diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.js b/lib/platform/github/index.js
index 5e0a6c4072c313ddf02b74ffe625fa52c8d7abf8..7ab1de5e5b42fefd5141ce671952619280f4be43 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.js
@@ -472,9 +472,10 @@ async function ensureIssueClosing(title) {
   logger.debug(`ensureIssueClosing()`);
   const issueList = await getIssueList();
   for (const issue of issueList) {
+    logger.info({ issue }, 'Closing issue');
     if (issue.title === title) {
       await get.patch(
-        `repos/${config.parentRepo || config.repoName}/issues/${issue.id}`,
+        `repos/${config.parentRepo || config.repoName}/issues/${issue.number}`,
         {
           body: { state: 'closed' },
         }