diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
index eb999cf3bc..671a770c0b 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ addLayersControls
     // Static analysis of starting mesh
 
         // When not to extrude surface. 0 is flat surface, 90 is when two faces
-        // are perpendicular
-        featureAngle 130;
+        // are perpendicular. Note: was not working correctly < 1806
+        featureAngle 120;
 
         // When to merge patch faces. Default is featureAngle. Useful when
         // featureAngle is large.