diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/config/CodegenConfiguratorUtils.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/config/CodegenConfiguratorUtils.java
index e6251baa8f04..e1c840d4b840 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/config/CodegenConfiguratorUtils.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/config/CodegenConfiguratorUtils.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public final class CodegenConfiguratorUtils {
     public static void applyGlobalPropertiesKvp(String globalProperties, CodegenConfigurator configurator) {
         final Map<String, String> map = createMapFromKeyValuePairs(globalProperties);
         for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : map.entrySet()) {
-            configurator.addGlobalProperty(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            configurator.addGlobalProperty(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().replace(":",","));
         }
     }