diff --git a/examples/java/echo/src/main/java/ftl/echo/Echo.java b/examples/java/echo/src/main/java/ftl/echo/Echo.java
index 1339b91066..a73c468d53 100644
--- a/examples/java/echo/src/main/java/ftl/echo/Echo.java
+++ b/examples/java/echo/src/main/java/ftl/echo/Echo.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ public class Echo {
     @Export
     @Verb
     public EchoResponse echo(EchoRequest req, TimeClient time) {
-        var response = time.call();
+        var response = time.time();
         return new EchoResponse("Hello, " + req.name().orElse("anonymous") + "! The time is " + response.toString() + ".");
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/echo/src/main/kotlin/ftl/echo/Echo.kt b/examples/kotlin/echo/src/main/kotlin/ftl/echo/Echo.kt
index ecf114f4a9..6aaa36f1a4 100644
--- a/examples/kotlin/echo/src/main/kotlin/ftl/echo/Echo.kt
+++ b/examples/kotlin/echo/src/main/kotlin/ftl/echo/Echo.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ data class EchoResponse(val message: String)
 @Export
 @Verb
 fun echo(req: EchoRequest, time: TimeClient): EchoResponse {
-  val response = time.call()
+  val response = time.time()
   return EchoResponse(message = "Hello, ${req.name ?: "anonymous"}! The time is ${response.time}.")
 }
diff --git a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/deployment/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/javalang/deployment/JavaCodeGenerator.java b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/deployment/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/javalang/deployment/JavaCodeGenerator.java
index bdf41c7ff8..a76e7aa63a 100644
--- a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/deployment/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/javalang/deployment/JavaCodeGenerator.java
+++ b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/deployment/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/javalang/deployment/JavaCodeGenerator.java
@@ -267,11 +267,16 @@ protected void generateDataObject(Module module, Data data, String packageName,
     protected void generateVerb(Module module, Verb verb, String packageName, Map<DeclRef, Type> typeAliasMap,
             Map<DeclRef, String> nativeTypeAliasMap, Path outputDir)
             throws IOException {
-        TypeSpec.Builder clientBuilder = TypeSpec.interfaceBuilder(className(verb.getName()) + CLIENT)
+        String verbName = verb.getName();
+        TypeSpec.Builder clientBuilder = TypeSpec.interfaceBuilder(className(verbName) + CLIENT)
                 .addModifiers(Modifier.PUBLIC)
-                .addJavadoc("A client for the $L.$L verb", module.getName(), verb.getName());
+                .addJavadoc("A client for the $L.$L verb", module.getName(), verbName);
 
-        MethodSpec.Builder callMethod = MethodSpec.methodBuilder(verb.getName())
+        var methodName = verbName;
+        if (JAVA_KEYWORDS.contains(verbName)) {
+            methodName = verbName + "_";
+        }
+        MethodSpec.Builder callMethod = MethodSpec.methodBuilder(methodName)
                 .addModifiers(Modifier.ABSTRACT, Modifier.PUBLIC)
                 .addAnnotation(AnnotationSpec.builder(VerbClient.class)
                         .addMember("module", "\"" + module.getName() + "\"")