diff --git a/lib/manager/gomod/update.js b/lib/manager/gomod/update.js
index 7ee251b7631e867c83b1580274d1a57430d3faf8..fe78726b8616c16345dd20251cd7504c5393f585 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gomod/update.js
+++ b/lib/manager/gomod/update.js
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ function updateDependency(currentFileContent, upgrade) {
       if (upgrade.depName.startsWith('gopkg.in/')) {
         const oldV = upgrade.depName.split('.').pop();
         newLine = newLine.replace(`.${oldV}`, `.v${upgrade.newMajor}`);
+        // Package renames - I couldn't think of a better place to do this
+        newLine = newLine.replace(
+          'gorethink/gorethink.v5',
+          'rethinkdb/rethinkdb-go.v5'
+        );
       } else if (
         upgrade.newMajor > 1 &&
         !newLine.includes(`/v${upgrade.newMajor}`)