diff --git a/core-groovy-2/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/extension/BasicExtensions.groovy b/core-groovy-2/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/extension/BasicExtensions.groovy
index 3d038c4042..0612ecb955 100644
--- a/core-groovy-2/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/extension/BasicExtensions.groovy
+++ b/core-groovy-2/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/extension/BasicExtensions.groovy
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.time.Year
 class BasicExtensions {
     
     static int getYearOfBirth(Employee self) {
-        return LocalDate.now().getYear() - self.age;
+        return Year.now().value - self.age
     }
     
     static String capitalize(String self) {
diff --git a/core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/MetaprogrammingUnitTest.groovy b/core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/MetaprogrammingUnitTest.groovy
index 53f909e55b..4a8631eb95 100644
--- a/core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/MetaprogrammingUnitTest.groovy
+++ b/core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/MetaprogrammingUnitTest.groovy
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class MetaprogrammingUnitTest extends GroovyTestCase {
 
     void testJavaMetaClass() {
         String.metaClass.capitalize = { String str ->
-            str.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + str.substring(1);
+            str.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + str.substring(1)
         }
         assert "norman".capitalize() == "Norman"
     }