diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting.c
index dd4cb8f53..1858af7ca 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting.c
+++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting.c
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 #include "nm-utils-private.h"
 #include "nm-utils.h"
 
-/* We rely on this in src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h */
-G_STATIC_ASSERT(G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT == 8);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT(NM_SETTING_PARAM_REQUIRED, (1 << (1 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT)));
-G_STATIC_ASSERT(NM_SETTING_PARAM_SECRET, (1 << (2 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT)));
-G_STATIC_ASSERT(NM_SETTING_PARAM_FUZZY_IGNORE, (1 << (3 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT)));
-
 /**
  * SECTION:nm-setting
  * @short_description: Describes related configuration information
@@ -36,6 +30,20 @@ G_STATIC_ASSERT(NM_SETTING_PARAM_FUZZY_IGNORE, (1 << (3 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT)));
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+/*
+ * We use literal numbers in the header (as opposed to e.g.
+ * (1 << (1 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT))), because g-ir-scanner sometimes gets
+ * confused by unknown tokens and silently treats them as zero:
+ * https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/-/merge_requests/366
+ */
+
+G_STATIC_ASSERT(G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT == 8);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT(NM_SETTING_PARAM_REQUIRED == (1 << (1 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT)));
+G_STATIC_ASSERT(NM_SETTING_PARAM_SECRET == (1 << (2 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT)));
+G_STATIC_ASSERT(NM_SETTING_PARAM_FUZZY_IGNORE == (1 << (3 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT)));
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 typedef struct {
     GHashTable  *hash;
     const char **names;
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h b/src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h
index 578231cba..5c5b621cd 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h
+++ b/src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h
@@ -23,23 +23,16 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 #define NM_SETTING_GET_CLASS(obj) \
     (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS((obj), NM_TYPE_SETTING, NMSettingClass))
 
-/*
- * The literals are used below (as opposed to e.g.
- * (1 << (1 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT))), because g-ir-scanner sometimes gets
- * confused by unknown tokens and silently treats them as zero:
- * https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/-/merge_requests/366
- */
-
 /* The property of the #NMSetting is required for the setting to be valid */
-#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_REQUIRED 0x100
+#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_REQUIRED 0x200
 
 /* The property of the #NMSetting is a secret */
-#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_SECRET 0x200
+#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_SECRET 0x400
 
 /* The property of the #NMSetting should be ignored during comparisons that
  * use the %NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_FUZZY flag.
  */
-#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_FUZZY_IGNORE 0x400
+#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_FUZZY_IGNORE 0x800
 
 /* Note: all non-glib GParamFlags bits are reserved by NetworkManager */