diff --git a/src/bin/release-please.ts b/src/bin/release-please.ts
index 593a5f0ac..b8da00af0 100644
--- a/src/bin/release-please.ts
+++ b/src/bin/release-please.ts
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ const createReleasePullRequestCommand: yargs.CommandModule<
     }
 
     if (argv.dryRun) {
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       logger.debug(`Would open ${pullRequests.length} pull requests`);
       logger.debug('fork:', manifest.fork);
       logger.debug('changes branch:', manifest.changesBranch);
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ const createManifestPullRequestCommand: yargs.CommandModule<
     );
 
     if (argv.dryRun) {
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       logger.debug(`Would open ${pullRequests.length} pull requests`);
       logger.debug('fork:', manifest.fork);
       for (const pullRequest of pullRequests) {
diff --git a/src/github.ts b/src/github.ts
index 859626633..7e2883c09 100644
--- a/src/github.ts
+++ b/src/github.ts
@@ -1495,6 +1495,7 @@ export class GitHub {
       release: Release,
       options: ReleaseOptions = {}
     ): Promise<GitHubRelease> => {
+      this.logger.debug({tag: release.tag});
       const resp = await this.octokit.repos.createRelease({
         name: release.name,
         owner: this.repository.owner,
@@ -1751,7 +1752,7 @@ export class GitHub {
     branchName: string,
     branchSha: string
   ): Promise<string> {
-    this.logger.debug(`Creating new branch: '${branchName}' at $'{branchSha}'`);
+    this.logger.debug(`Creating new branch: '${branchName}' at '${branchSha}'`);
     const {
       data: {
         object: {sha},
diff --git a/src/manifest.ts b/src/manifest.ts
index b2d1c5f36..61fff60e3 100644
--- a/src/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/manifest.ts
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_RELEASE_LABELS = ['autorelease: tagged'];
 export const DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_LABELS = ['autorelease: snapshot'];
 export const SNOOZE_LABEL = 'autorelease: snooze';
 export const DEFAULT_PRERELEASE_LABELS = ['autorelease: pre-release'];
+export const DEFAULT_USEREDITED_LABEL = 'autorelease: user edited';
 const DEFAULT_RELEASE_SEARCH_DEPTH = 400;
 const DEFAULT_COMMIT_SEARCH_DEPTH = 500;
 
@@ -505,7 +506,10 @@ export class Manifest {
    *
    * @returns {ReleasePullRequest[]} The candidate pull requests to open or update.
    */
-  async buildPullRequests(): Promise<ReleasePullRequest[]> {
+  async buildPullRequests(
+    openPullRequests: PullRequest[],
+    snoozedPullRequests: PullRequest[]
+  ): Promise<ReleasePullRequest[]> {
     this.logger.info('Building pull requests');
     const pathsByComponent = await this.getPathsByComponent();
     const strategiesByPath = await this.getStrategiesByPath();
@@ -733,11 +737,18 @@ export class Manifest {
 
       const strategy = strategies[path];
       const latestRelease = releasesByPath[path];
+
+      const branchName = (await strategy.getBranchName()).toString();
+      const existingPR =
+        openPullRequests.find(pr => pr.headBranchName === branchName) ||
+        snoozedPullRequests.find(pr => pr.headBranchName === branchName);
+
       const releasePullRequest = await strategy.buildReleasePullRequest(
         pathCommits,
         latestRelease,
         config.draftPullRequest ?? this.draftPullRequest,
-        this.labels
+        this.labels,
+        existingPR
       );
       this.logger.debug(`path: ${path}`);
       this.logger.debug(
@@ -840,11 +851,6 @@ export class Manifest {
     // register all possible labels to make them available to users through GitHub label dropdown
     await this.registerLabels();
 
-    const candidatePullRequests = await this.buildPullRequests();
-    if (candidatePullRequests.length === 0) {
-      return [];
-    }
-
     // if there are any merged, pending release pull requests, don't open
     // any new release PRs
     const mergedPullRequestsGenerator = this.findMergedReleasePullRequests();
@@ -859,6 +865,15 @@ export class Manifest {
     const openPullRequests = await this.findOpenReleasePullRequests();
     const snoozedPullRequests = await this.findSnoozedReleasePullRequests();
 
