diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3e458afa6ba62ece2b9a0eb4c417e307b3a87b48..5e6307de101ba5fc8744845842cbded98ddf3410 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ tomcatRunWar.contextPath = '/'
     task.additionalRuntimeResources << file('/Users/rherrick/xnat/config/plugins')
 }
 
-task deployToTomcat(type: Copy) {
+task deployToTomcat(type: Copy, dependsOn: war) {
     from war.archivePath
     into "${propertyWithDefault('tomcatHome', '.')}/webapps"
 }