diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/keys/content/DEREncodedKeyValue.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/keys/content/DEREncodedKeyValue.java
index 0144025216aabbf0fe3c75a5ce8de805ffd6d3d5..0b9a1ae2accb934b5230a12777f2e09c3f5f8470 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/keys/content/DEREncodedKeyValue.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/keys/content/DEREncodedKeyValue.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 public class DEREncodedKeyValue extends Signature11ElementProxy implements KeyInfoContent {
 
     /** JCA algorithm key types supported by this implementation. */
-    public static final String supportedKeyTypes[] = { "RSA", "DSA", "EC"};
+    private static final String supportedKeyTypes[] = { "RSA", "DSA", "EC"};
 
     /**
      * Constructor DEREncodedKeyValue