diff --git a/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle b/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
index e327fcbee3..4033dad394 100644
--- a/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
+++ b/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     testImplementation group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
-    compile "org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.3.8"
+    implementation "org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.3.8"
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
 }