diff --git a/dvc/stage/cache.py b/dvc/stage/cache.py
index a18920f473..cdfc6ff637 100644
--- a/dvc/stage/cache.py
+++ b/dvc/stage/cache.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _get_stage_hash(stage):
 
 class StageCache:
     def __init__(self, cache_dir):
-        self.cache_dir = os.path.join(cache_dir, "stages")
+        self.cache_dir = os.path.join(cache_dir, "run")
 
     def _get_cache_dir(self, key):
         return os.path.join(self.cache_dir, key[:2], key)
diff --git a/tests/func/test_repro.py b/tests/func/test_repro.py
index ba757ac11e..4210826109 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_repro.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_repro.py
@@ -1295,9 +1295,7 @@ def test(self):
             ["repro", self._get_stage_target(self.stage), "--no-commit"]
         )
         self.assertEqual(ret, 0)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            os.listdir(self.dvc.cache.local.cache_dir), ["stages"]
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(os.listdir(self.dvc.cache.local.cache_dir), ["run"])
 
 
 class TestReproAlreadyCached(TestRepro):