diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/NamedParameterBatchUpdateUtils.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/NamedParameterBatchUpdateUtils.java
index cffc7a850e..af6367e33a 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/NamedParameterBatchUpdateUtils.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/NamedParameterBatchUpdateUtils.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcOperations;
  * @author Thomas Risberg
  * @since 3.0
  */
-public class NamedParameterBatchUpdateUtils extends BatchUpdateUtils {
+public abstract class NamedParameterBatchUpdateUtils extends BatchUpdateUtils {
 
 	public static int[] executeBatchUpdateWithNamedParameters(final ParsedSql parsedSql,
 			final SqlParameterSource[] batchArgs, JdbcOperations jdbcOperations) {