diff --git a/lib/manager/homebrew/extract.js b/lib/manager/homebrew/extract.js
index 497f5bc05ea3c4cb8478ed3ada207ff74497e01a..cab4695a294f231df6db0f2f3c7ab9ea622398c2 100644
--- a/lib/manager/homebrew/extract.js
+++ b/lib/manager/homebrew/extract.js
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ function extractPackageFile(content) {
   }
   const dep = {
     depName: `${ownerName}/${repoName}`,
-    url,
-    managerData: { ownerName, repoName, sha256 },
+    managerData: { ownerName, repoName, sha256, url },
     currentValue,
     datasource: 'github',
   };
diff --git a/lib/manager/homebrew/update.js b/lib/manager/homebrew/update.js
index d48711c03267f34f00942a4fe95ac45bb49e01d3..84e13b84298d00424c56f662894c63e9c812ad9c 100644
--- a/lib/manager/homebrew/update.js
+++ b/lib/manager/homebrew/update.js
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ async function updateDependency(content, upgrade) {
   // Example urls:
   // "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz"
   // "https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/download/v0.16.1/aide-0.16.1.tar.gz"
-  const oldParsedUrlPath = parseUrlPath(upgrade.url);
+  const oldParsedUrlPath = parseUrlPath(upgrade.managerData.url);
   if (!oldParsedUrlPath) {
     logger.debug(
-      `Failed to update - upgrade.url is invalid ${upgrade.depName}`
+      `Failed to update - upgrade.managerData.url is invalid ${upgrade.depName}`
     );
     return content;
   }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ async function updateDependency(content, upgrade) {
     .createHash('sha256')
     .update(file)
     .digest('hex');
-  newContent = updateUrl(content, upgrade.url, newUrl);
+  newContent = updateUrl(content, upgrade.managerData.url, newUrl);
   if (!newContent) {
     logger.debug(`Failed to update url for dependency ${upgrade.depName}`);
     return content;
diff --git a/test/manager/homebrew/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/homebrew/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
index 4e47a69182a4865f9c030fb5a59a38167e26e14d..d23a50867e79dfb154877ab7478539a3f243230b 100644
--- a/test/manager/homebrew/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/manager/homebrew/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": "bazelbuild",
         "repoName": "bazel-watcher",
         "sha256": "26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4",
+        "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz",
       },
-      "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": "aide",
         "repoName": "aide",
         "sha256": "0f2b7cecc70c1a27d35c06c98804fcdb9f326630de5d035afc447122186010b7",
+        "url": "https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/download/v0.16.1/aide-0.16.1.tar.gz",
       },
-      "url": "https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/download/v0.16.1/aide-0.16.1.tar.gz",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": "bazelbuild",
         "repoName": "bazel-watcher",
         "sha256": "26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4",
+        "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz",
       },
-      "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": null,
         "repoName": null,
         "sha256": "6f2cf5cfb987a2df2f791c162209039804fd8fd12692da69f52153ec9668e9ca",
+        "url": "https://github.com/hlandau/acme.git",
       },
       "skipReason": "unsupported-url",
-      "url": "https://github.com/hlandau/acme.git",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": null,
         "repoName": null,
         "sha256": "26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4",
+        "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.not_tar.not_gz",
       },
       "skipReason": "unsupported-url",
-      "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.not_tar.not_gz",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": null,
         "repoName": null,
         "sha256": "26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4",
+        "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/vInvalid.version.2.tar.gz",
       },
       "skipReason": "unsupported-url",
-      "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/vInvalid.version.2.tar.gz",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": null,
         "repoName": null,
         "sha256": "26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4",
+        "url": null,
       },
       "skipReason": "unsupported-url",
-      "url": null,
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": null,
         "repoName": null,
         "sha256": "26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4",
+        "url": "invalid_url",
       },
       "skipReason": "unsupported-url",
-      "url": "invalid_url",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": "bazelbuild",
         "repoName": "bazel-watcher",
         "sha256": "26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b0229",
+        "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz",
       },
       "skipReason": "invalid-sha256",
-      "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": "bazelbuild",
         "repoName": "bazel-watcher",
         "sha256": null,
+        "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz",
       },
       "skipReason": "invalid-sha256",
-      "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": null,
         "repoName": null,
         "sha256": "26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4",
+        "url": null,
       },
       "skipReason": "unsupported-url",
-      "url": null,
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": null,
         "repoName": null,
         "sha256": "fbddda9230cf6ee2a4f5706b4b11e2190ae45f5eda1f0409dc4f99b35e0a70ee",
+        "url": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/aa-project/aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz",
       },
       "skipReason": "unsupported-url",
-      "url": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/aa-project/aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ Object {
         "ownerName": null,
         "repoName": null,
         "sha256": "3f53b2fc277756042449416150acc477f29de93692944f8a77e8cef285a1efd8",
+        "url": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/a-a-p/aap-1.094.zip",
       },
       "skipReason": "unsupported-url",
-      "url": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/a-a-p/aap-1.094.zip",
     },
   ],
 }
diff --git a/test/manager/homebrew/update.spec.js b/test/manager/homebrew/update.spec.js
index ce1b00061fabacc3e7dd28524cc48a54faadaf68..6d7e1515b57d00bef481e0e1970d2a32dd89c132 100644
--- a/test/manager/homebrew/update.spec.js
+++ b/test/manager/homebrew/update.spec.js
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'aide',
         sha256:
           '0f2b7cecc70c1a27d35c06c98804fcdb9f326630de5d035afc447122186010b7',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/download/v0.16.1/aide-0.16.1.tar.gz',
       },
-      url:
-        'https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/download/v0.16.1/aide-0.16.1.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.17.7',
     };
     got.mockReturnValueOnce({ body: 'some_content_1' });
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'bazel-watcher',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       },
-      url: 'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got.mockReturnValueOnce({ body: 'some_content_2' });
@@ -62,8 +63,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'bazel-watcher',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       },
-      url: 'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -83,8 +85,8 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'bazel-watcher',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url: 'invalid_url',
       },
-      url: 'invalid_url',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -104,8 +106,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'invalid/repo/name',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       },
-      url: 'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got
@@ -129,8 +132,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'wrong-version/archive/v10.2.3.tar.gz',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       },
-      url: 'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got
@@ -161,8 +165,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'bazel-watcher',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       },
-      url: 'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -188,8 +193,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'bazel-watcher',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       },
-      url: 'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -216,8 +222,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'bazel-watcher',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       },
-      url: 'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -243,8 +250,9 @@ describe('manager/homebrew/update', () => {
         repoName: 'bazel-watcher',
         sha256:
           '26f5125218fad2741d3caf937b02296d803900e5f153f5b1f733f15391b9f9b4',
+        url:
+          'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       },
-      url: 'https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/archive/v0.8.2.tar.gz',
       newValue: 'v0.9.3',
     };
     got.mockImplementationOnce(() => {