diff --git a/uw_wcms_tools.releasenotes.inc b/uw_wcms_tools.releasenotes.inc
index b24df0c77257e1862e47b2bf723ab7d2a1d1afb5..b41f0152c7c0735b67f08323fb3765a1f24fad84 100644
--- a/uw_wcms_tools.releasenotes.inc
+++ b/uw_wcms_tools.releasenotes.inc
@@ -22,19 +22,27 @@ function uw_wcms_tools_release_notes_generate(string $start, string $end): strin
     'end' => $end,
   ];
 
-  // Load uw_base_profile composer.json from the start and end revision. Make an
-  // array of required project names and the version of each at the start and
-  // end revisions.
+  // Load composer.json from the projects to scan from the start and end
+  // revision. Make an array of required project names and the version of each
+  // at the start and end revisions.
+  // If a project required in more than one composer.json file, the last one in
+  // that stage is used.
   $projects = [];
-  foreach (array_keys($tags) as $stage) {
-    $composer = uw_wcms_tools_gitlab_get_file('wcms/uw_base_profile', 'composer.json', $tags[$stage]);
-    if ($composer['http_status'] !== 200) {
-      throw new Exception('Unable to load composer.json.');
-    }
-    $composer = json_decode($composer['body']->content);
+  $projects_to_scan = [
+    'wcms/drupal-recommended-project',
+    'wcms/uw_base_profile',
+  ];
+  foreach ($projects_to_scan as $project) {
+    foreach ($tags as $stage => $tag) {
+      $composer = uw_wcms_tools_gitlab_get_file($project, 'composer.json', $tag);
+      if ($composer['http_status'] !== 200) {
+        throw new Exception('Unable to load composer.json.');
+      }
+      $composer = json_decode($composer['body']->content);
 
-    foreach ($composer->require as $name => $version) {
-      $projects[$name][$stage] = $version;
+      foreach (($composer->require ?? []) as $name => $version) {
+        $projects[$name][$stage] = $version;
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -66,6 +74,12 @@ function uw_wcms_tools_release_notes_generate(string $start, string $end): strin
 
   $release_notes .= "\n";
 
+  // Add root project so that changes to it are included in the commit and
+  // ticket output.
+  $projects['wcms/drupal-recommended-project'] = $tags;
+
+  ksort($projects);
+
   uw_wcms_tools_gitlab_get_project_commits($projects);
 
   // Generate a list of updated WCMS projects and the commits each has had.
@@ -76,10 +90,20 @@ function uw_wcms_tools_release_notes_generate(string $start, string $end): strin
       continue;
     }
     list(, $project) = explode('/', $path, 2);
-    $release_notes .= $project . "\n";
+
+    // Make array of commit messages for this project for this release.
+    $project_commits = [];
     foreach ($commits['commits'] as $commit) {
-      $release_notes .= "\t" . $commit->title . "\n";
+      $project_commits[] = trim($commit->title);
     }
+    // Sort and remove duplicates.
+    sort($project_commits);
+    $project_commits = array_unique($project_commits);
+
+    // Format list of commit messages.
+    $release_notes .= $project . "\n\t";
+    $release_notes .= implode("\n\t", $project_commits);
+    $release_notes .= "\n";
   }
 
   $release_notes .= "\n";