diff --git a/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/AvroCompatibilityHelper.java b/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/AvroCompatibilityHelper.java
index c1ff96f14..bdf64af09 100644
--- a/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/AvroCompatibilityHelper.java
+++ b/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/AvroCompatibilityHelper.java
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public static String toParsingForm(Schema s) {
    * @param indexedRecord the record in question
    * @return true if argument is a specific record
    */
-  static boolean isSpecificRecord(IndexedRecord indexedRecord) {
+  public static boolean isSpecificRecord(IndexedRecord indexedRecord) {
     return indexedRecord instanceof SpecificRecord;
   }