diff --git a/pkg/release/publish.go b/pkg/release/publish.go
index 88b8945e745..cdd2fc234d8 100644
--- a/pkg/release/publish.go
+++ b/pkg/release/publish.go
@@ -402,12 +402,10 @@ func (p *Publisher) PublishToGcs(
 	return nil
 }
 
-// TODO: remove this function once https://cdn.dl.k8s.io/release/release-notes-index.json
-// is fixed.
 func FixPublicReleaseNotesURL(gcsPath string) string {
-	const prefix = "https://storage.googleapis.com/"
-	for strings.HasPrefix(gcsPath, prefix) {
-		gcsPath = strings.TrimPrefix(gcsPath, prefix)
+	const prefix = "gs://" + ProductionBucket
+	if strings.HasPrefix(gcsPath, prefix) {
+		gcsPath = ProductionBucketURL + strings.TrimPrefix(gcsPath, prefix)
 	}
 	return gcsPath
 }
diff --git a/pkg/release/publish_test.go b/pkg/release/publish_test.go
index 26073e6dd71..62e2bec0696 100644
--- a/pkg/release/publish_test.go
+++ b/pkg/release/publish_test.go
@@ -383,13 +383,9 @@ func TestFixPublicReleaseNotesURL(t *testing.T) {
 			input:    "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.32.0-beta.0/release-notes.json",
 			expected: "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.32.0-beta.0/release-notes.json",
 		},
-		"should fix wrong URL with 1 prefix": {
-			input:    "https://storage.googleapis.com/https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.32.0-alpha.3/release-notes.json",
-			expected: "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.32.0-alpha.3/release-notes.json",
-		},
-		"should fix wrong URL with multiple prefixes": {
-			input:    "https://storage.googleapis.com/https://storage.googleapis.com/https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.28.1/release-notes.json",
-			expected: "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.28.1/release-notes.json",
+		"should fix URL referring to production bucket": {
+			input:    "gs://767373bbdcb8270361b96548387bf2a9ad0d48758c35/release/v1.29.11/release-notes.json",
+			expected: "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.29.11/release-notes.json",
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {