diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
index 5f02259a2..fdc1efc6e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants">
         <filter id="1141899266">
             <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="4.8"/>
+                <message_argument value="4.7"/>
                 <message_argument value="4.10"/>
                 <message_argument value="LOCK_SUFFIX"/>
             </message_arguments>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java
index 205cf4aec..dad5871dc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ public final class Constants {
 	/**
 	 * Suffix of lock file name
 	 *
-	 * @since 4.8
+	 * @since 4.7
 	 */
 	public static final String LOCK_SUFFIX = ".lock"; //$NON-NLS-1$