+    // prepare releases pull requests
+    const candidatePullRequests = await this.buildPullRequests(
+      openPullRequests,
+      snoozedPullRequests
+    );
+    if (candidatePullRequests.length === 0) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
     if (this.sequentialCalls) {
       const pullRequests: PullRequest[] = [];
       for (const pullRequest of candidatePullRequests) {
@@ -1019,13 +1034,23 @@ export class Manifest {
     existing: PullRequest,
     pullRequest: ReleasePullRequest
   ): Promise<PullRequest | undefined> {
+    const userEditedExistingPR = existing.labels.find(
+      label => label === DEFAULT_USEREDITED_LABEL
+    );
+
+    this.logger.debug({userEditedExistingPR, existing});
+
     // If unchanged, no need to push updates
-    if (existing.body === pullRequest.body.toString()) {
+    if (
+      !userEditedExistingPR &&
+      existing.body === pullRequest.body.toString()
+    ) {
       this.logger.info(
         `PR https://github.com/${this.repository.owner}/${this.repository.repo}/pull/${existing.number} remained the same`
       );
       return undefined;
     }
+
     const updatedPullRequest = await this.github.updatePullRequest(
       existing.number,
       pullRequest,
@@ -1037,6 +1062,12 @@ export class Manifest {
         pullRequestOverflowHandler: this.pullRequestOverflowHandler,
       }
     );
+
+    await this.github.removeIssueLabels(
+      [DEFAULT_USEREDITED_LABEL],
+      existing.number
+    );
+
     return updatedPullRequest;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/release-pull-request.ts b/src/release-pull-request.ts
index d7ec27078..9949cc47d 100644
--- a/src/release-pull-request.ts
+++ b/src/release-pull-request.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {PullRequestTitle} from './util/pull-request-title';
 export interface ReleasePullRequest {
   readonly title: PullRequestTitle;
   readonly body: PullRequestBody;
-  readonly labels: string[];
+  labels: string[];
   readonly headRefName: string;
   readonly version?: Version;
   readonly draft: boolean;
diff --git a/src/strategies/base.ts b/src/strategies/base.ts
index 4941aae96..0de004ad1 100644
--- a/src/strategies/base.ts
+++ b/src/strategies/base.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ export abstract class BaseStrategy implements Strategy {
     this.initialVersion = options.initialVersion;
     this.extraLabels = options.extraLabels || [];
   }
+  async getBranchName(): Promise<BranchName> {
+    const branchComponent = await this.getBranchComponent();
+    const branchName = branchComponent
+      ? BranchName.ofComponentTargetBranch(
+          branchComponent,
+          this.targetBranch,
+          this.changesBranch
+        )
+      : BranchName.ofTargetBranch(this.targetBranch, this.changesBranch);
+    return branchName;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Specify the files necessary to update in a release pull request.
@@ -258,7 +269,8 @@ export abstract class BaseStrategy implements Strategy {
     commits: ConventionalCommit[],
     latestRelease?: Release,
     draft?: boolean,
-    labels: string[] = []
+    labels: string[] = [],
+    existingPullRequest?: PullRequest
   ): Promise<ReleasePullRequest | undefined> {
     const conventionalCommits = await this.postProcessCommits(commits);
     this.logger.info(`Considering: ${conventionalCommits.length} commits`);
@@ -267,10 +279,41 @@ export abstract class BaseStrategy implements Strategy {
       return undefined;
     }
 
