diff --git a/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/index.js b/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/index.js
index 5e067856671cd4..f99ec61fa27baf 100644
--- a/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/index.js
+++ b/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/index.js
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ class DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin {
 	}
 
 	mapRequestToDependency( request ) {
-		// Handle via options.requestToDependency first
-		if ( typeof this.options.requestToDependency === 'function' ) {
-			const scriptDependency = this.options.requestToDependency( request );
+		// Handle via options.requestToHandle first
+		if ( typeof this.options.requestToHandle === 'function' ) {
+			const scriptDependency = this.options.requestToHandle( request );
 			if ( scriptDependency ) {
 				return scriptDependency;
 			}
diff --git a/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/test/fixtures/overrides/webpack.config.js b/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/test/fixtures/overrides/webpack.config.js
index e72c63ad010a25..f61163ae384602 100644
--- a/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/test/fixtures/overrides/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/test/fixtures/overrides/webpack.config.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = {
 					return [ 'rxjs', 'operators' ];
 				}
 			},
-			requestToDependency( request ) {
+			requestToHandle( request ) {
 				if ( request === 'rxjs' || request === 'rxjs/operators' ) {
 					return 'wp-script-handle-for-rxjs';
 				}