diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/smeanors/examples/c/example.c b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/smeanors/examples/c/example.c
index 7b81969e1c00..b6efc0b1eb23 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/smeanors/examples/c/example.c
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/smeanors/examples/c/example.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 int main( void ) {
 	// Create a strided array:
-	float x[] = { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };
+	const float x[] = { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };
 
 	// Specify the number of elements:
 	int64_t N = 4;