diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3bed0a24b..a8b84c2fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
             "default": false,
             "description": "Display reference counts above top level blocks and attributes."
           },
-          "terraform.validation.earlyValidation": {
+          "terraform.validation.enableEnhancedValidation": {
             "scope": "window",
             "type": "boolean",
             "default": true,
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 68762feb5..905e2ef5d 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export interface ExperimentalFeatures {
 }
 
 export interface ValidationOptions {
-  earlyValidation: boolean;
+  enableEnhancedValidation: boolean;
 }
 
 export function getInitializationOptions() {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function getInitializationOptions() {
     we tackle #791
   */
   const validation = config('terraform').get<ValidationOptions>('validation', {
-    earlyValidation: true,
+    enableEnhancedValidation: true,
   });
   const terraform = config('terraform').get<TerraformOptions>('languageServer.terraform', {
     path: '',