diff --git a/swh/lister/core/lister_base.py b/swh/lister/core/lister_base.py
index f0089a93c51b32c3845f60f3995ce701f58b3e91..b215810f3d0f4a962fe4e8c1e1764e41108eacb4 100644
--- a/swh/lister/core/lister_base.py
+++ b/swh/lister/core/lister_base.py
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class SWHListerBase(abc.ABC, config.SWHConfig):
         Returns:
             the same information in a different form
         """
-        _type = 'origin-update-%s' % origin_type
+        _type = 'load-%s' % origin_type
         _policy = 'recurring'
         return utils.create_task_dict(_type, _policy, origin_url)
 
diff --git a/swh/lister/pypi/lister.py b/swh/lister/pypi/lister.py
index caa8089d85219407733afdefc8381fc5339cfc88..a488850d18f248d0285a7b3a23639660b4a9442a 100644
--- a/swh/lister/pypi/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/pypi/lister.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class PyPILister(ListerOnePageApiTransport, SimpleLister):
         needed for the ingestion task creation.
 
         """
-        _type = 'origin-update-%s' % origin_type
+        _type = 'load-%s' % origin_type
         _policy = 'recurring'
         project_name = kwargs.get('name')
         project_metadata_url = kwargs.get('html_url')