-    const newVersion = await this.buildNewVersion(
-      conventionalCommits,
-      latestRelease
+    const releaseAsCommit = conventionalCommits.find(conventionalCommit =>
+      conventionalCommit.notes.find(note => note.title === 'RELEASE AS')
+    );
+    const releaseAsNote = releaseAsCommit?.notes.find(
+      note => note.title === 'RELEASE AS'
     );
+
+    const existingPRTitleVersion =
+      existingPullRequest &&
+      PullRequestTitle.parse(existingPullRequest.title)?.getVersion();
+    const userEditedExistingPR =
+      existingPullRequest &&
+      existingPullRequest.labels.find(
+        label => label === 'autorelease: user edited'
+      );
+
+    let newVersion: Version;
+    if (existingPRTitleVersion && userEditedExistingPR) {
+      newVersion = existingPRTitleVersion;
+    } else if (this.releaseAs) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        `Setting version for ${this.path} from release-as configuration`
+      );
+      newVersion = Version.parse(this.releaseAs);
+    } else if (releaseAsNote) {
+      newVersion = Version.parse(releaseAsNote.text);
+    } else if (latestRelease) {
+      newVersion = await this.versioningStrategy.bump(
+        latestRelease.tag.version,
+        conventionalCommits
+      );
+    } else {
+      newVersion = this.initialReleaseVersion();
+    }
+
     const versionsMap = await this.updateVersionsMap(
       await this.buildVersionsMap(conventionalCommits),
       conventionalCommits,
@@ -298,15 +341,6 @@ export abstract class BaseStrategy implements Strategy {
       this.pullRequestTitlePattern
     );
 
-    const branchComponent = await this.getBranchComponent();
-    const branchName = branchComponent
-      ? BranchName.ofComponentTargetBranch(
-          branchComponent,
-          this.targetBranch,
-          this.changesBranch
-        )
-      : BranchName.ofTargetBranch(this.targetBranch, this.changesBranch);
-
     const releaseNotesBody = await this.buildReleaseNotes(
       conventionalCommits,
       newVersion,
@@ -346,7 +380,7 @@ export abstract class BaseStrategy implements Strategy {
       body: pullRequestBody,
       updates: updatesWithExtras,
       labels: [...labels, ...this.extraLabels],
-      headRefName: branchName.toString(),
+      headRefName: (await this.getBranchName()).toString(),
       version: newVersion,
       draft: draft ?? false,
     };
@@ -463,45 +497,12 @@ export abstract class BaseStrategy implements Strategy {
     for (const [component, version] of versionsMap.entries()) {
       versionsMap.set(
         component,
-        await this.versioningStrategy.bump(version, conventionalCommits)
+        this.versioningStrategy.bump(version, conventionalCommits)
       );
     }
     return versionsMap;
   }
 
-  protected async buildNewVersion(
-    conventionalCommits: ConventionalCommit[],
-    latestRelease?: Release
-  ): Promise<Version> {
-    if (this.releaseAs) {
-      this.logger.warn(
-        `Setting version for ${this.path} from release-as configuration`
-      );
-      return Version.parse(this.releaseAs);
-    }
-
-    const releaseAsCommit = conventionalCommits.find(conventionalCommit =>
-      conventionalCommit.notes.find(note => note.title === 'RELEASE AS')
-    );
-    if (releaseAsCommit) {
-      const note = releaseAsCommit.notes.find(
-        note => note.title === 'RELEASE AS'
-      );
-      if (note) {
-        return Version.parse(note.text);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (latestRelease) {
-      return await this.versioningStrategy.bump(
-        latestRelease.tag.version,
-        conventionalCommits
-      );
-    }
-
-    return this.initialReleaseVersion();
-  }
-
   protected async buildVersionsMap(
     _conventionalCommits: ConventionalCommit[]
   ): Promise<VersionsMap> {
diff --git a/src/strategy.ts b/src/strategy.ts
index 91486f85c..62ae6edf9 100644
--- a/src/strategy.ts
+++ b/src/strategy.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {Commit} from './commit';
 import {VersioningStrategy} from './versioning-strategy';
 import {ChangelogNotes} from './changelog-notes';
 import {Version} from './version';
+import {BranchName} from './util/branch-name';
 
 export interface BuildReleaseOptions {
   groupPullRequestTitlePattern?: string;
@@ -39,15 +40,17 @@ export interface Strategy {
    *   component if available.
    * @param {boolean} draft Optional. Whether or not to create the pull
    *   request as a draft. Defaults to `false`.
-   * @returns {ReleasePullRequest | undefined} The release pull request to
-   *   open for this path/component. Returns undefined if we should not
-   *   open a pull request.
+   * @param {string[]} labels Optional.
+   * @param {PullRequest} existingPullRequest Optional. A pull request already existing for this branch.
+   * @returns {ReleasePullRequest | undefined} The release pull request to open for this path/component. Returns
+   * undefined if we should not open a pull request.
    */
   buildReleasePullRequest(
     commits: Commit[],
     latestRelease?: Release,
     draft?: boolean,
-    labels?: string[]
+    labels?: string[],
+    existingPullRequest?: PullRequest
   ): Promise<ReleasePullRequest | undefined>;
 
