diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/io/smoosh/FileSmoosher.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/io/smoosh/FileSmoosher.java
index 12e511118e63..17eb469e9497 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/io/smoosh/FileSmoosher.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/io/smoosh/FileSmoosher.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static File metaFile(File baseDir)
     return new File(baseDir, StringUtils.format("meta.%s", FILE_EXTENSION));
   }
 
-  public static File makeChunkFile(File baseDir, int i)
+  static File makeChunkFile(File baseDir, int i)
   {
     return new File(baseDir, StringUtils.format("%05d.%s", i, FILE_EXTENSION));
   }