diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/JsonCodec.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/JsonCodec.scala
index 8be29111d8..91539d9bd8 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/JsonCodec.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/JsonCodec.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ private[azurerepos] object PullRequestPayload {
   def from(data: NewPullRequestData): PullRequestPayload =
     PullRequestPayload(
       sourceRefName = withPrefix(data.head),
-      targetRefName = data.base.name,
+      targetRefName = withPrefix(data.base.name),
       title = data.title,
       labels = Option.when(data.labels.nonEmpty)(data.labels),
       description = data.body
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/AzureReposApiAlgTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/AzureReposApiAlgTest.scala
index c30d67fde7..5b486f164f 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/AzureReposApiAlgTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/AzureReposApiAlgTest.scala
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class AzureReposApiAlgTest extends CatsEffectSuite with Http4sDsl[MockEff] {
           title = "Update cats-effect to 3.3.14",
           body = "Updates org.typelevel:cats-effect  from 3.3.13 to 3.3.14.",
           head = "refs/heads/update/cats-effect-3.3.14",
-          base = Branch("refs/heads/main"),
+          base = Branch("main"),
           labels = List.empty,
           assignees = List.empty,
           reviewers = List.empty
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/JsonCodecTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/JsonCodecTest.scala
index 07ae4ee6fc..8c39f59f9b 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/JsonCodecTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/forge/azurerepos/JsonCodecTest.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class JsonCodecTest extends FunSuite {
     val expected =
       json"""{
                "sourceRefName" : "refs/heads/source",
-               "targetRefName" : "main",
+               "targetRefName" : "refs/heads/main",
                "title" : "Test MR title",
                "labels" : null,
                "description" : "Test MR body"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class JsonCodecTest extends FunSuite {
     val expected =
       json"""{
                "sourceRefName" : "refs/heads/source",
-               "targetRefName" : "main",
+               "targetRefName" : "refs/heads/main",
                "title" : "Test MR title",
                "labels" : [ "foo", "bar" ],
                "description" : "Test MR body"