diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 12d8d6fc..cea15a21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check commit message compliance of the pull request
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
-          ./run-tests.sh --check-commitlint ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          ./run-tests.sh --check-commitlint ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
 
   lint-shellcheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 2f9daaae..99dc9f8b 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ stop_db_container () {
 check_commitlint () {
     from=${2:-master}
     to=${3:-HEAD}
+    pr=${4:-[0-9]+}
     npx commitlint --from="$from" --to="$to"
     found=0
     while IFS= read -r line; do
-        if echo "$line" | grep -qP "\(\#[0-9]+\)$"; then
+        if echo "$line" | grep -qP "\(\#$pr\)$"; then
             true
         else
-            echo "✖   PR number missing in $line"
+            echo "✖   Headline does not end by '(#$pr)' PR number: $line"
             found=1
         fi
     done < <(git log "$from..$to" --format="%s")