diff --git a/src/__tests__/bump/setDependentVersions.test.ts b/src/__tests__/bump/setDependentVersions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc3f9cc4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/bump/setDependentVersions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from '@jest/globals';
+import { setDependentVersions } from '../../bump/setDependentVersions';
+import { BeachballOptions } from '../../types/BeachballOptions';
+import { PackageInfos } from '../../types/PackageInfo';
+
+describe("dependent packages are part of the bump", () => {
+  it("adds dependents for new changelog entries", () => {
+    const packageInfos: PackageInfos = {
+      foo: {
+        combinedOptions: {} as any,
+        name: 'foo',
+        packageJsonPath: 'packages/foo/package.json',
+        packageOptions: {},
+        private: false,
+        version: '1.0.0',
+        dependencies: {
+          bar: '*',
+        },
+      },
+      bar: {
+        combinedOptions: {} as any,
+        name: 'bar',
+        packageJsonPath: 'packages/bar/package.json',
+        packageOptions: {},
+        private: false,
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+    };
+
+    const scopedPackages = new Set(['foo', 'bar']);
+
+    const dependentChangedBy = setDependentVersions(
+      packageInfos,
+      scopedPackages,
+      { verbose: false } as BeachballOptions
+    );
+
+    expect(dependentChangedBy['foo']).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(dependentChangedBy['foo'].size).toBe(1);
+
+  })
+})
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diff --git a/src/__tests__/changelog/getPackageChangelogs.test.ts b/src/__tests__/changelog/getPackageChangelogs.test.ts
index d3256d931..3ac1edee2 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/changelog/getPackageChangelogs.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/changelog/getPackageChangelogs.test.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,58 @@ describe('getPackageChangelogs', () => {
     expect(Object.keys(changelogs.foo.comments.patch!)).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
+    it('should have new entries when a package was part of a dependent bump', () => {
+      const changeFileChangeInfos: ChangeSet = [
+        {
+          changeFile: 'bar.json',
+          change: {
+            comment: 'comment for bar',
+            commit: 'deadbeef',
+            dependentChangeType: 'patch',
+            email: 'something@something.com',
+            packageName: 'bar',
+            type: 'minor',
+          },
+        },
+      ];
+
+      const dependentChangedBy: BumpInfo['dependentChangedBy'] = {
+        foo: new Set(['bar']),
+      };
+
+      const packageInfos: PackageInfos = {
+        foo: {
+          combinedOptions: {} as any,
+          name: 'foo',
+          packageJsonPath: 'packages/foo/package.json',
+          packageOptions: {},
+          private: false,
+          version: '1.0.0',
+          dependencies: {
+            bar: '*',
+          },
+        },
+        bar: {
+          combinedOptions: {} as any,
+          name: 'bar',
+          packageJsonPath: 'packages/bar/package.json',
+          packageOptions: {},
+          private: false,
+          version: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const changelogs = getPackageChangelogs(
+        changeFileChangeInfos,
+        {  bar: 'minor', foo: 'patch' },
+        dependentChangedBy,
+        packageInfos,
+        '.'
+      );
+
+      expect(Object.keys(changelogs.foo)).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
   it('should not generate change logs for dependent bumps of private packages', () => {
     const changeFileChangeInfos: ChangeSet = [
       {
diff --git a/src/bump/setDependentVersions.ts b/src/bump/setDependentVersions.ts
index 8402f1786..55b276d3a 100644
--- a/src/bump/setDependentVersions.ts
+++ b/src/bump/setDependentVersions.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function setDependentVersions(
           if (packageInfo) {
             const existingVersionRange = deps[dep];
             const bumpedVersionRange = bumpMinSemverRange(packageInfo.version, existingVersionRange);
-            if (existingVersionRange !== bumpedVersionRange) {
+            if (bumpedVersionRange === "*" || existingVersionRange !== bumpedVersionRange) {
               deps[dep] = bumpedVersionRange;
 
               dependentChangedBy[pkgName] = dependentChangedBy[pkgName] || new Set<string>();