diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 69f4b0b688ab3b9500bbd3a1601570f0fca37d60..def2bbe1e64635ddce0dbce9191e1adbe7e6e7e0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ cpp {
 launchCMake.dependsOn cloneYoshikoCode
 compileCpp.dependsOn launchCMake
 compileJava.dependsOn compileCpp
-
+jar.dependsOn compileJava
 
 repositories {
      maven { url "http://code.cytoscape.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/" }