diff --git a/snakebids/plugins/validator.py b/snakebids/plugins/validator.py
index b21fb2d5..7dbe311e 100644
--- a/snakebids/plugins/validator.py
+++ b/snakebids/plugins/validator.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def __call__(self, app: SnakeBidsApp) -> None:
             temp.flush()
             try:
                 subprocess.check_call(
-                    ["bids-validator", app.config["bids_dirs"], "-c", temp.name]
+                    ["bids-validator", app.config["bids_dir"], "-c", temp.name]
                 )
 
                 # If successfully bids-validation performed
diff --git a/snakebids/tests/test_validate_plugin.py b/snakebids/tests/test_validate_plugin.py
index 5c13e743..b469f1b2 100644
--- a/snakebids/tests/test_validate_plugin.py
+++ b/snakebids/tests/test_validate_plugin.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_validation_successful(self, app: SnakeBidsApp, mocker: MockerFixture):
         # Test successful validation
         mocker.patch("subprocess.check_call", return_value=0)
 
-        app.config["bids_dirs"] = "path/to/bids/dir"
+        app.config["bids_dir"] = "path/to/bids/dir"
         app.config["plugins.validator.skip"] = False
 
         validator = BidsValidator()
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_missing_bids_validator(
         # Test fall back to Pybids validation
         mocker.patch("subprocess.check_call", side_effect=FileNotFoundError)
 
-        app.config["bids_dirs"] = "path/to/bids/dir"
+        app.config["bids_dir"] = "path/to/bids/dir"
         app.config["plugins.validator.skip"] = False
 
         validator = BidsValidator()
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_raise_validation_error(self, app: SnakeBidsApp, mocker: MockerFixture):
             "subprocess.check_call", side_effect=subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, "")
         )
 
-        app.config["bids_dirs"] = "path/to/bids/dir"
+        app.config["bids_dir"] = "path/to/bids/dir"
         app.config["plugins.validator.skip"] = False
 
         # Check error raised
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def test_ignore_validation_error(self, app: SnakeBidsApp, mocker: MockerFixture)
             "subprocess.check_call", side_effect=subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, "")
         )
 
-        app.config["bids_dirs"] = "path/to/bids/dir"
+        app.config["bids_dir"] = "path/to/bids/dir"
         app.config["plugins.validator.skip"] = False
 
         # Check if error is skipped on invalid