diff --git a/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/mappers/RequiredMapper.java b/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/mappers/RequiredMapper.java
index 7bb2db87f4b..c85ab7b5241 100644
--- a/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/mappers/RequiredMapper.java
+++ b/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/mappers/RequiredMapper.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public void before(Context context, ResourceSchema.Builder resourceSchema) {
         StructureShape resourceStructure = context.getResourceStructure();
         for (MemberShape member : resourceStructure.members()) {
             if (member.getMemberTrait(model, RequiredTrait.class).isPresent()) {
-                resourceSchema.addRequired(context.getPropertyPointer(member.getMemberName()));
+                resourceSchema.addRequired(context.getJsonSchemaConverter().toPropertyName(member));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/mappers/RequiredMapperTest.java b/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/mappers/RequiredMapperTest.java
index 8758a34b968..da8a16b4ad3 100644
--- a/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/mappers/RequiredMapperTest.java
+++ b/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/mappers/RequiredMapperTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void addsRequiredPropertiesByDefault() {
                 .convertToNodes(model)
                 .get("Smithy::TestService::FooResource");
 
-        Assertions.assertEquals(ListUtils.of("/properties/FooRequiredProperty"),
+        Assertions.assertEquals(ListUtils.of("FooRequiredProperty"),
                 resourceNode.expectArrayMember("required")
                         .getElementsAs(StringNode::getValue));
     }