diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/ResponseExtractors.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/ResponseExtractors.java
index 1078c33f49..8260a7ee6f 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/ResponseExtractors.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/ResponseExtractors.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.codec.HttpMessageReader;
  * @author Brian Clozel
  * @since 5.0
  */
-public class ResponseExtractors {
+public abstract class ResponseExtractors {
 
 	private static final Object EMPTY_BODY = new Object();