diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index b03f90c..e1ca77d 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@
 
 var _ sdkLibraryComponentNamingScheme = (*defaultNamingScheme)(nil)
 
-func moduleStubLinkType(name string) (stub bool, ret linkType) {
+func moduleStubLinkType(name string) (stub bool, ret sdkLinkType) {
 	// This suffix-based approach is fragile and could potentially mis-trigger.
 	// TODO(b/155164730): Clean this up when modules no longer reference sdk_lib stubs directly.
 	if strings.HasSuffix(name, ".stubs.public") || strings.HasSuffix(name, "-stubs-publicapi") {