diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/parser/antlr4/AstBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/parser/antlr4/AstBuilder.java
index 28379ce9d1d..333c68745e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/parser/antlr4/AstBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/parser/antlr4/AstBuilder.java
@@ -377,7 +377,6 @@
  * Builds the AST from the parse tree generated by Antlr4.
  */
 public class AstBuilder extends GroovyParserBaseVisitor<Object> {
-
     public AstBuilder(final SourceUnit sourceUnit, final boolean groovydocEnabled, final boolean runtimeGroovydocEnabled) {
         this.sourceUnit = sourceUnit;
         this.moduleNode = new ModuleNode(sourceUnit);
@@ -3492,7 +3491,7 @@ public Expression visitCreator(final CreatorContext ctx) {
                 }
 
                 var initializer = ctx.arrayInitializer();
-                initializer.putNodeMetaData("elementType", elementType);
+                initializer.putNodeMetaData(ELEMENT_TYPE, elementType);
                 List<Expression> initExpressions = this.visitArrayInitializer(initializer);
 
                 ArrayExpression arrayExpression = new ArrayExpression(elementType, initExpressions);
@@ -3592,7 +3591,7 @@ public List<Expression> visitArrayInitializer(final ArrayInitializerContext ctx)
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
 
-        ClassNode elementType = ctx.getNodeMetaData("elementType");
+        ClassNode elementType = ctx.getNodeMetaData(ELEMENT_TYPE);
         try {
             visitingArrayInitializerCount += 1;
             var initExpressions = new ArrayList<Expression>();
@@ -3602,7 +3601,7 @@ public List<Expression> visitArrayInitializer(final ArrayInitializerContext ctx)
                     var arrayInitializer = (ArrayInitializerContext) c;
                     ClassNode subType = elementType.getComponentType();
                     //if (subType == null) produce closure or throw exception
-                    arrayInitializer.putNodeMetaData("elementType", subType);
+                    arrayInitializer.putNodeMetaData(ELEMENT_TYPE, subType);
                     var arrayExpression = configureAST(new ArrayExpression(subType,
                             this.visitArrayInitializer(arrayInitializer)), arrayInitializer);
                     arrayExpression.setType(elementType);
@@ -5055,5 +5054,6 @@ public List<DeclarationExpression> getDeclarationExpressions() {
     private static final String PARAMETER_CONTEXT = "_PARAMETER_CONTEXT";
     private static final String IS_RECORD_GENERATED = "_IS_RECORD_GENERATED";
     private static final String RECORD_HEADER = "_RECORD_HEADER";
+    private static final String ELEMENT_TYPE = "elementType";
     private static final String RECORD_TYPE_NAME = "groovy.transform.RecordType";
 }