diff --git a/ghost/release-utils/lib/releases.js b/ghost/release-utils/lib/releases.js
index 8c99350b6b..51be5a67ae 100644
--- a/ghost/release-utils/lib/releases.js
+++ b/ghost/release-utils/lib/releases.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function getFinalChangelog(options) {
 
     if (filterEmojiCommits) {
         changelog = localUtils.filterEmojiCommits(changelog);
-        changelog.sortByEmoji();
+        localUtils.sortByEmoji(changelog);
     }
 
     if (_.isEmpty(changelog)) {