diff --git a/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/ColumnFamilyOptionsTest.java b/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/ColumnFamilyOptionsTest.java
index 8d3db188c..48dbae5e1 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/ColumnFamilyOptionsTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/ColumnFamilyOptionsTest.java
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class ColumnFamilyOptionsTest {
     ColumnFamilyOptions opt = null;
     try {
       opt = new ColumnFamilyOptions();
-      boolean boolValue = rand.nextBoolean();
+      final boolean boolValue = rand.nextBoolean();
       opt.setLevelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes(boolValue);
       assertThat(opt.levelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes())
           .isEqualTo(boolValue);
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/OptionsTest.java b/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/OptionsTest.java
index fd426479f..000931f75 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/OptionsTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/OptionsTest.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class OptionsTest {
     Options opt = null;
     try {
       opt = new Options();
-      boolean boolValue = rand.nextBoolean();
+      final boolean boolValue = rand.nextBoolean();
       opt.setLevelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes(boolValue);
       assertThat(opt.levelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes())
           .isEqualTo(boolValue);