diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/JoinQuery.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/JoinQuery.java
index f44eca200e3..7959a4c1d69 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/JoinQuery.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/JoinQuery.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.search.join.GraphPointsCollector;
 import org.apache.solr.util.RTimer;
 import org.apache.solr.util.RefCounted;
 
-public class JoinQuery extends Query {
+class JoinQuery extends Query {
   String fromField;
   String toField;
   String fromIndex; // TODO: name is missleading here compared to JoinQParserPlugin usage - here it must be a core name