diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/GatewayPredicateHandlerMapping.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/GatewayPredicateHandlerMapping.java
index db1a5951..e7e1a6bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/GatewayPredicateHandlerMapping.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/GatewayPredicateHandlerMapping.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class GatewayPredicateHandlerMapping extends AbstractHandlerMapping {
 		if (found == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to find GatewayPredicate with name " + predicate.getName());
 		}
-		return found.create(predicate.getValue(), predicate.getArgs());
+		return found.apply(predicate.getValue(), predicate.getArgs());
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/CookiePredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/CookiePredicate.java
index 08660bae..de731cd0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/CookiePredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/CookiePredicate.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class CookiePredicate implements GatewayPredicate {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> create(String name, String[] args) {
+	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String name, String[] args) {
 		//TODO: caching can happen here
 		return exchange -> {
 			Assert.isTrue(args != null && args.length == 1,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/GatewayPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/GatewayPredicate.java
index 81b8eb91..54e6362e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/GatewayPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/GatewayPredicate.java
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ public interface GatewayPredicate {
 
 	String getName();
 
-	Predicate<ServerWebExchange> create(String value, String[] args);
+	Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String value, String[] args);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/HeaderPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/HeaderPredicate.java
index 0dbf97d5..b28ce67b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/HeaderPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/HeaderPredicate.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class HeaderPredicate implements GatewayPredicate {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> create(String header, String[] args) {
+	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String header, String[] args) {
 		//TODO: caching can happen here
 		return exchange -> {
 			Assert.isTrue(args != null && args.length == 1,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/HostPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/HostPredicate.java
index 19fb2e62..518acfa3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/HostPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/HostPredicate.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class HostPredicate implements GatewayPredicate {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> create(String pattern, String[] args) {
+	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String pattern, String[] args) {
 		//TODO: caching can happen here
 		return exchange -> {
 			String host = exchange.getRequest().getHeaders().getFirst("Host");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/MethodPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/MethodPredicate.java
index 2d3b7963..29a930b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/MethodPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/MethodPredicate.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class MethodPredicate implements GatewayPredicate {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> create(String method, String[] args) {
+	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String method, String[] args) {
 		//TODO: caching can happen here
 		return exchange -> {
 			HttpMethod requestMethod = exchange.getRequest().getMethod();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/QueryPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/QueryPredicate.java
index 0439559c..a24bafd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/QueryPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/QueryPredicate.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class QueryPredicate implements GatewayPredicate {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> create(String param, String[] args) {
+	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String param, String[] args) {
 		//TODO: caching can happen here
 		return exchange -> {
 			String regexp = null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/UrlPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/UrlPredicate.java
index 48f9316c..7ba5d761 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/UrlPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/UrlPredicate.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class UrlPredicate implements GatewayPredicate {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> create(String pattern, String[] args) {
+	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String pattern, String[] args) {
 		return exchange -> {
 			String lookupPath = getPathHelper().getLookupPathForRequest(exchange);
 			return getPathMatcher().match(pattern, lookupPath);