diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForObject.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForObject.java
index a223b378a7..78456da21d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForObject.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
 
     static final class UseVarForObjectVisitor extends JavaIsoVisitor<ExecutionContext> {
         private final JavaTemplate template = JavaTemplate.builder("var #{} = #{any()}")
+                .contextSensitive()
                 .javaParser(JavaParser.fromJavaVersion()).build();