diff --git a/tests/old_utils_tests.c b/tests/old_utils_tests.c
index eb7e4bf..08da6a6 100644
--- a/tests/old_utils_tests.c
+++ b/tests/old_utils_tests.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "../cJSON_Utils.h"
 
 /* JSON Apply Merge tests: */
-const char *merges[15][3] =
+static const char *merges[15][3] =
 {
     {"{\"a\":\"b\"}", "{\"a\":\"c\"}", "{\"a\":\"c\"}"},
     {"{\"a\":\"b\"}", "{\"b\":\"c\"}", "{\"a\":\"b\",\"b\":\"c\"}"},