diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiDocument.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiDocument.cs
index 6ffc260d1..59b8da16c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiDocument.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiDocument.cs
@@ -348,6 +348,14 @@ internal T ResolveReferenceTo<T>(OpenApiReference reference) where T : class, IO
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Load the referenced <see cref="IOpenApiReferenceable"/> object from a <see cref="OpenApiReference"/> object
+        /// </summary>
+        public IOpenApiReferenceable ResolveReference(OpenApiReference reference)
+        {
+            return ResolveReference(reference, false);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Load the referenced <see cref="IOpenApiReferenceable"/> object from a <see cref="OpenApiReference"/> object
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/PublicApi/PublicApi.approved.txt b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/PublicApi/PublicApi.approved.txt
index 0b1dc1a11..e7ba33dca 100755
--- a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/PublicApi/PublicApi.approved.txt
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/PublicApi/PublicApi.approved.txt
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Models
         public System.Collections.Generic.IList<Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiServer> Servers { get; set; }
         public System.Collections.Generic.IList<Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiTag> Tags { get; set; }
         public Microsoft.OpenApi.Services.OpenApiWorkspace Workspace { get; set; }
+        public Microsoft.OpenApi.Interfaces.IOpenApiReferenceable ResolveReference(Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiReference reference) { }
         public System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiError> ResolveReferences() { }
         public void SerializeAsV2(Microsoft.OpenApi.Writers.IOpenApiWriter writer) { }
         public void SerializeAsV3(Microsoft.OpenApi.Writers.IOpenApiWriter writer) { }