backport of commit 3582fc4 (#36287)

Co-authored-by: Liam Cervante <[email protected]>

Author: github-actions[bot]

scripts/changelog.sh

@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ function generate {
 
         patch)
         COMPLETE_VERSION=$(npx -y changie@$CHANGIE_VERSION next patch)
-        COMPLETE_VERSION=${COMPLETE_VERSION:1} # remove the v prefix
         npx -y changie@$CHANGIE_VERSION batch patch
         npx -y changie@$CHANGIE_VERSION merge
         ;;