diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ClasspathStubProvider.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ClasspathStubProvider.java
index ba52f80bad..a553f59ac0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ClasspathStubProvider.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ClasspathStubProvider.java
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ public class ClasspathStubProvider implements StubDownloaderBuilder {
 						if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 							log.debug("Relative path for resource is [" + relativePath + "]");
 						}
-						int lastIndexOf = relativePath.lastIndexOf(File.separator);
+						// the relative path is OS agnostic and contains / only
+						int lastIndexOf = relativePath.lastIndexOf("/");
 						String relativePathWithoutFile = lastIndexOf > -1 ?
 								relativePath.substring(0, lastIndexOf) :
 								relativePath;