diff --git a/cognite/client/data_classes/data_modeling/views.py b/cognite/client/data_classes/data_modeling/views.py
index f516fc06f5..714845ae5b 100644
--- a/cognite/client/data_classes/data_modeling/views.py
+++ b/cognite/client/data_classes/data_modeling/views.py
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ def _load(cls, resource: dict[str, Any], cognite_client: CogniteClient | None =
         )
         if "direction" in resource:
             instance.direction = resource["direction"]
+        if "connectionType" in resource:
+            instance.connection_type = resource["connectionType"]
         return instance
 
     def dump(self, camel_case: bool = True) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -456,6 +458,7 @@ def as_apply(self) -> SingleHopConnectionDefinitionApply:
             description=self.description,
             edge_source=self.edge_source,
             direction=self.direction,
+            connection_type=self.connection_type,
         )
 
 
@@ -557,6 +560,8 @@ def _load(cls, resource: dict[str, Any], cognite_client: CogniteClient | None =
         )
         if "direction" in resource:
             instance.direction = resource["direction"]
+        if "connectionType" in resource:
+            instance.connection_type = resource["connectionType"]
         return instance
 
     def dump(self, camel_case: bool = True) -> dict:
diff --git a/tests/tests_unit/test_data_classes/test_data_models/test_views.py b/tests/tests_unit/test_data_classes/test_data_models/test_views.py
index 03b4771847..e904c3cd28 100644
--- a/tests/tests_unit/test_data_classes/test_data_models/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/tests_unit/test_data_classes/test_data_models/test_views.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def test_load_dumped_mapped_property_for_apply(self) -> None:
 
     def test_load_dump_connection_property(self) -> None:
         input = {
-            "connectionType": "multiEdgeConnection",
+            "connectionType": "multi_edge_connection",
             "type": {"space": "mySpace", "externalId": "myExternalId"},
             "source": {"type": "view", "space": "mySpace", "externalId": "myExternalId", "version": "myVersion"},
             "direction": "outwards",
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_load_dump_connection_property(self) -> None:
         actual = ViewProperty.load(input)
 
         assert actual.dump(camel_case=False) == {
-            "connection_type": "multiEdgeConnection",
+            "connection_type": "multi_edge_connection",
             "description": None,
             "direction": "outwards",
             "edge_source": None,