diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevParse.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevParse.java
index fa9f64de4..215703409 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevParse.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevParse.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class RevParse extends TextBuiltin {
 	boolean verify;
 
 	@Argument(index = 0, metaVar = "metaVar_commitish")
-	private final List<ObjectId> commits = new ArrayList<>();
+	private List<ObjectId> commits = new ArrayList<>();
 
 	@Override
 	protected void run() throws Exception {