diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connector-templates/source-configuration-based/source_{{snakeCase name}}/{{snakeCase name}}.yaml.hbs b/airbyte-integrations/connector-templates/source-configuration-based/source_{{snakeCase name}}/{{snakeCase name}}.yaml.hbs
index e1af37245af400..a1ef6caf61fb47 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connector-templates/source-configuration-based/source_{{snakeCase name}}/{{snakeCase name}}.yaml.hbs	
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connector-templates/source-configuration-based/source_{{snakeCase name}}/{{snakeCase name}}.yaml.hbs	
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ retriever:
     class_name: airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.states.dict_state.DictState
 customers_stream:
   type: DeclarativeStream
-  options:
+  $options:
     name: "customers"
   primary_key: "id"
   schema_loader: