Goldfuscate error when i try to build the gradle project

Whenever i try to build the gradle project it gives me this message in the console:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* Where:
Script 'C:\Users\tyler\MCreatorWorkspaces\obfuscatetest\mcreator.gradle' line: 7
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating script.
> Could not find method compile() for arguments [DefaultExternalModuleDependency{group='curse.maven', name='obfuscate-289380', version='3336021', configuration='default'}] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.
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BUILD FAILED in 723ms

i went to the file directory it gave me, i changed line 7 multiple times, but then once i try to build the gradle project again the file reverts back to the version that gives me the error. Here is the text inside the file:

repositories {
  maven {
    url = "https://www.cursemaven.com"
  }
}
dependencies {
    compile fg.deobf("curse.maven:obfuscate-289380:3336021")
}      

im using mcreator 2021.3 for 1.16.5 if that helps