diff --git a/lib/manager/circleci/extract.js b/lib/manager/circleci/extract.js
index ba5c971b483293540450a50d51881a6cc5442871..732cf211614f330513d392b7238e44ed838b2620 100644
--- a/lib/manager/circleci/extract.js
+++ b/lib/manager/circleci/extract.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function extractPackageFile(content) {
               depType: 'orb',
               depName,
               currentValue,
-              lineNumber,
+              managerData: { lineNumber },
               datasource: 'orb',
               lookupName: orbName,
               commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} orb',