diff --git a/mrbgems/mruby-compiler/core/parse.y b/mrbgems/mruby-compiler/core/parse.y
index d26a29a27..d2fac7ee9 100644
--- a/mrbgems/mruby-compiler/core/parse.y
+++ b/mrbgems/mruby-compiler/core/parse.y
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ heredoc_end(parser_state *p)
 
 %}
 
-%pure-parser
+%define api.pure
 %parse-param {parser_state *p}
 %lex-param {parser_state *p}