diff --git a/dependency-check-ant/src/main/resources/task.properties b/dependency-check-ant/src/main/resources/task.properties
index 5224197b6..348493abf 100644
--- a/dependency-check-ant/src/main/resources/task.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-ant/src/main/resources/task.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # the path to the data directory
-data.directory=dependency-check-data
+data.directory=data