diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java
index 260bbd445..a120b5280 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public ReactiveTemplateSupport support() {
 	 *
 	 * @param ex the exception to translate
 	 */
-	RuntimeException potentiallyConvertRuntimeException(final RuntimeException ex) {
+	protected RuntimeException potentiallyConvertRuntimeException(final RuntimeException ex) {
 		RuntimeException resolved = exceptionTranslator.translateExceptionIfPossible(ex);
 		return resolved == null ? ex : resolved;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CouchbaseRepositoryBase.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CouchbaseRepositoryBase.java
index 992c4d0d0..dda26c076 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CouchbaseRepositoryBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/support/CouchbaseRepositoryBase.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ <S extends T> String getId(S entity) {
 	 * 1. repository.withCollection() 2. Annotation on the method
 	 */
 
-	String getScope() {
+	protected String getScope() {
 		String fromAnnotation = OptionsBuilder.annotationString(Scope.class, CollectionIdentifier.DEFAULT_SCOPE,
 				new AnnotatedElement[] { getJavaType(), repositoryInterface });
 		String fromMetadata = crudMethodMetadata.getScope();
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ String getScope() {
 	 * This can be overriden in the operation method by<br>
 	 * 1. repository.withCollection()
 	 */
-	String getCollection() {
+	protected String getCollection() {
 		String fromAnnotation = OptionsBuilder.annotationString(Collection.class, CollectionIdentifier.DEFAULT_COLLECTION,
 				new AnnotatedElement[] { getJavaType(), repositoryInterface });
 		String fromMetadata = crudMethodMetadata.getCollection();