diff --git a/2.1.x/multi/multi__spring_cloud_contract_verifier_setup.html b/2.1.x/multi/multi__spring_cloud_contract_verifier_setup.html
index c1792e1fc5..3f6843ee94 100644
--- a/2.1.x/multi/multi__spring_cloud_contract_verifier_setup.html
+++ b/2.1.x/multi/multi__spring_cloud_contract_verifier_setup.html
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pseudocode):</p><pre class="programlisting">contracts {
     testMode = <span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">'MockMvc'</span>
     generatedTestSourcesDir = project.file(<span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.buildDir}/generated-test-sources/contracts"</span>)
     generatedTestResourcesDir = project.file(<span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.buildDir}/generated-test-resources/contracts"</span>)
-    contractsDslDir = <span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.rootDir}/src/test/resources/contracts"</span>
+    contractsDslDir = file(<span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.rootDir}/src/test/resources/contracts"</span>)
     basePackageForTests = <span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">'org.springframework.cloud.verifier.tests'</span>
     stubsOutputDir = project.file(<span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.buildDir}/stubs"</span>)
 
diff --git a/2.1.x/single/spring-cloud-contract.html b/2.1.x/single/spring-cloud-contract.html
index 6c3f6e77ce..1f27164b8e 100644
--- a/2.1.x/single/spring-cloud-contract.html
+++ b/2.1.x/single/spring-cloud-contract.html
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ pseudocode):</p><pre class="programlisting">contracts {
     testMode = <span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">'MockMvc'</span>
     generatedTestSourcesDir = project.file(<span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.buildDir}/generated-test-sources/contracts"</span>)
     generatedTestResourcesDir = project.file(<span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.buildDir}/generated-test-resources/contracts"</span>)
-    contractsDslDir = <span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.rootDir}/src/test/resources/contracts"</span>
+    contractsDslDir = file(<span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.rootDir}/src/test/resources/contracts"</span>)
     basePackageForTests = <span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">'org.springframework.cloud.verifier.tests'</span>
     stubsOutputDir = project.file(<span xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="hl-string">"${project.buildDir}/stubs"</span>)
 
diff --git a/2.1.x/spring-cloud-contract.xml b/2.1.x/spring-cloud-contract.xml
index 7c2340c6a5..927f873413 100644
--- a/2.1.x/spring-cloud-contract.xml
+++ b/2.1.x/spring-cloud-contract.xml
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ pseudocode):</simpara>
     testMode = 'MockMvc'
     generatedTestSourcesDir = project.file("${project.buildDir}/generated-test-sources/contracts")
     generatedTestResourcesDir = project.file("${project.buildDir}/generated-test-resources/contracts")
-    contractsDslDir = "${project.rootDir}/src/test/resources/contracts"
+    contractsDslDir = file("${project.rootDir}/src/test/resources/contracts")
     basePackageForTests = 'org.springframework.cloud.verifier.tests'
     stubsOutputDir = project.file("${project.buildDir}/stubs")