   /**
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ export interface Strategy {
    */
   getBranchComponent(): Promise<string | undefined>;
 
+  getBranchName(): Promise<BranchName>;
+
   /**
    * Validate whether version is a valid release.
    * @param version Released version.
diff --git a/test/manifest.ts b/test/manifest.ts
index 0548140ab..030dd735c 100644
--- a/test/manifest.ts
+++ b/test/manifest.ts
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             '.': Version.parse('1.0.0'),
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.1');
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           undefined,
           'non/default/path/manifest.json'
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         assertHasUpdate(pullRequest.updates, 'non/default/path/manifest.json');
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             '.': Version.parse('1.0.0'),
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.draft).to.be.true;
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             draftPullRequest: true,
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.draft).to.be.true;
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             labels: ['some-special-label'],
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.labels).to.eql(['some-special-label']);
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             '.': Version.parse('1.0.0'),
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.title.toString()).to.eql('release: 1.0.1');
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             '.': Version.parse('1.0.0'),
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.body.header.toString()).to.eql(
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           '.': Version.parse('1.0.0'),
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       expect(pullRequest.version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.1');
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           'path/b': Version.parse('0.2.3'),
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       expect(pullRequests[0].labels).to.eql(['autorelease: pending']);
       snapshot(dateSafe(pullRequests[0].body.toString()));
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           separatePullRequests: true,
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(2);
       snapshot(dateSafe(pullRequests[0].body.toString()));
       snapshot(dateSafe(pullRequests[1].body.toString()));
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
         .withArgs('.release-please-manifest.json', 'main')
         .resolves(buildGitHubFileRaw(JSON.stringify(versions)));
       const manifest = await Manifest.fromManifest(github, 'main');
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(2);
       expect(pullRequests[0].version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.1');
       expect(pullRequests[1].version?.toString()).to.eql('3.3.3');
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
         .withArgs('.release-please-manifest.json', 'main')
         .resolves(buildGitHubFileRaw(JSON.stringify(versions)));
       const manifest = await Manifest.fromManifest(github, 'main');
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(2);
       expect(pullRequests[0].version?.toString()).to.eql('3.3.3');
       expect(pullRequests[1].version?.toString()).to.eql('3.3.3');
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
         .withArgs('.release-please-manifest.json', 'main')
         .resolves(buildGitHubFileRaw(JSON.stringify(versions)));
       const manifest = await Manifest.fromManifest(github, 'main');
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       expect(pullRequests[0].version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.0');
     });
@@ -2235,7 +2235,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
         .withArgs('.release-please-manifest.json', 'main')
         .resolves(buildGitHubFileRaw(JSON.stringify(versions)));
       const manifest = await Manifest.fromManifest(github, 'main');
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       expect(pullRequests[0].version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.0');
     });
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             'chore${scope}: release${component} v${version}',
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       expect(pullRequest.title.toString()).to.eql(
@@ -2446,7 +2446,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             'chore${scope}: release${component} v${version}',
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       expect(pullRequests[0].title.toString()).to.eql('chore(main): release v');
     });
@@ -2489,7 +2489,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
         .withArgs('.release-please-manifest.json', 'main')
         .resolves(buildGitHubFileRaw(JSON.stringify(versions)));
       const manifest = await Manifest.fromManifest(github, 'main');
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       expect(pullRequests[0].body.releaseData).lengthOf(1);
       expect(pullRequests[0].body.releaseData[0].component).to.eql('pkg1');
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           '.': Version.parse('1.2.3'),
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       expect(pullRequest.version?.toString()).to.eql('1.2.4-SNAPSHOT');
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             '.': Version.parse('1.0.0'),
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(0);
       });
 
