diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/updates/branchify.js b/lib/workers/repository/updates/branchify.js
index cc1a5102ee631877ce2c8be99e26f250efde331e..093276014fbf891198df7f7798f5f6f32834ca90 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/updates/branchify.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/updates/branchify.js
@@ -27,39 +27,39 @@ function branchifyUpgrades(config) {
   const branchUpgrades = {};
   const branches = [];
   for (const upg of config.upgrades) {
-    const upgrade = { ...upg };
-    // Split out errors and wrnings first
-    if (upgrade.type === 'error') {
-      errors.push(upgrade);
-    } else if (upgrade.type === 'warning') {
-      warnings.push(upgrade);
+    const update = { ...upg };
+    // Split out errors and warnings first
+    if (update.type === 'error') {
+      errors.push(update);
+    } else if (update.type === 'warning') {
+      warnings.push(update);
     } else {
       // Check whether to use a group name
-      if (upgrade.groupName) {
+      if (update.groupName) {
         logger.debug('Using group branchName template');
         logger.debug(
-          `Dependency ${upgrade.depName} is part of group ${upgrade.groupName}`
+          `Dependency ${update.depName} is part of group ${update.groupName}`
         );
-        upgrade.groupSlug = slugify(upgrade.groupSlug || upgrade.groupName, {
+        update.groupSlug = slugify(update.groupSlug || update.groupName, {
           lower: true,
         });
-        upgrade.branchTopic = upgrade.group.branchTopic || upgrade.branchTopic;
-        upgrade.branchName = handlebars.compile(
-          upgrade.group.branchName || upgrade.branchName
-        )(upgrade);
+        update.branchTopic = update.group.branchTopic || update.branchTopic;
+        update.branchName = handlebars.compile(
+          update.group.branchName || update.branchName
+        )(update);
       } else {
-        upgrade.branchName = handlebars.compile(upgrade.branchName)(upgrade);
+        update.branchName = handlebars.compile(update.branchName)(update);
       }
       // Compile extra times in case of nested handlebars templates
-      upgrade.branchName = handlebars.compile(upgrade.branchName)(upgrade);
-      upgrade.branchName = cleanBranchName(
-        handlebars.compile(upgrade.branchName)(upgrade)
+      update.branchName = handlebars.compile(update.branchName)(update);
+      update.branchName = cleanBranchName(
+        handlebars.compile(update.branchName)(update)
       );
 
-      branchUpgrades[upgrade.branchName] =
-        branchUpgrades[upgrade.branchName] || [];
-      branchUpgrades[upgrade.branchName] = [upgrade].concat(
-        branchUpgrades[upgrade.branchName]
+      branchUpgrades[update.branchName] =
+        branchUpgrades[update.branchName] || [];
+      branchUpgrades[update.branchName] = [update].concat(
+        branchUpgrades[update.branchName]
       );
     }
   }