An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and two rows of contacts retained in the housing, and a metallic shielding plate assembled in the housing and located between the two rows of contacts wherein the shielding plate includes a pair of spring fingers extending from the front edge into the mating cavity in front of the shielding plate, and a plurality of notches located around the pair of spring fingers and equipped with barbed structures extending into the notches so as to grasp the corresponding ribs of the housing so as to stabilize the whole shielding plate in the housing.