diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py b/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py
index 2d6d4683b..61ada1afd 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ def build_blocker(registry, xml_parent, data):
     mapping = [
         ('use-build-blocker', 'useBuildBlocker', True),
         ('', 'blockingJobs', jobs),
-        ('blocking-level', 'blockLevel', 'GLOBAL', block_level_types),
+        ('block-level', 'blockLevel', 'GLOBAL', block_level_types),
         ('queue-scanning', 'scanQueueFor', 'DISABLED', queue_scan_types),
     ]
     helpers.convert_mapping_to_xml(blocker, data, mapping, fail_required=True)
diff --git a/tests/properties/fixtures/build-blocker-full.xml b/tests/properties/fixtures/build-blocker-full.xml
index 7ae82b713..af3a80bc4 100644
--- a/tests/properties/fixtures/build-blocker-full.xml
+++ b/tests/properties/fixtures/build-blocker-full.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       <useBuildBlocker>true</useBuildBlocker>
       <blockingJobs>.*-deploy
 ^maintenance.*</blockingJobs>
-      <blockLevel>GLOBAL</blockLevel>
+      <blockLevel>NODE</blockLevel>
       <scanQueueFor>BUILDABLE</scanQueueFor>
     </hudson.plugins.buildblocker.BuildBlockerProperty>
   </properties>
diff --git a/tests/properties/fixtures/build-blocker-full.yaml b/tests/properties/fixtures/build-blocker-full.yaml
index b80d833df..fbe49244c 100644
--- a/tests/properties/fixtures/build-blocker-full.yaml
+++ b/tests/properties/fixtures/build-blocker-full.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ properties:
       blocking-jobs:
         - ".*-deploy"
         - "^maintenance.*"
-      block_level: 'GLOBAL'
+      block-level: 'NODE'
       queue-scanning: 'BUILDABLE'