diff --git a/lib/manager/regex/util.ts b/lib/manager/regex/util.ts
index 0568e2a69b79de..7307a7954c015f 100644
--- a/lib/manager/regex/util.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/regex/util.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const validMatchFields: string[] = [
   'versioning',
   'extractVersion',
   'registryUrl',
+  'depType',
 ];
 
 interface ExtractionTemplate {