diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RequestRateLimiterGatewayFilterFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RequestRateLimiterGatewayFilterFactory.java
index 24275f02..f2cd7ac2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RequestRateLimiterGatewayFilterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RequestRateLimiterGatewayFilterFactory.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class RequestRateLimiterGatewayFilterFactory extends AbstractGatewayFilte
 	private boolean denyEmptyKey = true;
 
 	/** HttpStatus to return when denyEmptyKey is true, defaults to FORBIDDEN. */
-	private String emptyKeyStatusCode = HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN.toString();
+	private String emptyKeyStatusCode = HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN.name();
 
 	public RequestRateLimiterGatewayFilterFactory(RateLimiter defaultRateLimiter,
 												  KeyResolver defaultKeyResolver) {