diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/common.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/common.ts
index 17650cb4c12603760a7b569f540a5834d046ff69..737b6a216e555dfe574bd57704732b2391fa9f32 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/common.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/common.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ export function isGitHubRepo(url: string): boolean {
 }
 
 // https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/name-normalization/
-export function normalizeDepName(name: string): string {
+export function normalizePythonDepName(name: string): string {
   return name.replace(/[-_.]+/g, '-').toLowerCase();
 }
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/index.ts
index 9ca84c592f6cee8b4fd72fa39a32855356ca5eef..57356aae4cd3f820893eb12123158705dd602fc1 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { ensureTrailingSlash } from '../../../util/url';
 import * as pep440 from '../../versioning/pep440';
 import { Datasource } from '../datasource';
 import type { GetReleasesConfig, Release, ReleaseResult } from '../types';
-import { isGitHubRepo, normalizeDepName } from './common';
+import { isGitHubRepo, normalizePythonDepName } from './common';
 import type { PypiJSON, PypiJSONRelease, Releases } from './types';
 
 export class PypiDatasource extends Datasource {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class PypiDatasource extends Datasource {
   ): Promise<ReleaseResult | null> {
     const lookupUrl = url.resolve(
       hostUrl,
-      `${normalizeDepName(packageName)}/json`,
+      `${normalizePythonDepName(packageName)}/json`,
     );
     const dependency: ReleaseResult = { releases: [] };
     logger.trace({ lookupUrl }, 'Pypi api got lookup');
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ export class PypiDatasource extends Datasource {
   ): Promise<ReleaseResult | null> {
     const lookupUrl = url.resolve(
       hostUrl,
-      ensureTrailingSlash(normalizeDepName(packageName)),
+      ensureTrailingSlash(normalizePythonDepName(packageName)),
     );
     const dependency: ReleaseResult = { releases: [] };
     const response = await this.http.get(lookupUrl);
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/pip-compile/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/pip-compile/extract.ts
index b57ceca7af69f46cf5f60c6795ddef40675fa5b0..977b5c7c66d40b0adffd87172a3381a9a0757a5f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/pip-compile/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/pip-compile/extract.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import upath from 'upath';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { readLocalFile } from '../../../util/fs';
 import { ensureLocalPath } from '../../../util/fs/util';
-import { normalizeDepName } from '../../datasource/pypi/common';
+import { normalizePythonDepName } from '../../datasource/pypi/common';
 import { extractPackageFile as extractRequirementsFile } from '../pip_requirements/extract';
 import { extractPackageFile as extractSetupPyFile } from '../pip_setup';
 import type {
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ export async function extractAllPackageFiles(
         for (const dep of packageFileContent.deps) {
           const lockedVersion = lockedDeps?.find(
             (lockedDep) =>
-              normalizeDepName(lockedDep.depName!) ===
-              normalizeDepName(dep.depName!),
+              normalizePythonDepName(lockedDep.depName!) ===
+              normalizePythonDepName(dep.depName!),
           )?.currentVersion;
           if (lockedVersion) {
             dep.lockedVersion = lockedVersion;
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ function extendWithIndirectDeps(
     if (
       !packageFileContent.deps.find(
         (dep) =>
-          normalizeDepName(lockedDep.depName!) ===
-          normalizeDepName(dep.depName!),
+          normalizePythonDepName(lockedDep.depName!) ===
+          normalizePythonDepName(dep.depName!),
       )
     ) {
       packageFileContent.deps.push(indirectDep(lockedDep));
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/poetry/schema.ts b/lib/modules/manager/poetry/schema.ts
index dae1c6efdc3f9d020887d2e4bf3307d92029bdc9..9617894a2f3ee3beebd072bcbc78107983eab56e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/poetry/schema.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/poetry/schema.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { GitlabTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/gitlab-tags';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../datasource/pypi';
-import { normalizeDepName } from '../../datasource/pypi/common';
+import { normalizePythonDepName } from '../../datasource/pypi/common';
 import * as gitVersioning from '../../versioning/git';
 import * as pep440Versioning from '../../versioning/pep440';
 import * as poetryVersioning from '../../versioning/poetry';
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export const PoetryDependencies = LooseRecord(
   for (const [depName, dep] of Object.entries(record)) {
     dep.depName = depName;
     if (!dep.packageName) {
-      const packageName = normalizeDepName(depName);
+      const packageName = normalizePythonDepName(depName);
       if (depName !== packageName) {
         dep.packageName = packageName;
       }
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/init/vulnerability.ts b/lib/workers/repository/init/vulnerability.ts
index 4297a97c37b6d2b08998f7780f377101e1821321..ed3efe653f82679c8fb55f327e2105029e7a40d7 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/init/vulnerability.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/init/vulnerability.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { NpmDatasource } from '../../../modules/datasource/npm';
 import { NugetDatasource } from '../../../modules/datasource/nuget';
 import { PackagistDatasource } from '../../../modules/datasource/packagist';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../../modules/datasource/pypi';
-import { normalizeDepName } from '../../../modules/datasource/pypi/common';
+import { normalizePythonDepName } from '../../../modules/datasource/pypi/common';
 import { RubyGemsDatasource } from '../../../modules/datasource/rubygems';
 import { platform } from '../../../modules/platform';
 import * as allVersioning from '../../../modules/versioning';
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ export async function detectVulnerabilityAlerts(
           };
           if (
             datasource === PypiDatasource.id &&
-            normalizeDepName(depName) !== depName
+            normalizePythonDepName(depName) !== depName
           ) {
-            matchRule.matchPackageNames?.push(normalizeDepName(depName));
+            matchRule.matchPackageNames?.push(normalizePythonDepName(depName));
           }
           const supportedRemediationFileTypes = ['package-lock.json'];
           if (