diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 5fdbef6d..7cae3e3b 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
   ],
-  "version": "6.0.0"
+  "version": "6.0.1-alpha.1"
 }
diff --git a/packages/convict-format-with-moment/package.json b/packages/convict-format-with-moment/package.json
index b28acc71..39d16d1b 100644
--- a/packages/convict-format-with-moment/package.json
+++ b/packages/convict-format-with-moment/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "timestamp",
     "moment"
   ],
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.0.1-alpha.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mozilla/node-convict",
   "repository": {
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "moment": "^2.24.0"
-  }
+  },
+  "gitHead": "d345d374498df65397206426d3753fcf5f9701e2"
 }
diff --git a/packages/convict-format-with-validator/package.json b/packages/convict-format-with-validator/package.json
index 4d669d58..145b6ab7 100644
--- a/packages/convict-format-with-validator/package.json
+++ b/packages/convict-format-with-validator/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "url",
     "validator"
   ],
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.0.1-alpha.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mozilla/node-convict",
   "repository": {
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "validator": "^11.1.0"
-  }
+  },
+  "gitHead": "d345d374498df65397206426d3753fcf5f9701e2"
 }
diff --git a/packages/convict/package.json b/packages/convict/package.json
index 0688c140..12f7a286 100644
--- a/packages/convict/package.json
+++ b/packages/convict/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "author": "Lloyd Hilaiel <lloyd@hilaiel.com> (http://lloyd.io)",
-  "name": "convict",
+  "name": "@atlassian/convict",
   "description": "Featureful configuration management library for Node.js (nested structure, schema validation, etc.)",
   "keywords": [
     "configuration",
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "yaml",
     "toml"
   ],
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.0.1-alpha.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mozilla/node-convict",
   "repository": {
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
     "yargs-parser": "^18.1.3"
-  }
+  },
+  "gitHead": "d345d374498df65397206426d3753fcf5f9701e2"
 }
diff --git a/packages/convict/src/main.js b/packages/convict/src/main.js
index 5aad9325..32b0d385 100644
--- a/packages/convict/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/convict/src/main.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const ALLOWED_OPTION_STRICT = 'strict'
 const ALLOWED_OPTION_WARN = 'warn'
 
 function flatten(obj, useProperties) {
-  const stack = Object.keys(obj)
+  const stack = Object.keys(obj).map(k => [k])
   let key
 
   const entries = []
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ function flatten(obj, useProperties) {
       if (useProperties) {
         if ('_cvtProperties' in val) {
           val = val._cvtProperties
-          key = key + '._cvtProperties'
+          key.push('_cvtProperties')
         } else {
-          entries.push([key, val])
+          entries.push([key.join('.'), val])
           continue
         }
       }
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ function flatten(obj, useProperties) {
       // Don't filter out empty objects
       if (subkeys.length > 0) {
         subkeys.forEach(function(subkey) {
-          stack.push(key + '.' + subkey)
+          stack.push(key.concat([subkey]))
         })
         continue
       }
     }
-    entries.push([key, val])
+    entries.push([key.join('.'), val])
   }
 
   const flattened = {}
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ function loadFile(path) {
 
 function walk(obj, path, initializeMissing) {
   if (path) {
-    const ar = path.split('.')
+    const ar = Array.isArray(path) ? cloneDeep(path) : path.split('.')
     while (ar.length) {
       const k = ar.shift()
       if (initializeMissing && obj[k] == null) {
diff --git a/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.js b/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82eec5ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+'use strict'
+
+exports.conf = {
+  dynamic: {format: Object, default: null}
+}
diff --git a/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.json b/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b94b4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dynamic": {
+    "dot.path": {}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.out b/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b94b4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/convict/test/cases/nested_dotpath.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dynamic": {
+    "dot.path": {}
+  }
+}