diff --git a/fineract-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/client/util/FineractClient.java b/fineract-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/client/util/FineractClient.java
index 740979a08..9f8ef5b61 100644
--- a/fineract-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/client/util/FineractClient.java
+++ b/fineract-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/client/util/FineractClient.java
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ public final class FineractClient {
                         }
                     };
 
-                    var sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
+                    SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
                     sslContext.init(null, new TrustManager[] { insecureX509TrustManager }, new SecureRandom());
                     SSLSocketFactory insecureSslSocketFactory = sslContext.getSocketFactory();