diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/scalability/Run.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/scalability/Run.java
index f8d84790..9284d188 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/scalability/Run.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/scalability/Run.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 
     ScaleTest test = (ScaleTest) Class
         .forName(String.format("org.apache.accumulo.test.scalability.%s", opts.testId))
-        .newInstance();
+        .getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
 
     test.init(scaleProps, testProps, opts.numTabletServers);