@@ -2601,7 +2601,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             '.': Version.parse('1.0.0'),
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.1-SNAPSHOT');
@@ -2659,7 +2659,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           'pkg/c': Version.parse('1.0.1'),
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       expect(pullRequests[0].updates).to.be.an('array');
       expect(pullRequests[0].updates.map(update => update.path))
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           draftPullRequest: true,
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       safeSnapshot(pullRequest.body.toString());
@@ -2837,7 +2837,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             plugins: ['node-workspace'],
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).not.empty;
         sinon.assert.calledOnce(mockPlugin.run);
       });
@@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             plugins: ['node-workspace', 'cargo-workspace'],
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).not.empty;
         sinon.assert.calledOnce(mockPlugin.run);
         sinon.assert.calledOnce(mockPlugin2.run);
@@ -2912,7 +2912,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             plugins: ['sentence-case'],
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).not.empty;
         // This assertion verifies that conventional commit parsing
         // was applied before calling the processCommits plugin hook:
@@ -2999,7 +2999,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           '.': Version.parse('1.0.0'),
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       expect(pullRequest.version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.1');
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
           'path/b': Version.parse('0.2.3'),
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       expect(pullRequests[0].labels).to.eql(['autorelease: pending']);
       snapshot(dateSafe(pullRequests[0].body.toString()));
@@ -3153,7 +3153,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
         }
       );
       expect(manifest.releaseSearchDepth).to.eql(1);
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       expect(pullRequest.version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.1');
@@ -3224,7 +3224,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
         }
       );
       expect(manifest.commitSearchDepth).to.eql(1);
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       expect(pullRequest.version?.toString()).to.eql('1.0.1');
@@ -3318,7 +3318,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             separatePullRequests: true,
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(3);
         const pullRequestB = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequestB.headRefName).to.eql(
@@ -3359,7 +3359,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             'pkg/d': Version.parse('3.0.0'),
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(2);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.headRefName).to.eql(
@@ -3397,7 +3397,7 @@ describe('Manifest', () => {
             'pkg/d': Version.parse('3.0.0'),
           }
         );
-        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+        const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
         expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(2);
         const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
         expect(pullRequest.headRefName).to.eql(
diff --git a/test/plugins/compatibility/linked-versions-group-title.ts b/test/plugins/compatibility/linked-versions-group-title.ts
index 978fa2049..b3eed176e 100644
--- a/test/plugins/compatibility/linked-versions-group-title.ts
+++ b/test/plugins/compatibility/linked-versions-group-title.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe('Plugin compatibility', () => {
           groupPullRequestTitlePattern: 'chore: Release${component} ${version}',
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       safeSnapshot(pullRequest.body.toString());
diff --git a/test/plugins/compatibility/linked-versions-workspace.ts b/test/plugins/compatibility/linked-versions-workspace.ts
index a7c57fae8..d938dbad0 100644
--- a/test/plugins/compatibility/linked-versions-workspace.ts
+++ b/test/plugins/compatibility/linked-versions-workspace.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe('Plugin compatibility', () => {
           ],
         }
       );
-      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+      const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
       expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
       const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
       safeSnapshot(pullRequest.body.toString());
diff --git a/test/plugins/linked-versions.ts b/test/plugins/linked-versions.ts
index ec45729e8..f439f8f79 100644
--- a/test/plugins/linked-versions.ts
+++ b/test/plugins/linked-versions.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('LinkedVersions plugin', () => {
         ],
       }
     );
-    const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+    const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
     expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(1);
     const pullRequest = pullRequests[0];
     const packageData2 = pullRequest.body.releaseData.find(
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ describe('LinkedVersions plugin', () => {
         ],
       }
     );
-    const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+    const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
     expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(2);
     const singlePullRequest = pullRequests[0];
     safeSnapshot(singlePullRequest.body.toString());
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ describe('LinkedVersions plugin', () => {
         ],
       }
     );
-    const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+    const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
     for (const pullRequest of pullRequests) {
       safeSnapshot(pullRequest.body.toString());
     }
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ describe('LinkedVersions plugin', () => {
         ],
       }
     );
-    const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests();
+    const pullRequests = await manifest.buildPullRequests([], []);
     expect(pullRequests).lengthOf(2);
     const groupPullRequest1 = pullRequests[1];
     const packageData1 = groupPullRequest1.body.releaseData.find(