diff --git a/metaconfig-core/shared/src/main/scala/metaconfig/annotation/Annotations.scala b/metaconfig-core/shared/src/main/scala/metaconfig/annotation/Annotations.scala
index fb26f97..c356a7b 100644
--- a/metaconfig-core/shared/src/main/scala/metaconfig/annotation/Annotations.scala
+++ b/metaconfig-core/shared/src/main/scala/metaconfig/annotation/Annotations.scala
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ final case class TabCompleteAsPath() extends StaticAnnotation
 final case class CatchInvalidFlags() extends StaticAnnotation
 final case class TabCompleteAsOneOf(options: String*) extends StaticAnnotation
 
-final case class SectionRename(oldName: String, newName: String)(
-    val conv: PartialFunction[Conf, Conf] = PartialFunction.empty,
+final case class SectionRename(
+    oldName: String,
+    newName: String,
+    conv: PartialFunction[Conf, Conf] = PartialFunction.empty,
 ) extends StaticAnnotation {
   require(oldName.nonEmpty && newName.nonEmpty)
   val oldNameAsSeq: Seq[String] = ArraySeq.unsafeWrapArray(oldName.split('.'))
@@ -47,6 +49,10 @@ final case class SectionRename(oldName: String, newName: String)(
     s"Section '$oldName' is deprecated and renamed as '$newName'"
 }
 object SectionRename {
+  def apply(
+      conv: PartialFunction[Conf, Conf],
+  )(oldName: String, newName: String): SectionRename =
+    new SectionRename(oldName, newName, conv)
   implicit def fromTuple(obj: (String, String)): SectionRename =
-    SectionRename(obj._1, obj._2)()
+    SectionRename(obj._1, obj._2)
 }
diff --git a/metaconfig-tests/jvm/src/test/scala/metaconfig/DeriveConfDecoderExJVMSuite.scala b/metaconfig-tests/jvm/src/test/scala/metaconfig/DeriveConfDecoderExJVMSuite.scala
index 5981a43..178a521 100644
--- a/metaconfig-tests/jvm/src/test/scala/metaconfig/DeriveConfDecoderExJVMSuite.scala
+++ b/metaconfig-tests/jvm/src/test/scala/metaconfig/DeriveConfDecoderExJVMSuite.scala
@@ -131,13 +131,14 @@ class DeriveConfDecoderExJVMSuite extends munit.FunSuite {
 
   test("nested param with rename 2") {
     implicit val nested2: ConfDecoderEx[Nested2] = generic
-      .deriveDecoderEx(Nested2()).noTypos
-      .withSectionRenames(SectionRename("B", "b") { case Conf.Obj(vals) =>
-        Conf.Obj(vals.map {
-          case ("param", Conf.Num(v)) => "param" -> Conf.Num(v * 2)
-          case x => x
-        })
-      })
+      .deriveDecoderEx(Nested2()).noTypos.withSectionRenames(
+        SectionRename { case Conf.Obj(vals) =>
+          Conf.Obj(vals.map {
+            case ("param", Conf.Num(v)) => "param" -> Conf.Num(v * 2)
+            case x => x
+          })
+        }("B", "b"),
+      )
     implicit val nested3: ConfDecoderEx[Nested3] = generic
       .deriveDecoderEx(Nested3()).noTypos
     val nested: ConfDecoderEx[Nested] = generic.deriveDecoderEx(Nested())