diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/consul_key_value.rb b/lib/puppet/type/consul_key_value.rb
index c5b89416..6884c3de 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/consul_key_value.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/consul_key_value.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     defaultto 0
   end
 
-  newparam(:value) do
+  newproperty(:value) do
     desc 'The key value string'
     validate do |value|
       raise ArgumentError, "The key value must be a string" if not value.is_a?(String)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     defaultto ''
   end
 
-  newproperty(:protocol) do
+  newparam(:protocol) do
     desc 'consul protocol'
     newvalues(:http, :https)
     defaultto :http