diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
index b013ff0fa9..63f3dc6a83 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
-    static final String toString(Object object) {
+    static final String toString(final Object object) {
         StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
 
         try {