diff --git a/dependencymanager/annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/annotation/api/ConfigurationDependency.java b/dependencymanager/annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/annotation/api/ConfigurationDependency.java
index ed13e16..63335d0 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/annotation/api/ConfigurationDependency.java
+++ b/dependencymanager/annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/annotation/api/ConfigurationDependency.java
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@
      * The list of properties types used to expose properties in web console. 
      * @return The list of properties types used to expose properties in web console. 
      */
-    PropertyMetaData[] properties() default {};
+    PropertyMetaData[] metadata() default {};
 }
diff --git a/dependencymanager/annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/annotation/plugin/bnd/AnnotationCollector.java b/dependencymanager/annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/annotation/plugin/bnd/AnnotationCollector.java
index aa77182..cfe51b1 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/annotation/plugin/bnd/AnnotationCollector.java
+++ b/dependencymanager/annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/annotation/plugin/bnd/AnnotationCollector.java
@@ -566,14 +566,14 @@
         info.addParam(annotation, Params.propagate, null);
 
         // Property Meta Types
-        if (annotation.get("properties") != null)
+        if (annotation.get("metadata") != null)
         {
             String propertiesPid = get(annotation, "pid", m_className);
             String propertiesHeading = annotation.get("heading");
             String propertiesDesc = annotation.get("description");
 
             MetaType.OCD ocd = new MetaType.OCD(propertiesPid, propertiesHeading, propertiesDesc);
-            for (Object p : (Object[]) annotation.get("properties"))
+            for (Object p : (Object[]) annotation.get("metadata"))
             {
                 Annotation property = (Annotation) p;
                 String heading = property.get("heading");
diff --git a/dependencymanager/samples.annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/samples/annotation/EnglishDictionary.java b/dependencymanager/samples.annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/samples/annotation/EnglishDictionary.java
index 5a2ee2e..209c16e 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/samples.annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/samples/annotation/EnglishDictionary.java
+++ b/dependencymanager/samples.annotation/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/samples/annotation/EnglishDictionary.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     @ConfigurationDependency(
         heading="English Dictionary", 
         description = "Configuration for the EnglishDictionary Service",
-        properties={
+        metadata={
             @PropertyMetaData(
                 heading="English Words",
                 description="Declare here some valid english words",