diff --git a/java/src/jni/h5Imp.c b/java/src/jni/h5Imp.c
index e744e567067..898b52ad3ed 100644
--- a/java/src/jni/h5Imp.c
+++ b/java/src/jni/h5Imp.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
 Java_hdf_hdf5lib_H5_H5get_1libversion(JNIEnv *env, jclass clss, jintArray libversion)
 {
     jboolean libversionArrayIsCopy;
-    int     *libversionArray = NULL;
+    jint    *libversionArray = NULL;
     herr_t   status          = FAIL;
 
     UNUSED(clss);