diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index c9da3bf646..7c867819d1 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def sync_single_repo(release, repo):
 
     stats = collect_stats(results)
     fedmsg_msg = {'repo': repo,
-                  'rel': RELEASES[release]['version'],
+                  'release': RELEASES[release]['version'],
                   'bytes': str(stats['num_bytes']),
                   'deleted': str(stats['num_deleted'])}