diff --git a/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/value/ValueFactory.java b/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/value/ValueFactory.java
index 912dc55fb..5fc8f81fe 100644
--- a/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/value/ValueFactory.java
+++ b/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/value/ValueFactory.java
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ public static ImmutableMapValue emptyMap()
         return ImmutableMapValueImpl.empty();
     }
 
+    @SafeVarargs
     public static MapValue newMap(Map.Entry<? extends Value, ? extends Value>... pairs)
     {
         Value[] kvs = new Value[pairs.length * 2];