diff --git a/sphinx_github_changelog/changelog.py b/sphinx_github_changelog/changelog.py
index 35e5380..5aff59f 100644
--- a/sphinx_github_changelog/changelog.py
+++ b/sphinx_github_changelog/changelog.py
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ def extract_pypi_package_name(url: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
 
     return stripped_url[len(prefix) :]  # noqa
 
+def get_release_title(title: Optional[str], tag: str):
+    if not title:
+        return tag
+    return title if tag in title else f"{tag}: {title}"
 
 def node_for_release(
     release: Dict[str, Any], pypi_name: Optional[str] = None
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ def node_for_release(
     tag = release["tagName"]
     title = release["name"]
     date = release["publishedAt"][:10]
-    title = title if tag in title else f"{tag}: {title}"
+    title = get_release_title(title=title, tag=tag)
 
     # Section
     id_section = nodes.make_id("release-" + tag)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_changelog.py b/tests/unit/test_changelog.py
index b5ed70a..274ae75 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_changelog.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_changelog.py
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ def test_node_for_release_title_tag(release_dict):
         changelog.node_for_release(release=release_dict, pypi_name=None)
     )
 
+def test_node_for_release_none_title(release_dict):
+
+    release_dict["name"] = None
+    assert "<title>1.0.0</title>" in node_to_string(
+        changelog.node_for_release(release=release_dict, pypi_name=None)
+    )
+
 
 def test_node_for_release_title_pypy(release_dict):
     value = node_to_string(
@@ -239,3 +246,15 @@ def test_github_call_http_error_connection(requests_mock):
         changelog.github_call(url=url, token="token", query="")
 
     assert str(exc_info.value) == "Could not retrieve changelog from github: bar"
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "title, tag, expected",
+    [
+        ("Foo", "1.0.0", "1.0.0: Foo"),
+        ("1.0.0: Foo", "1.0.0", "1.0.0: Foo"),
+        ("Fix 1.0.0", "1.0.1", "1.0.1: Fix 1.0.0"),
+        (None, "1.0.0", "1.0.0"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_release_title(title, tag, expected):
+    assert changelog.get_release_title(title=title, tag=tag) == expected