diff --git a/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.expected b/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.expected
index 1d339a9da..df0d8e41f 100644
--- a/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.expected
+++ b/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.expected
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class multimultilinestr extends PApplet {
 
     public void setup() {
 String testMultiline1 = "\nline1 \"\nline 2 \"\"\nline  3\nline   4";
-String testMultiline2 = "\nline5 \"\nline 6 \"\"\nline  7\nline   8";
+final String testMultiline2 = "\nline5 \"\nline 6 \"\"\nline  7\nline   8";
 
 println(testMultiline1);
 println(testMultiline2);
diff --git a/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.pde b/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.pde
index 22e5bcfef..3e4274663 100644
--- a/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.pde
+++ b/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.pde
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ line 2 ""
 line  3
 line   4""";
 
-String testMultiline2 = """
+final String testMultiline2 = """
 line5 "
 line 6 ""
 line  7