diff --git a/redis-om-spring/src/main/java/com/redis/om/spring/serialization/gson/ReferenceDeserializer.java b/redis-om-spring/src/main/java/com/redis/om/spring/serialization/gson/ReferenceDeserializer.java
index 61c1eb26..4fa97139 100644
--- a/redis-om-spring/src/main/java/com/redis/om/spring/serialization/gson/ReferenceDeserializer.java
+++ b/redis-om-spring/src/main/java/com/redis/om/spring/serialization/gson/ReferenceDeserializer.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public Object deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationCon
     return reference;
   }
 
-  public Collection<?> instantiateCollection(Type type) {
+  private Collection<?> instantiateCollection(Type type) {
     Class<?> rawType = (Class<?>) ((ParameterizedType) type).getRawType();
     if (rawType.isInterface()) {
       if (List.class.isAssignableFrom(rawType)) {