diff --git a/contrib/gitchangelog/gitchangelog.py b/contrib/gitchangelog/gitchangelog.py
index c0d444baf1..b466c38c70 100755
--- a/contrib/gitchangelog/gitchangelog.py
+++ b/contrib/gitchangelog/gitchangelog.py
@@ -1802,6 +1802,13 @@ def versions_data_iter(
             ):
                 continue
 
+            body = body_process(commit.body)
+
+            ## Extract gitlab issue number
+            issue = None
+            if match := re.search(r".*:gl:`#([0-9]+)`", body):
+                issue = int(match.group(1))
+
             matched_section = first_matching(section_regexps, commit.subject)
 
             ## Finally storing the commit in the matching section
@@ -1811,11 +1818,21 @@ def versions_data_iter(
                     "author": commit.author_name,
                     "authors": commit.author_names,
                     "subject": subject_process(commit.subject),
-                    "body": body_process(commit.body),
+                    "body": body,
                     "commit": commit,
+                    "issue": issue,
                 }
             )
 
+        ## Sort sections by issue number or title
+        for section_key in sections.keys():
+            sections[section_key].sort(
+                key=lambda c: (
+                    c["issue"] if c["issue"] is not None else sys.maxsize,
+                    c["subject"],
+                )
+            )
+
         ## Flush current version
         current_version["sections"] = [
             {"label": k, "commits": sections[k]} for k in section_order if k in sections
@@ -1830,7 +1847,7 @@ def changelog(
     unreleased_version_label="unreleased",
     include_commit_sha=False,
     warn=warn,  ## Mostly used for test
-    **kwargs
+    **kwargs,
 ):
     """Returns a string containing the changelog of given repository
 
diff --git a/contrib/gitchangelog/relnotes.rc.py b/contrib/gitchangelog/relnotes.rc.py
index 8430c7f70c..b2dae3a710 100644
--- a/contrib/gitchangelog/relnotes.rc.py
+++ b/contrib/gitchangelog/relnotes.rc.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ body_process = (
         r" :gl:`\3`",
     )
     | ReSub(r"\n*Merge branch '[^']+' into [^\n]+", r"")
-    | ReSub(r"\n*See merge request isc-projects/bind9(!\d+)", r" :gl:`\1`")
+    | ReSub(r"\n*See merge request isc-projects/bind9(!\d+)", r"")
     | Wrap(regexp="\n\n", separator="\n\n")
     | strip
 )