diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/FloatDict.java b/core/src/processing/data/FloatDict.java
index 91b2b7538..794ca2713 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/FloatDict.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/FloatDict.java
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public class FloatDict {
   }
 
 
-  protected void swap(int a, int b) {
+  public void swap(int a, int b) {
     String tkey = keys[a];
     float tvalue = values[a];
     keys[a] = keys[b];
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/IntDict.java b/core/src/processing/data/IntDict.java
index 4d1aff090..44efea215 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/IntDict.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/IntDict.java
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ public class IntDict {
   }
 
 
-  protected void swap(int a, int b) {
+  public void swap(int a, int b) {
     String tkey = keys[a];
     int tvalue = values[a];
     keys[a] = keys[b];
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/StringDict.java b/core/src/processing/data/StringDict.java
index 5fb533616..ed284b10b 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/StringDict.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/StringDict.java
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public class StringDict {
   }
 
 
-  protected void swap(int a, int b) {
+  public void swap(int a, int b) {
     String tkey = keys[a];
     String tvalue = values[a];
     keys[a] = keys[b];