diff --git a/lib/logger/config-serializer.js b/lib/logger/config-serializer.js
index 7c67090c52..e49adada4c 100644
--- a/lib/logger/config-serializer.js
+++ b/lib/logger/config-serializer.js
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ function configSerializer(config) {
     if (val && contentFields.includes(this.key)) {
       this.update('[content]');
     }
+    if (val && this.key === 'releases') {
+      this.update(val.map(release => release.version));
+    }
     // istanbul ignore if
     if (val && arrayFields.includes(this.key)) {
       this.update('[Array]');
diff --git a/test/logger/__snapshots__/config-serializer.spec.js.snap b/test/logger/__snapshots__/config-serializer.spec.js.snap
index 75f1a41fae..de67f5a5ea 100644
--- a/test/logger/__snapshots__/config-serializer.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/logger/__snapshots__/config-serializer.spec.js.snap
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`logger/config-serializer simplifies releases 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "releases": Array [
+    "1.0.0-rc.2",
+    "1.0.0-rc.3",
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`logger/config-serializer squashes templates 1`] = `
 Object {
   "nottoken": "b",
diff --git a/test/logger/config-serializer.spec.js b/test/logger/config-serializer.spec.js
index 8265ab1f87..961af464f0 100644
--- a/test/logger/config-serializer.spec.js
+++ b/test/logger/config-serializer.spec.js
@@ -22,4 +22,23 @@ describe('logger/config-serializer', () => {
     };
     expect(configSerializer(config)).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+  it('simplifies releases', () => {
+    const config = {
+      releases: [
+        {
+          version: '1.0.0-rc.2',
+          gitRef: 'f6fd3d463e4a1c70dd7c2b2e4ea8637ccb05f2c7',
+          time: '2018-06-18T21:18:58.840Z',
+          canBeUnpublished: false,
+        },
+        {
+          version: '1.0.0-rc.3',
+          gitRef: 'da10c705e55c03dbbeeefa7f30e86225b10a7b82',
+          time: '2018-06-26T19:12:38.659Z',
+          canBeUnpublished: true,
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    expect(configSerializer(config)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
 });