diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocator.java
index 2c43c25aaf775..2752c85b57750 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocator.java
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ private static Tuple<Decision, Map<String, NodeAllocationResult>> canBeAllocated
      * Takes the store info for nodes that have a shard store and adds them to the node decisions,
      * leaving the node explanations untouched for those nodes that do not have any store information.
      */
-    public static List<NodeAllocationResult> augmentExplanationsWithStoreInfo(
+    private static List<NodeAllocationResult> augmentExplanationsWithStoreInfo(
         Map<String, NodeAllocationResult> nodeDecisions,
         Map<String, NodeAllocationResult> withShardStores
     ) {
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ private static boolean canPerformOperationBasedRecovery(
      */
     protected abstract boolean hasInitiatedFetching(ShardRouting shard);
 
-    public static class MatchingNode {
+    private static class MatchingNode {
         static final Comparator<MatchingNode> COMPARATOR = Comparator.<MatchingNode, Boolean>comparing(m -> m.isNoopRecovery)
             .thenComparing(m -> m.retainingSeqNo)
             .thenComparing(m -> m.matchingBytes);