(`https://api.github.com/repos/nuxt/nuxt/pulls?head=nuxt:v${newVersion}`)
   const contributors = await getContributors()
 
+  const latestTag = await getLatestTag()
+  const previousReleasedTag = handleSeparateBranch ? await getLatestReleasedTag() : latestTag
+
   const releaseNotes = [
     currentPR?.body.replace(/## 👉 Changelog[\s\S]*$/, '') || `> ${newVersion} is the next ${bumpType} release.\n>\n> **Timetable**: to be announced.`,
     '## 👉 Changelog',
@@ -45,7 +52,8 @@ async function main () {
       .replace(/^## v.*\n/, '')
       .replace(`...${releaseBranch}`, `...v${newVersion}`)
       .replace(/### ❤️ Contributors[\s\S]*$/, '')
-      .replace(/[\n\r]+/g, '\n'),
+      .replace(/[\n\r]+/g, '\n')
+      .replace(latestTag, previousReleasedTag),
     '### ❤️ Contributors',
     contributors.map(c => `- ${c.name} (@${c.username})`).join('\n'),
   ].join('\n')