diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/SshTestBase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/SshTestBase.java
index 0d625f319..28ba1f89f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/SshTestBase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/SshTestBase.java
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public abstract class SshTestBase extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private class TestCredentialsProvider extends CredentialsProvider {
+	private static class TestCredentialsProvider extends CredentialsProvider {
 
 		private final List<String> stringStore;