diff --git a/plugins/serialversion-remover-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/Plugin.scala b/plugins/serialversion-remover-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/Plugin.scala
index ad9224bab47..a3c90fbfe85 100644
--- a/plugins/serialversion-remover-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/Plugin.scala
+++ b/plugins/serialversion-remover-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/Plugin.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class SerialVersionRemoverPlugin extends StandardPlugin {
   val name = "serialversion-remover-plugin"
   val description = "Remove SerialVersionUid annotation from traits"
 
-  def init(options: List[String]): List[PluginPhase] = {
+  override def init(options: List[String]): List[PluginPhase] = {
     (new SerialVersionRemoverPhase()) :: Nil
   }
 }