diff --git a/spring-ldap-tiger/src/itest/java/org/springframework/ldap/core/simple/SimpleLdapTemplateITest.java b/spring-ldap-tiger/src/itest/java/org/springframework/ldap/core/simple/SimpleLdapTemplateITest.java
index 6593d119..a8a9115b 100644
--- a/spring-ldap-tiger/src/itest/java/org/springframework/ldap/core/simple/SimpleLdapTemplateITest.java
+++ b/spring-ldap-tiger/src/itest/java/org/springframework/ldap/core/simple/SimpleLdapTemplateITest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.ldap.AbstractLdapTemplateIntegrationTest;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextAdapter;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextOperations;
 
-public class SimpleLdapTemplateITest extends AbstractLdapTemplateIntegrationTest {
+public abstract class SimpleLdapTemplateITest extends AbstractLdapTemplateIntegrationTest {
 
 	private SimpleLdapTemplate ldapTemplate;