diff --git a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java
index d30758d7e..f8cf898fc 100644
--- a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java
+++ b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ public class SimpleJobExecutorFacade implements JobExecutorFacade,
 
 	private JobRepository jobRepository;
 
-	// Package access for unit testing...
-	Map jobExecutionRegistry = new HashMap();
+	private Map jobExecutionRegistry = new HashMap();
 
 	// there is no sensible default for this
 	private JobConfigurationLocator jobConfigurationLocator;
diff --git a/execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacadeTests.java b/execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacadeTests.java
index cdc4d44db..1596f518f 100644
--- a/execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacadeTests.java
+++ b/execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacadeTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.batch.execution.facade;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.SimpleJobIdentifier;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.exception.BatchCriticalException;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.context.RepeatContextSupport;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
  * SimpleBatchContainer unit tests.
@@ -246,7 +248,9 @@ public class SimpleJobExecutorFacadeTests extends TestCase {
 	private void registerExecution(SimpleJobIdentifier runtimeInformation,
 			JobExecution execution) throws NoSuchFieldException,
 			IllegalAccessException {
-		Map map = (Map) jobExecutorFacade.jobExecutionRegistry;
+		Field field = SimpleJobExecutorFacade.class.getDeclaredField("jobExecutionRegistry");
+		ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
+		Map map = (Map) field.get(jobExecutorFacade);
 		map.put(runtimeInformation, execution);
 	}