diff --git a/test/core/compression/BUILD b/test/core/compression/BUILD
index 4faceda7c25..b60390dbfe1 100644
--- a/test/core/compression/BUILD
+++ b/test/core/compression/BUILD
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ grpc_cc_test(
 grpc_cc_test(
     name = "stream_compress_test",
     srcs = ["stream_compression_test.cc"],
-    language = "C",
+    language = "C++",
     deps = [
         "//:gpr",
         "//:grpc",