diff --git a/launch/src/main/scala/xsbt/boot/ServerApplication.scala b/launch/src/main/scala/xsbt/boot/ServerApplication.scala
index 9133fd29b..343b37185 100644
--- a/launch/src/main/scala/xsbt/boot/ServerApplication.scala
+++ b/launch/src/main/scala/xsbt/boot/ServerApplication.scala
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class StreamDumper(in: java.io.BufferedReader, out: java.io.PrintStream) extends
       endTime.set(System.currentTimeMillis + 2000)
       // at this point we'd rather the dumper thread run
       // before we check whether to sleep
-      Thread.yield()
+      Thread.`yield`()
       // let ourselves read more (thread should exit on earlier of endTime or EOF)
       while (isAlive() && (endTime.get > System.currentTimeMillis))
         Thread.sleep(50)