diff --git a/components/camel-test/camel-test-junit5/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/junit5/CamelContextConfiguration.java b/components/camel-test/camel-test-junit5/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/junit5/CamelContextConfiguration.java
index aaf6cbcbd218f..c5a202492ab01 100644
--- a/components/camel-test/camel-test-junit5/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/junit5/CamelContextConfiguration.java
+++ b/components/camel-test/camel-test-junit5/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/junit5/CamelContextConfiguration.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /**
  * Configures a context for test execution
  */
-public final class CamelContextConfiguration {
+public class CamelContextConfiguration {
     @FunctionalInterface
     public interface CamelContextSupplier {
         CamelContext createCamelContext() throws Exception;
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public CamelContextSupplier camelContextSupplier() {
      *
      * @param camelContextSupplier A supplier for the Camel context
      */
-    CamelContextConfiguration withCamelContextSupplier(
+    protected CamelContextConfiguration withCamelContextSupplier(
             CamelContextSupplier camelContextSupplier) {
         this.camelContextSupplier = camelContextSupplier;
         return this;
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public RoutesSupplier routesSupplier() {
     /**
      * A supplier that classes can use to create a {@link RouteBuilder} to define the routes for testing
      */
-    CamelContextConfiguration withRoutesSupplier(
+    protected CamelContextConfiguration withRoutesSupplier(
             RoutesSupplier routesSupplier) {
         this.routesSupplier = routesSupplier;
         return this;
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public PostProcessor postProcessor() {
      *
      * @param postProcessor the post-test processor to use
      */
-    CamelContextConfiguration withPostProcessor(
+    protected CamelContextConfiguration withPostProcessor(
             PostProcessor postProcessor) {
         this.postProcessor = postProcessor;
         return this;
diff --git a/components/camel-test/camel-test-junit5/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/junit5/TestExecutionConfiguration.java b/components/camel-test/camel-test-junit5/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/junit5/TestExecutionConfiguration.java
index 8614e27f4692d..26ad70e13f0de 100644
--- a/components/camel-test/camel-test-junit5/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/junit5/TestExecutionConfiguration.java
+++ b/components/camel-test/camel-test-junit5/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/junit5/TestExecutionConfiguration.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public boolean isUseAdviceWith() {
      * @return <tt>true</tt> if you use advice with in your unit tests.
      */
     @Deprecated(since = "4.7.0")
-    TestExecutionConfiguration withUseAdviceWith(boolean useAdviceWith) {
+    protected TestExecutionConfiguration withUseAdviceWith(boolean useAdviceWith) {
         this.useAdviceWith = useAdviceWith;
         return this;
     }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public boolean isCreateCamelContextPerClass() {
      * @return     <tt>true</tt> per class, <tt>false</tt> per test.
      */
     @Deprecated(since = "4.7.0")
-    TestExecutionConfiguration withCreateCamelContextPerClass(boolean createCamelContextPerClass) {
+    protected TestExecutionConfiguration withCreateCamelContextPerClass(boolean createCamelContextPerClass) {
         this.createCamelContextPerClass = createCamelContextPerClass;
         return this;
     }