diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/FailedRecordTracker.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/FailedRecordTracker.java
index 86797ad98a..bfbe435b13 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/FailedRecordTracker.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/FailedRecordTracker.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public void setRetryListeners(RetryListener... listeners) {
 		this.retryListeners.addAll(Arrays.asList(listeners));
 	}
 
-	protected List<RetryListener> getRetryListeners() {
+	List<RetryListener> getRetryListeners() {
 		return this.retryListeners;
 	}