diff --git a/lib/datasource/nuget.js b/lib/datasource/nuget.js
index 913b7c8aac2667be3ca97f1578caa25461f09876..c7c08b289e695b3fca13e1a6f1d537148b10cee1 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/nuget.js
+++ b/lib/datasource/nuget.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async function getPkgReleases(purl) {
         }
       }
     } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
-      logger.debug({ depName: name }, 'Error looking up nuspec');
+      logger.debug({ dependency: name }, 'Error looking up nuspec');
     }
     logger.trace({ dep }, 'dep');
     return dep;
diff --git a/lib/datasource/pypi.js b/lib/datasource/pypi.js
index 16770d4889f8d935a30dcf29d83b451c8e0e381b..0dc0b05b9b3877c558520dd78bb2102d5a6ca2ef 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/pypi.js
+++ b/lib/datasource/pypi.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async function getPkgReleases(purl, config = {}) {
     });
     const dep = rep && rep.body;
     if (!dep) {
-      logger.debug({ depName }, 'pip package not found');
+      logger.debug({ dependency: depName }, 'pip package not found');
       return null;
     }
     if (
diff --git a/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js b/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
index ba5689adc450b59446b7803c7c98d0982bf7fe47..ad51b54517207e8ad735fad96df7cf57a5417460 100644
--- a/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
+++ b/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function extractDependencies(content) {
     if (match) {
       [, sha256] = match;
     }
-    logger.debug({ depName, remote, currentValue });
+    logger.debug({ dependency: depName, remote, currentValue });
     const urlPattern = /^https:\/\/github.com\/([^\\/]+\/[^\\/]+)\/releases\/download\/([^\\/]+)\/.*?\.tar\.gz$/;
     if (def.startsWith('git_repository') && depName && remote && currentValue) {
       dep.depType = 'git_repository';
diff --git a/lib/manager/buildkite/extract.js b/lib/manager/buildkite/extract.js
index 10cbce2e81e7decad72cab442cbaaff4b3f5f2b4..a59ba5216cf6e8d7169a3eb6d38e0e22d353e8e0 100644
--- a/lib/manager/buildkite/extract.js
+++ b/lib/manager/buildkite/extract.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function extractDependencies(content) {
           let skipReason;
           let repo;
           if (depName.startsWith('https://') || depName.startsWith('git@')) {
-            logger.debug({ depName }, 'Skipping git plugin');
+            logger.debug({ dependency: depName }, 'Skipping git plugin');
             skipReason = 'git-plugin';
           } else if (!isVersion(currentValue)) {
             logger.debug(
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function extractDependencies(content) {
               repo = `${depName}-buildkite-plugin`;
             } else {
               logger.warn(
-                { depName },
+                { dependency: depName },
                 'Something is wrong with buildkite plugin name'
               );
               skipReason = 'unknown';
diff --git a/lib/util/package-rules.js b/lib/util/package-rules.js
index b54cc3472f57227dd075fe37ae34f90407778268..7fbd6a2394889e6615a7927f961173bda91f6454 100644
--- a/lib/util/package-rules.js
+++ b/lib/util/package-rules.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function applyPackageRules(inputConfig) {
   } = config;
   const packageRules = config.packageRules || [];
   logger.trace(
-    { depName, packageRules },
+    { dependency: depName, packageRules },
     `Checking against ${packageRules.length} packageRules`
   );
   packageRules.forEach(packageRule => {
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/process/fetch.js b/lib/workers/repository/process/fetch.js
index 7cc9e9f90ab97342af0444fa0e5ad84b15df8d79..5f758f1d899cf205aaced757b0dba37fddbdcb3e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/process/fetch.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/process/fetch.js
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ async function fetchDepUpdates(packageFileConfig, dep) {
   let depConfig = mergeChildConfig(packageFileConfig, dep);
   depConfig = applyPackageRules(depConfig);
   if (depConfig.ignoreDeps.includes(depName)) {
-    logger.debug({ depName: dep.depName }, 'Dependency is ignored');
+    logger.debug({ dependency: dep.depName }, 'Dependency is ignored');
     dep.skipReason = 'ignored';
   } else if (
     depConfig.internalPackages &&
     depConfig.internalPackages.includes(depName)
   ) {
     logger.debug(
-      { depName: dep.depName },
+      { dependency: dep.depName },
       'Dependency is ignored due to being internal'
     );
     dep.skipReason = 'internal-package';
   } else if (depConfig.enabled === false) {
-    logger.debug({ depName: dep.depName }, 'Dependency is disabled');
+    logger.debug({ dependency: dep.depName }, 'Dependency is disabled');
     dep.skipReason = 'disabled';
   } else {
     let lookupResults;
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/index.js b/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/index.js
index d041c1665796313961c6817f2bb665a37c689558..27822416ea0ee71e7bcc8bae105b0467db5fbb04 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 async function lookupUpdates(config) {
   const { depName, currentValue } = config;
-  logger.trace({ depName, currentValue }, 'lookupUpdates');
+  logger.trace({ dependency: depName, currentValue }, 'lookupUpdates');
   const {
     equals,
     getMajor,
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/rollback.js b/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/rollback.js
index 823df334f1658251385713f6a736c8283427cf5c..fb87cea4391313acbf34bd38b5cb9b9b5f5a1536 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/rollback.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/rollback.js
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ function getRollbackUpdate(config, versions) {
     { packageFile, depName, currentValue },
     `Current version not found - rolling back`
   );
-  logger.debug({ depName, versions }, 'Versions found before rolling back');
+  logger.debug(
+    { dependency: depName, versions },
+    'Versions found before rolling back'
+  );
   lessThanVersions.sort(sortVersions);
   const toVersion = lessThanVersions.pop();
   let fromVersion;