--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/share/jdi/MonitorEventsDebuggee.java	Mon Nov 11 17:43:10 2019 -0800
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/share/jdi/MonitorEventsDebuggee.java	Tue Nov 12 06:32:13 2019 +0000
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         public void run() {
             // wait when interrupted thread switches state to 'TIMED_WAITING'
             while ((threadToInterrupt.getState() != Thread.State.WAITING) && !exitedFromWait) {
-                yield();
+                Thread.yield();
             }
 
             // threadToInterrupt 'spuriously' exited from wait()
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
         public void run() {
             // wait when blocked thread switches state to 'BLOCKED'
             while (blockedThread.getState() != Thread.State.BLOCKED)
-                yield();
+                Thread.yield();
 
             lockingThread.releaseLock();
         }