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 c7dc17ded..b5d7c341e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public ReactiveTemplateSupport support() {
 	 *
 	 * @param ex the exception to translate
 	 */
-	RuntimeException potentiallyConvertRuntimeException(final RuntimeException ex) {
+	protected RuntimeException potentiallyConvertRuntimeException(final RuntimeException ex) {
 		RuntimeException resolved = exceptionTranslator != null ? exceptionTranslator.translateExceptionIfPossible(ex)
 				: null;
 		return resolved == null ? ex : resolved;