diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/verifier_setup.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/verifier_setup.adoc
index 178e37fbe9..4d705ea6cb 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/verifier_setup.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/verifier_setup.adoc
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ and failed the build.
 
 For such cases we're introducing the property mechanism:
 
-- via `stubrunner.snapshot-check.skip` system property
+- via `stubrunner.snapshot-check-skip` system property
 - via `STUBRUNNER_SNAPSHOT_CHECK_SKIP` environment variable
 
 if either of these values is set to `true`, then the stub downloader will not
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloader.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloader.java
index 759c0d24ea..124b41d635 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloader.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloader.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class AetherStubDownloader implements StubDownloader {
 	private static final String ARTIFACT_EXTENSION = "jar";
 	private static final String LATEST_ARTIFACT_VERSION = "(,]";
 	private static final String LATEST_VERSION_IN_IVY = "+";
-	private static final String STUBRUNNER_SNAPSHOT_CHECK_SKIP_SYSTEM_PROP = "stubrunner.snapshot-check.skip";
+	private static final String STUBRUNNER_SNAPSHOT_CHECK_SKIP_SYSTEM_PROP = "stubrunner.snapshot-check-skip";
 	private static final String STUBRUNNER_SNAPSHOT_CHECK_SKIP_ENV_VAR = "STUBRUNNER_SNAPSHOT_CHECK_SKIP";
 
 	private final List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepos;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloaderSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloaderSpec.groovy
index 95a98560c8..6ac7a212cc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloaderSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloaderSpec.groovy
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class AetherStubDownloaderSpec extends Specification {
 			AetherStubDownloader aetherStubDownloader = new AetherStubDownloader(stubRunnerOptions)
 
 		and:
-			System.properties.setProperty("stubrunner.snapshot-check.skip", "true")
+			System.properties.setProperty("stubrunner.snapshot-check-skip", "true")
 
 		when:
 			def jar = aetherStubDownloader.downloadAndUnpackStubJar(new StubConfiguration("org.springframework.cloud", "spring-cloud-contract-spec", "+", ""))