diff --git a/src/releaseNotes.ts b/src/releaseNotes.ts
index e714481..e86024c 100755
--- a/src/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/src/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export class ReleaseNotes {
     if (!this.options.commitMode) {
       core.startGroup(`🚀 Load pull requests`)
       mergedPullRequests = await this.getMergedPullRequests(this.octokit)
+
+      // define the included PRs within this release as output
+      core.setOutput('pull_requests', mergedPullRequests.map(pr => { return pr.number }).join(','))
+
       core.endGroup()
     } else {
       core.startGroup(`🚀 Load commit history`)