diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam-flink/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam-flink/build.gradle
index 811a98d7e321451e303568ddd7180e579661955a..f4b6cff8efbcdbcb701f249220643669f0f89626 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam-flink/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam-flink/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-      compile project(':uc1-beam')
+      implementation project(':uc1-beam')
 }
 
 mainClassName = "application.Uc1BeamFlink"
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam-samza/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam-samza/build.gradle
index b03697731f60ac72ab402f06c69f4a56c0fb343d..54c070d967d17ccd41c85f90486655c9fd56b65b 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam-samza/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam-samza/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':uc1-beam')
+  implementation project(':uc1-beam')
 }
 
 
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam-flink/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam-flink/build.gradle
index d6d4a47cfb88e6cdc7c87a6842c943afb936787b..9ab898cd465abe20e855d06ebf85373e46ab12e2 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam-flink/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam-flink/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':uc2-beam')
+  implementation project(':uc2-beam')
 }
 
 mainClassName = "application.Uc2BeamFlink"
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam-samza/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam-samza/build.gradle
index 8d619f1885ecb8a9af806561373750dd0c70eb7f..29d7f9ac0c22c421072646ca665b3849c558d56f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam-samza/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-beam-samza/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':uc2-beam')
+  implementation project(':uc2-beam')
 }
 
 mainClassName = "application.Uc2BeamSamza"
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam-flink/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam-flink/build.gradle
index d0bb28ed5f845596df02537a6e1be0c9be944a94..8f047c6dce50636f01a7cdf645722aa5f7ac9ce9 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam-flink/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam-flink/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':uc3-beam')
+  implementation project(':uc3-beam')
 }
 
 
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam-samza/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam-samza/build.gradle
index caa07077c52a17f3fd647f72959b694dcc80a8f4..513b850330f4f71f440ad5da4ecea95f092f5ccc 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam-samza/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam-samza/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':uc3-beam')
+  implementation project(':uc3-beam')
 }
 
 mainClassName = "application.Uc3BeamSamza"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam-flink/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam-flink/build.gradle
index 3056c83ef670a9d7144afc3fbbbdf504ddbfe3e5..7ace89a2275e29e22186f7b67dcb7816cc7a85d0 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam-flink/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam-flink/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':uc4-beam')
+  implementation project(':uc4-beam')
 }
 
 mainClassName = 'application.Uc4BeamFlink'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam-samza/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam-samza/build.gradle
index 3a931ecea25cc8933901626121565dda2e592633..90dcc76b0cae5aeca61f76d0cb73347b2407408b 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam-samza/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam-samza/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':uc4-beam')
+  implementation project(':uc4-beam')
 }