diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/Model.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/Model.java
index 93de5232e..190116acc 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/Model.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/Model.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public class Model {
     /**
      * The list of licenses.
      */
-    private List<License> licenses = new ArrayList<License>();
+    private final List<License> licenses = new ArrayList<License>();
 
     /**
      * Returns the list of licenses.
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomHandler.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomHandler.java
index 36e3c630a..d3f0bc701 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomHandler.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomHandler.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class PomHandler extends DefaultHandler {
     /**
      * The pom model.
      */
-    private Model model = new Model();
+    private final Model model = new Model();
 
     /**
      * Returns the model obtained from the pom.xml.