diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/VerifierDeviceIdentity.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/VerifierDeviceIdentity.java
index 3ce0b65e9f952..7e82edf8ec8f8 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/VerifierDeviceIdentity.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/VerifierDeviceIdentity.java
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ public class VerifierDeviceIdentity implements Parcelable {
      * @return verifier device identity based on the input from the provided
      *         random number generator
      */
-    @VisibleForTesting
-    static VerifierDeviceIdentity generate(Random rng) {
+    @VisibleForTesting(visibility = VisibleForTesting.Visibility.PRIVATE)
+    public static VerifierDeviceIdentity generate(Random rng) {
         long identity = rng.nextLong();
         return new VerifierDeviceIdentity(identity);
     }