diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 467b5b7554..2699d0ec11 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -6229,7 +6229,8 @@ final class DefaultParseContext extends AbstractScope implements ParseContext {
 
             case 'U':
                 if (parseKeywordIf("UNIQUE"))
-                    return unique(parseParenthesised(c -> (Select) parseWithOrSelect()));
+                    // javac can't infer this (?)
+                    return unique(this.<Select<?>>parseParenthesised(c -> parseWithOrSelect()));