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diff --git a/extensions/graphql/package.json b/extensions/graphql/package.json
index 27c6ac8b9c8b..8102e7df3f7f 100644
--- a/extensions/graphql/package.json
+++ b/extensions/graphql/package.json
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   "copyright.owner": "IBM Corp.",
   "license": "MIT",
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diff --git a/extensions/graphql/src/decorators/index.ts b/extensions/graphql/src/decorators/index.ts
index ca522c7126f2..cd0762e4d546 100644
--- a/extensions/graphql/src/decorators/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/graphql/src/decorators/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 // Force require('reflect-metadata');
-import '@loopback/metadata';
+import '@loopback/core';
 import {
   Arg,
   Args,