diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CouchbaseRepositoryFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CouchbaseRepositoryFactory.java
index 7cd14d1f2..871528943 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CouchbaseRepositoryFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CouchbaseRepositoryFactory.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public <T, ID> CouchbaseEntityInformation<T, ID> getEntityInformation(Class<T> d
 	 * @return a new created repository.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected final Object getTargetRepository(final RepositoryInformation metadata) {
+	protected Object getTargetRepository(final RepositoryInformation metadata) {
 		CouchbaseOperations couchbaseOperations = couchbaseOperationsMapping.resolve(metadata.getRepositoryInterface(),
 				metadata.getDomainType());
 		CouchbaseEntityInformation<?, Serializable> entityInformation = getEntityInformation(metadata.getDomainType());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java
index b7402b126..1a337213f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  * @author Jens Schauder
  * @author Michael Reiche
  */
-class CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor implements RepositoryProxyPostProcessor, BeanClassLoaderAware {
+public class CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor implements RepositoryProxyPostProcessor, BeanClassLoaderAware {
 
 	private @Nullable ClassLoader classLoader = ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/ReactiveCouchbaseRepositoryFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/ReactiveCouchbaseRepositoryFactory.java
index b021c218c..8c5a9221b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/ReactiveCouchbaseRepositoryFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/ReactiveCouchbaseRepositoryFactory.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public <T, ID> CouchbaseEntityInformation<T, ID> getEntityInformation(Class<T> d
 	 * @return a new created repository.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected final Object getTargetRepository(final RepositoryInformation metadata) {
+	protected Object getTargetRepository(final RepositoryInformation metadata) {
 		ReactiveCouchbaseOperations couchbaseOperations = couchbaseOperationsMapping
 				.resolve(metadata.getRepositoryInterface(), metadata.getDomainType());
 		CouchbaseEntityInformation<?, Serializable> entityInformation = getEntityInformation(metadata.getDomainType());