diff --git a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/RocksDB.java b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/RocksDB.java
index 230723367..6040ea182 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/RocksDB.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/RocksDB.java
@@ -4123,7 +4123,7 @@ public class RocksDB extends RocksObject {
    *
    * @return the column family metadata
    */
-  public ColumnFamilyMetaData GetColumnFamilyMetaData() {
+  public ColumnFamilyMetaData getColumnFamilyMetaData() {
     return getColumnFamilyMetaData(null);
   }