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 f067c58d39..e79094495f 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
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
 
 
     static final class UseVarForObjectVisitor extends JavaIsoVisitor<ExecutionContext> {
-        private final JavaTemplate template = JavaTemplate.builder("var #{} = #{any()}")
+        private final JavaTemplate template = JavaTemplate.builder("var #{} = #{any()};")
                 .contextSensitive()
                 .javaParser(JavaParser.fromJavaVersion()).build();