diff --git a/script/release/notes/notes.js b/script/release/notes/notes.js
index 7b2dc8392cb0c..b7302e26131a5 100644
--- a/script/release/notes/notes.js
+++ b/script/release/notes/notes.js
@@ -485,6 +485,24 @@ const getNotes = async (fromRef, toRef, newVersion) => {
   return notes;
 };
 
+const compareVersions = (v1, v2) => {
+  const [split1, split2] = [v1.split('.'), v2.split('.')];
+
+  if (split1.length !== split2.length) {
+    throw new Error(`Expected version strings to have same number of sections: ${split1} and ${split2}`);
+  }
+  for (let i = 0; i < split1.length; i++) {
+    const p1 = parseInt(split1[i], 10);
+    const p2 = parseInt(split2[i], 10);
+
+    if (p1 > p2) return 1;
+    else if (p1 < p2) return -1;
+    // Continue checking the value if this portion is equal
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+};
+
 const removeSupercededStackUpdates = (commits) => {
   const updateRegex = /^Updated ([a-zA-Z.]+) to v?([\d.]+)/;
   const notupdates = [];
@@ -496,8 +514,9 @@ const removeSupercededStackUpdates = (commits) => {
       notupdates.push(commit);
       continue;
     }
+
     const [, dep, version] = match;
-    if (!newest[dep] || newest[dep].version < version) {
+    if (!newest[dep] || compareVersions(version, newest[dep].version) > 0) {
       newest[dep] = { commit, version };
     }
   }
diff --git a/spec/release-notes-spec.ts b/spec/release-notes-spec.ts
index 43d1bbd25782a..316f22ebc5df1 100644
--- a/spec/release-notes-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/release-notes-spec.ts
@@ -211,4 +211,51 @@ describe('release notes', () => {
       expect(results.breaking[0].hash).to.equal(testCommit.sha1);
     });
   });
+  // test that when you have multiple stack updates only the
+  // latest will be kept
+  describe('superseding stack updates', () => {
+    const oldBranch = '27-x-y';
+    const newBranch = '28-x-y';
+
+    const version = 'v28.0.0';
+
+    it('with different major versions', async function () {
+      const mostRecentCommit = new Commit('9d0e6d09f0be0abbeae46dd3d66afd96d2daacaa', 'chore: bump chromium to 119.0.6043.0');
+
+      const sharedChromiumHistory = [
+        new Commit('029127a8b6f7c511fca4612748ad5b50e43aadaa', 'chore: bump chromium to 118.0.5993.0') // merge-base
+      ];
+      const chromiumPatchUpdates = [
+        new Commit('d9ba26273ad3e7a34c905eccbd5dabda4eb7b402', 'chore: bump chromium to 118.0.5991.0'),
+        mostRecentCommit,
+        new Commit('d6c8ff2e7050f30dffd784915bcbd2a9f993cdb2', 'chore: bump chromium to 119.0.6029.0')
+      ];
+
+      gitFake.setBranch(oldBranch, sharedChromiumHistory);
+      gitFake.setBranch(newBranch, [...sharedChromiumHistory, ...chromiumPatchUpdates]);
+
+      const results: any = await notes.get(oldBranch, newBranch, version);
+      expect(results.other).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+      expect(results.other[0].hash).to.equal(mostRecentCommit.sha1);
+    });
+    it('with different build versions', async function () {
+      const mostRecentCommit = new Commit('8f7a48879ef8633a76279803637cdee7f7c6cd4f', 'chore: bump chromium to 119.0.6045.0');
+
+      const sharedChromiumHistory = [
+        new Commit('029127a8b6f7c511fca4612748ad5b50e43aadaa', 'chore: bump chromium to 118.0.5993.0') // merge-base
+      ];
+      const chromiumPatchUpdates = [
+        mostRecentCommit,
+        new Commit('9d0e6d09f0be0abbeae46dd3d66afd96d2daacaa', 'chore: bump chromium to 119.0.6043.0'),
+        new Commit('d6c8ff2e7050f30dffd784915bcbd2a9f993cdb2', 'chore: bump chromium to 119.0.6029.0')
+      ];
+
+      gitFake.setBranch(oldBranch, sharedChromiumHistory);
+      gitFake.setBranch(newBranch, [...sharedChromiumHistory, ...chromiumPatchUpdates]);
+
+      const results: any = await notes.get(oldBranch, newBranch, version);
+      expect(results.other).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+      expect(results.other[0].hash).to.equal(mostRecentCommit.sha1);
+    });
+  });
 });