diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilder.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilder.groovy
index b01af2283f..fea5dc7c1f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilder.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilder.groovy
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ abstract class MethodBodyBuilder {
 				} else {
 					Object elementFromBody = value(copiedBody, it)
 					if (it.minTypeOccurrence() != null || it.maxTypeOccurrence() != null) {
+						if (it.path().contains("[*]")) {
+							throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Version 1.0.x doesn't support checking sizes when JSON Path contains [*]. " +
+									"For more information check out https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-contract/issues/217 . " +
+									"Please upgrade to the latest version of Spring Cloud Contract for this feature.")
+						}
 						checkType(bb, it, elementFromBody)
 						String method = "assertThat(parsedJson.read(${quotedAndEscaped(it.path())}, java.util.Collection.class).size()).${sizeCheckMethod(it)}"
 						bb.addLine(postProcessJsonPathCall(method))
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderWithMatchersSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderWithMatchersSpec.groovy
index 800a53b98c..5b420e7506 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderWithMatchersSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderWithMatchersSpec.groovy
@@ -204,13 +204,12 @@ class MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderWithMatchersSpec extends Specification implements
 					])
 					testMatchers {
 						jsonPath('$.phoneNumbers', byType {
-							minOccurrence(0)				// min occurrence of 1
-							maxOccurrence(4)				// max occurrence of 3
+							minOccurrence(0)				// min occurrence of 0
+							maxOccurrence(4)				// max occurrence of 4
 						})
 						jsonPath('$.phoneNumbers[*].number', byRegex("^[0-9]{3} [0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}\$"))
 						jsonPath('$..number', byRegex("^[0-9]{3} [0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}\$"))
 					}
-
 					headers {
 						contentType('application/json')
 					}
@@ -238,4 +237,42 @@ class MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderWithMatchersSpec extends Specification implements
 			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | '$'
 	}
 
+	@Issue('#217')
+	def "should not allow matcher with jsonpath containing [*] for [#methodBuilderName]"() {
+		given:
+			Contract contractDsl = Contract.make {
+				request {
+					method 'GET'
+					url 'person'
+				}
+				response {
+					status 200
+					body([
+							"phoneNumbers": [
+							        number: "foo"
+							]
+					])
+					testMatchers {
+						jsonPath('$.phoneNumbers[*].number', byType {
+							minOccurrence(0)				// min occurrence of 0
+							maxOccurrence(4)				// max occurrence of 4
+						})
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			UnsupportedOperationException e = thrown(UnsupportedOperationException)
+			e.message.contains("Version 1.0.x doesn't support checking sizes when JSON Path contains [*]")
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName                                    | methodBuilder                                                                               | rootElement
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }     | '\\$'
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                      | '$'
+			"JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | '\\$'
+			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | '$'
+	}
+
 }