diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-stats/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/stats/MavenPlaceholderShaded.java b/google-cloud-bigtable-stats/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/stats/MavenPlaceholderShaded.java
index b4363ff2c..44b0633b5 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-stats/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/stats/MavenPlaceholderShaded.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-stats/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/stats/MavenPlaceholderShaded.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.google.cloud.bigtable.stats;
 
-final class MavenPlaceholderShaded {
+public final class MavenPlaceholderShaded {
   /**
    * This class is here to force generation of source javadoc jars so that the maven release process
    * doesn't complain. The shading plugin generated a shaded jar of bigtable-stats, but it doesn't