diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
index 418fed612..1554ce082 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
             </message_arguments>
         </filter>
     </resource>
+    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter">
+        <filter comment="changed return type of digest() breaking implementors which is ok in minor releases according to OSGi semantic versioning" id="338792546">
+            <message_arguments>
+                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter"/>
+                <message_argument value="digest()"/>
+            </message_arguments>
+        </filter>
+    </resource>
     <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/HttpConnection.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.transport.http.HttpConnection">
         <filter comment="OSGi semantic versioning rules allow to break implementors in minor releases" id="403767336">
             <message_arguments>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java
index ad0b3332c..857ec9b2d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ public abstract class ObjectInserter implements AutoCloseable {
 		return b;
 	}
 
-	/** @return digest to help compute an ObjectId */
+	/**
+	 * @return digest to help compute an ObjectId
+	 * @since 4.7
+	 */
 	protected SHA1 digest() {
 		return hasher.reset();
 	}