diff --git a/serving/src/main/java/ai/djl/serving/workflow/function/WlmWorkflowFunction.java b/serving/src/main/java/ai/djl/serving/workflow/function/WlmWorkflowFunction.java
index 42b282677..1521cac6f 100644
--- a/serving/src/main/java/ai/djl/serving/workflow/function/WlmWorkflowFunction.java
+++ b/serving/src/main/java/ai/djl/serving/workflow/function/WlmWorkflowFunction.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<Item> run(
         }
 
         return evaluateArgs(args)
-                .thenComposeAsync(
+                .thenCompose(
                         processedArgs ->
                                 executor.getWlm()
                                         .runJob(