diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/task/DownloadTask.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/task/DownloadTask.java
index 270baa95f..e15541312 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/task/DownloadTask.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/task/DownloadTask.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public class DownloadTask implements Callable<Future<ProcessTask>> {
      */
     private void extractGzip(File file) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
         final String originalPath = file.getPath();
-        File gzip = new File(originalPath + ".gz");
+        final File gzip = new File(originalPath + ".gz");
         if (gzip.isFile() && !gzip.delete()) {
             gzip.deleteOnExit();
         }