diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
index 6441232..03c6ce5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
             </message_arguments>
         </filter>
     </resource>
+    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/MergeStrategy.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.merge.MergeStrategy">
+        <filter comment="OSGi semantic versioning allows breaking implementors of an API in a minor version" id="336695337">
+            <message_arguments>
+                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.jgit.merge.MergeStrategy"/>
+                <message_argument value="newMerger(ObjectInserter, Config)"/>
+            </message_arguments>
+        </filter>
+    </resource>
     <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/HttpConnection.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.transport.http.HttpConnection">
         <filter comment="OSGi semantic versioning rules allow to break implementors in minor releases" id="403767336">
             <message_arguments>