diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-runtime/src/main/resources/application-tomcat.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-runtime/src/main/resources/application-tomcat.properties
index 42d03a066e..ba91c5f3b2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-runtime/src/main/resources/application-tomcat.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-runtime/src/main/resources/application-tomcat.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ server.error.include-exception=true
 server.error.include-stacktrace=always
 
 ## Server connections configuration
-server.tomcat.max-threads=200
+server.tomcat.threads.max=200
 server.connection-timeout=5s
 server.max-http-header-size=8KB
 server.tomcat.max-swallow-size=2MB