diff --git a/script/release/contributors b/script/release/contributors
index 1e69b143..4657dd80 100755
--- a/script/release/contributors
+++ b/script/release/contributors
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ EOM
 
 [[ -n "$1" ]] || usage
 PREV_RELEASE=$1
-VERSION=HEAD
+BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
 URL="https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/compare"
 
-contribs=$(curl -sf "$URL/$PREV_RELEASE...$VERSION" | \
+contribs=$(curl -sf "$URL/$PREV_RELEASE...$BRANCH" | \
     jq -r '.commits[].author.login' | \
     sort | \
     uniq -c | \