diff --git a/bin/debug-cql b/bin/debug-cql
index ed4d0a6d59..f768cdd12a 100755
--- a/bin/debug-cql
+++ b/bin/debug-cql
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ case "`uname`" in
     ;;
 esac
 
-class="org.apache.cassandra.cql3.transport.Client"
+class="org.apache.cassandra.transport.Client"
 cassandra_parms="-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties"
 "$JAVA" $JVM_OPTS $cassandra_parms  -cp "$CLASSPATH" "$class" $1 $2