diff --git a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
index e7975be1ed..7400c5b0e7 100644
--- a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
+++ b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ contracts {
 		// tests - contracts from an artifact
 		contractsPath = getProp("EXTERNAL_CONTRACTS_PATH") ?: ""
 		if (Boolean.parseBoolean(getProp("EXTERNAL_CONTRACTS_WORK_OFFLINE")) == false) {
-			contractsRepositoryUrl = getProp('EXTERNAL_CONTRACTS_REPO_WITH_BINARIES_URL') ?:
-					getProp('REPO_WITH_BINARIES_URL') ?: 'http://localhost:8081/artifactory/libs-release-local'
+			contractRepository {
+				repositoryUrl = getProp('EXTERNAL_CONTRACTS_REPO_WITH_BINARIES_URL') ?:
+						getProp('REPO_WITH_BINARIES_URL') ?: 'http://localhost:8081/artifactory/libs-release-local'
+			}
 		}
 		contractDependency {
 			groupId = getProp("EXTERNAL_CONTRACTS_GROUP_ID") ?: "com.example"
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
index 35d2e57b27..3cf088d9ee 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		task.onlyIf {
 			String contractRepoUrl = extension.contractRepository.repositoryUrl ?: ""
 			if (!contractRepoUrl || !ScmStubDownloaderBuilder.isProtocolAccepted(contractRepoUrl)) {
-				project.logger.info("Skipping pushing stubs to scm since your [contractsRepositoryUrl] property doesn't match any of the accepted protocols")
+				project.logger.info("Skipping pushing stubs to scm since your contracts repository URL doesn't match any of the accepted protocols")
 				return false
 			}
 			return true
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/functionalTest/sampleJerseyProject/build.gradle b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/functionalTest/sampleJerseyProject/build.gradle
index 0de43ecc40..3919bd5c35 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/functionalTest/sampleJerseyProject/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/functionalTest/sampleJerseyProject/build.gradle
@@ -127,10 +127,12 @@ configure(project(':fraudDetectionService')) {
 		testFramework ='Spock'
 		testMode = 'JaxRsClient'
 		baseClassForTests = 'org.springframework.cloud.MvcSpec'
-		contractsRepositoryUrl = "file://" + file("${project.rootDir.absolutePath}/m2repo/repository").absolutePath
 		contractDependency {
 			stringNotation("com.example:jersey-contracts:+:")
 		}
+		contractRepository {
+			repositoryUrl = "file://" + file("${project.rootDir.absolutePath}/m2repo/repository").absolutePath
+		}
 		generatedTestSourcesDir = file("${project.buildDir}/generated-test-sources/")
 		stubsOutputDir = stubsOutputDirRoot
 		disableStubPublication(project.hasProperty("disablePublication"))