diff --git a/bench-accel/bench_dpd/in.dpd b/bench-accel/bench_dpd/in.dpd
index e12d2e814d..dc692dc491 100644
--- a/bench-accel/bench_dpd/in.dpd
+++ b/bench-accel/bench_dpd/in.dpd
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ special_bonds lj/coul 1.0 1.0 1.0
 read_data       data.dpd
 
 timestep	0.02
-communicate single vel yes
+comm_modify vel yes
 
 #set DPD pair coefficients
 pair_style dpd 1.0 3.0 34387