diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/Constants.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/Constants.java
index a0642646..524c5230 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/Constants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/Constants.java
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ final class Constants {
     static final int UNDEFINED = -2;
     
     /** According to RFC 4180, line breaks are delimited by CRLF */
-    public static final String CRLF = "\r\n";
+    static final String CRLF = "\r\n";
 
 }