diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/README.adoc b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/README.adoc
index d77e8d8a0d..af2200f4a0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/README.adoc
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/README.adoc
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Value of the annotation can be the `groupid.artifactid` or just the `artifactid`
 ----
 @StubRunnerPort("foo")
 int fooPort;
-@StubRunnerPort("com.example.bar")
+@StubRunnerPort("com.example:bar")
 int barPort;
 ----
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/spring/StubRunnerPortBeanPostProcessor.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/spring/StubRunnerPortBeanPostProcessor.java
index 6e2a6dc798..54fb9a1e2e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/spring/StubRunnerPortBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/spring/StubRunnerPortBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class StubRunnerPortFieldCallback implements ReflectionUtils.FieldCallback {
 		ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
 		String stub = field.getDeclaredAnnotation(StubRunnerPort.class).value();
 		Integer port = this.environment.getProperty(
-				StubRunnerConfiguration.STUBRUNNER_PREFIX + "." + stub + ".port", Integer.class);
+				StubRunnerConfiguration.STUBRUNNER_PREFIX + "." + stub.replace(":", ".") + ".port", Integer.class);
 		if (port != null) {
 			field.set(this.bean, port);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/spring/StubRunnerConfigurationSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/spring/StubRunnerConfigurationSpec.groovy
index 438b854de6..30a48e4f2d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/spring/StubRunnerConfigurationSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/spring/StubRunnerConfigurationSpec.groovy
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class StubRunnerConfigurationSpec extends Specification {
 	@Autowired StubFinder stubFinder
 	@Autowired Environment environment
 	@StubRunnerPort("fraudDetectionServer") int fraudDetectionServerPort
-	@StubRunnerPort("org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.stubs.fraudDetectionServer") int fraudDetectionServerPortWithGroupId
+	@StubRunnerPort("org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.stubs:fraudDetectionServer") int fraudDetectionServerPortWithGroupId
 	@Value('${foo}') Integer foo
 
 	@BeforeClass
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ class StubRunnerConfigurationSpec extends Specification {
 		and:
 			environment.getProperty("stubrunner.runningstubs.fraudDetectionServer.port") != null
 			stubFinder.findAllRunningStubs().getPort("fraudDetectionServer") == (environment.getProperty("stubrunner.runningstubs.fraudDetectionServer.port") as Integer)
+		and:
+			environment.getProperty("stubrunner.runningstubs.fraudDetectionServer.port") != null
+			stubFinder.findAllRunningStubs().getPort("fraudDetectionServer") == (environment.getProperty("stubrunner.runningstubs.org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.stubs.fraudDetectionServer.port") as Integer)
 	}
 
 	def 'should be able to interpolate a running stub in the passed test property'() {