diff --git a/runtime_options.yaml b/runtime_options.yaml
index 95c135d5d683ba9a7ef2e28a38e13905a9256b82..8846157e91c04461ad76a8771c5560dc5922b86e 100644
--- a/runtime_options.yaml
+++ b/runtime_options.yaml
@@ -144,33 +144,18 @@ options:
   default: true
   description: Enable fast heap verifier, which is faster than ordinary heap verifier but uses more internal memory
 
-- name: fail-on-heap-verification
+- name: heap-verifier
   lang:
     - ecmascript
-  type: bool
-  default: false
-  description: if enabled then fail execution if heap verifier found heap corruption
-
-- name: pre-gc-heap-verify-enabled
-  lang:
-    - ecmascript
-  type: bool
-  default: false
-  description: whether verify heap before GC
-
-- name: into-gc-heap-verify-enabled
-  lang:
-    - ecmascript
-  type: bool
-  default: false
-  description: whether verify heap during GC
-
-- name: post-gc-heap-verify-enabled
-  lang:
-    - ecmascript
-  type: bool
-  default: false
-  description: whether verify heap after GC
+  type: arg_list_t
+  default: []
+  possible_values:
+    - pre
+    - into
+    - post
+    - fail_on_verification
+  description: parameters for heap verification
+  delimiter: ":"
 
 - name: concurrent-gc-enabled
   lang:
diff --git a/tests/runtime/tooling/options_test/options_test.cpp b/tests/runtime/tooling/options_test/options_test.cpp
index 8d3db2d73b36c4cc1810c01b16fedc5ff0eee701..f5afc7bec66f2be5604ebbb58503abc3fa1db6c5 100644
--- a/tests/runtime/tooling/options_test/options_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/runtime/tooling/options_test/options_test.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void EcmascriptRuntimeOptionsTest::LoadCorrectOptionsList()
 {
     AddTestingOption("ecmascript.run-gc-in-place", "true");
     AddTestingOption("ecmascript.gc-dump-heap", "true");
-    AddTestingOption("ecmascript.pre-gc-heap-verify-enabled", "true");
+    AddTestingOption("ecmascript.heap-verifier", "pre");
     AddTestingOption("gc-trigger-type", "no-gc-for-start-up");
 }