diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ebd501b57b..2577b79c5e 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ maven_jar(
 
 maven_jar(
     name = "args4j-intern",
-    artifact = "args4j:args4j:2.0.29",
-    sha1 = "55ca4ddc4e906ffbaec043113b36bb410a3d909e",
+    artifact = "args4j:args4j:2.33",
+    sha1 = "bd87a75374a6d6523de82fef51fc3cfe9baf9fc9",
 )
 
 maven_jar(
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/CloseConnection.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/CloseConnection.java
index a38461d7ca..60a878a62c 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/CloseConnection.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/CloseConnection.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ final class CloseConnection extends SshCommand {
       required = true,
       metaVar = "SESSION_ID",
       usage = "List of SSH session IDs to be closed")
-  private final List<String> sessionIds = new ArrayList<>();
+  private List<String> sessionIds = new ArrayList<>();
 
   @Option(name = "--wait", usage = "wait for connection to close before exiting")
   private boolean wait;