diff --git a/e2e/validate-schema.e2e-spec.ts b/e2e/validate-schema.e2e-spec.ts
index 86924515b..ca514e0c2 100644
--- a/e2e/validate-schema.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/validate-schema.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('Validate OpenAPI schema', () => {
   });
 
   it('should produce a valid OpenAPI 3.0 schema', async () => {
-    const document = SwaggerModule.createDocument(app, options, {
+    SwaggerModule.loadPluginMetadata({
       metadata: {
         '@nestjs/swagger': {
           models: [
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ describe('Validate OpenAPI schema', () => {
         }
       }
     });
+    const document = SwaggerModule.createDocument(app, options);
 
     const doc = JSON.stringify(document, null, 2);
     writeFileSync(join(__dirname, 'api-spec.json'), doc);
diff --git a/lib/swagger-module.ts b/lib/swagger-module.ts
index 6bd4ebddd..3e73014a2 100644
--- a/lib/swagger-module.ts
+++ b/lib/swagger-module.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class SwaggerModule {
     };
   }
 
-  public static async load(metadata: Record<string, any>) {
+  public static async loadPluginMetadata(metadata: Record<string, any>) {
     return this.metadataLoader.load(metadata);
   }