diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategy.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategy.java
index 5952e185d2..725411e37b 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategy.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class WireMockResponseStubStrategy extends BaseWireMockStubStrategy {
 	}
 
 	Closure parsingClosureForContentType() {
-		return contractMetadata.getDefinedOutputTestContentType().contains("/stream") ? Closure.IDENTITY : MapConverter.JSON_PARSING_CLOSURE;
+		return contractMetadata.getDefinedOutputStubContentType().contains("/stream") ? Closure.IDENTITY : MapConverter.JSON_PARSING_CLOSURE;
 	}
 
 	private void appendResponseDelayTime(ResponseDefinitionBuilder builder) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy
index fac202330e..78e48d20e6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ class WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec extends Specification {
 		when:
 			SingleContractMetadata metadata = Stub()
 			metadata.evaluatedOutputStubContentType >> ContentType.JSON
-			def subject = new WireMockResponseStubStrategy(contract, metadata)
+			def subject = new WireMockResponseStubStrategy(contract, metadata) {
+				@Override
+				protected Closure parsingClosureForContentType() {
+					return MapConverter.JSON_PARSING_CLOSURE
+				}
+			}
 			def content = subject.buildClientResponseContent()
 		then:
 			'{"value":1.5}' == content.body
@@ -73,7 +78,12 @@ class WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec extends Specification {
 		when:
 			SingleContractMetadata metadata = Stub()
 			metadata.evaluatedOutputStubContentType >> ContentType.JSON
-			def subject = new WireMockResponseStubStrategy(contract, metadata)
+			def subject = new WireMockResponseStubStrategy(contract, metadata) {
+				@Override
+				protected Closure parsingClosureForContentType() {
+					return MapConverter.JSON_PARSING_CLOSURE
+				}
+			}
 			def content = subject.buildClientResponseContent()
 		then:
 			Map body = new JsonSlurper().parseText(content.body) as Map