diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/performance/impl/MergeSiteConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/performance/impl/MergeSiteConfig.java
index f01afdd3..d5cfef38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/performance/impl/MergeSiteConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/performance/impl/MergeSiteConfig.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     Path confFile = Paths.get(args[1], "accumulo.properties");
 
     PerformanceTest perfTest = Class.forName(className).asSubclass(PerformanceTest.class)
-        .newInstance();
+        .getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
 
     Properties props = new Properties();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/performance/impl/PerfTestRunner.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/performance/impl/PerfTestRunner.java
index c85b2673..0a9fc0e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/performance/impl/PerfTestRunner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/performance/impl/PerfTestRunner.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     String outputDir = args[3];
 
     PerformanceTest perfTest = Class.forName(className).asSubclass(PerformanceTest.class)
-        .newInstance();
+        .getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
 
     AccumuloClient client = Accumulo.newClient().from(clientProps).build();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/randomwalk/Framework.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/randomwalk/Framework.java
index b48cfae7..a055ad14 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/randomwalk/Framework.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/randomwalk/Framework.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Node getNode(String id) throws Exception {
     if (id.endsWith(".xml")) {
       node = new Module(id);
     } else {
-      node = (Test) Class.forName(id).newInstance();
+      node = (Test) Class.forName(id).getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
     }
     nodes.put(id, node);
     return node;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/randomwalk/Module.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/randomwalk/Module.java
index ce118dd6..0137c4ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/randomwalk/Module.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/testing/randomwalk/Module.java
@@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ private void loadFromXml() throws Exception {
     nodelist = d.getDocumentElement().getElementsByTagName("fixture");
     if (nodelist.getLength() > 0) {
       Element fixtureEl = (Element) nodelist.item(0);
-      fixture = (Fixture) Class.forName(getFullName(fixtureEl.getAttribute("id"))).newInstance();
+      fixture = (Fixture) Class.forName(getFullName(fixtureEl.getAttribute("id")))
+          .getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
     }
 
     // parse initial node