diff --git a/utils/generate-cyclonedx b/utils/generate-cyclonedx
index a103b7b707..e864edf181 100755
--- a/utils/generate-cyclonedx
+++ b/utils/generate-cyclonedx
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ def main():
             cyclonedx_component(name, comp) for name, comp in filtered_show_info_dict.items()
         ],
         "dependencies": [
-            cyclonedx_dependency("buildroot", list(filtered_show_info_dict)),
+            cyclonedx_dependency(args.project_name, list(filtered_show_info_dict)),
             *[cyclonedx_dependency(ref, br2_parse_deps_recursively(ref, show_info_dict, args.virtual))
               for ref in filtered_show_info_dict],
         ],