diff --git a/lib/src/code_generators/enum_model.dart b/lib/src/code_generators/enum_model.dart
index 03f4689e..d0a5da03 100644
--- a/lib/src/code_generators/enum_model.dart
+++ b/lib/src/code_generators/enum_model.dart
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const $name(this.value);
 
     result = result.lower;
 
-    if (exceptionWords.contains(result)) {
+    if (exceptionWordsInEnum.contains(result)) {
       result = '\$$result';
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/exception_words.dart b/lib/src/exception_words.dart
index bca978c6..12606ea1 100644
--- a/lib/src/exception_words.dart
+++ b/lib/src/exception_words.dart
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ List<String> exceptionWords = <String>[
   'try',
   'client',
   'hashCode',
-  'value',
   'override',
 ];
+
+List<String> exceptionWordsInEnum = <String>[...exceptionWords, 'value'];
diff --git a/test/generator_tests/enums_generator_test.dart b/test/generator_tests/enums_generator_test.dart
index 071be261..216f475c 100644
--- a/test/generator_tests/enums_generator_test.dart
+++ b/test/generator_tests/enums_generator_test.dart
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ void main() {
 
       expect(result, contains(output));
     });
+
+    test('Should return \$value if name is value', () {
+      const name = 'value';
+      const output = '\$value';
+      final result = EnumModel.getValidatedEnumFieldName(
+        name,
+        name,
+        false,
+        [],
+      );
+      expect(result, contains(output));
+    });
+
   });
 
   group('getOriginalOrOverriddenRequestParameter', () {
diff --git a/test/generator_tests/models_generator_test.dart b/test/generator_tests/models_generator_test.dart
index ec0fe8f0..e60fef28 100644
--- a/test/generator_tests/models_generator_test.dart
+++ b/test/generator_tests/models_generator_test.dart
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ void main() {
           inputFolder: '',
           outputFolder: '',
           importPaths: [
-            'package:uuid/uuid.dart',
+          'package:uuid/uuid.dart',
           ],
           scalars: {
-            'uuid': CustomScalar(type: 'Uuid', deserialize: 'parse')
+          'uuid': CustomScalar(type: 'Uuid', deserialize: 'parse')
           }
         ),
       );
@@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ void main() {
 
       expect(result, contains(expectedResult));
     });
+
+    test('Should NOT return \$value', () {
+      const name = 'value';
+      const output = 'value';
+      final result = generator.generateFieldName(name);
+      expect(result, contains(output));
+    });
   });
 
   group('generatePropertyContentByDefault', () {