diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomUtils.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomUtils.java
index 7babf6a73..8ee3f2980 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomUtils.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomUtils.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public final class PomUtils {
     public static Model readPom(File file) throws AnalysisException {
         Model model = null;
         try {
-            PomParser parser = new PomParser();
+            final PomParser parser = new PomParser();
             model = parser.parse(file);
         } catch (PomParseException ex) {
             final String msg = String.format("Unable to parse pom '%s'", file.getPath());