diff --git a/lib/xdg-app-bundle-ref.c b/lib/xdg-app-bundle-ref.c
index 69e1743f..39df95ef 100644
--- a/lib/xdg-app-bundle-ref.c
+++ b/lib/xdg-app-bundle-ref.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct _XdgAppBundleRefPrivate
 {
   GFile *file;
   GBytes *metadata;
-  GBytes *appdata;
+  GBytes *appstream;
   GBytes *icon_64;
   GBytes *icon_128;
   guint64 installed_size;
@@ -157,20 +157,20 @@ xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_metadata (XdgAppBundleRef  *self)
 }
 
 /**
- * xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_appdata:
+ * xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_appstream:
  * @self: a #XdgAppInstallation
  *
- * Get the compressed appdata for the app/runtime
+ * Get the compressed appstream for the app/runtime
  *
- * Returns: (transfer full) : an #GBytes with the appdata contents, or %NULL
+ * Returns: (transfer full) : an #GBytes with the appstream contents, or %NULL
  */
 GBytes *
-xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_appdata (XdgAppBundleRef  *self)
+xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_appstream (XdgAppBundleRef  *self)
 {
   XdgAppBundleRefPrivate *priv = xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_instance_private (self);
 
-  if (priv->appdata)
-    return g_bytes_ref (priv->appdata);
+  if (priv->appstream)
+    return g_bytes_ref (priv->appstream);
   return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ xdg_app_bundle_ref_new (GFile *file,
   g_autofree char *commit = NULL;
   g_autofree char *full_ref = NULL;
   g_autofree char *metadata_contents = NULL;
-  g_autoptr(GVariant) appdata = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GVariant) appstream = NULL;
   g_autoptr(GVariant) icon_64 = NULL;
   g_autoptr(GVariant) icon_128 = NULL;
   guint64 installed_size;
@@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ xdg_app_bundle_ref_new (GFile *file,
                                        strlen (metadata_contents));
   metadata_contents = NULL; /* Stolen */
 
-  appdata = g_variant_lookup_value (metadata, "appdata", G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING);
-  if (appdata)
-    priv->appdata = g_variant_get_data_as_bytes (appdata);
+  appstream = g_variant_lookup_value (metadata, "appdata", G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING);
+  if (appstream)
+    priv->appstream = g_variant_get_data_as_bytes (appstream);
 
   icon_64 = g_variant_lookup_value (metadata, "icon-64", G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING);
   if (icon_64)
diff --git a/lib/xdg-app-bundle-ref.h b/lib/xdg-app-bundle-ref.h
index 0c512005..a74e026c 100644
--- a/lib/xdg-app-bundle-ref.h
+++ b/lib/xdg-app-bundle-ref.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ XDG_APP_EXTERN XdgAppBundleRef *xdg_app_bundle_ref_new            (GFile *file,
                                                                    GError **error);
 XDG_APP_EXTERN GFile           *xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_file       (XdgAppBundleRef *self);
 XDG_APP_EXTERN GBytes          *xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_metadata   (XdgAppBundleRef  *self);
-XDG_APP_EXTERN GBytes          *xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_appdata    (XdgAppBundleRef  *self);
+XDG_APP_EXTERN GBytes          *xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_appstream  (XdgAppBundleRef  *self);
 XDG_APP_EXTERN GBytes          *xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_icon       (XdgAppBundleRef  *self,
                                                                    int               size);
 XDG_APP_EXTERN guint64          xdg_app_bundle_ref_get_installed_size (XdgAppBundleRef  *self);