diff --git a/opennlp-tools/src/test/java/opennlp/tools/eval/SourceForgeModelEval.java b/opennlp-tools/src/test/java/opennlp/tools/eval/SourceForgeModelEval.java
index 3bd4213bc..4c145a276 100644
--- a/opennlp-tools/src/test/java/opennlp/tools/eval/SourceForgeModelEval.java
+++ b/opennlp-tools/src/test/java/opennlp/tools/eval/SourceForgeModelEval.java
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ void evalChunkerModel() throws Exception {
     MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance(HASH_ALGORITHM);
 
     POSTagger tagger = new POSTaggerME(new POSModel(
-        new File(getOpennlpDataDir(), "models-sf/en-pos-perceptron.bin")));
+        new File(getOpennlpDataDir(), "models-sf/en-pos-perceptron.bin")),
+        POSTagFormat.PENN);
 
     Chunker chunker = new ChunkerME(new ChunkerModel(
         new File(getOpennlpDataDir(), "models-sf/en-chunker.bin")));