diff --git a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoSessionConverter.java b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/AbstractMongoSessionConverter.java
similarity index 92%
rename from spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoSessionConverter.java
rename to spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/AbstractMongoSessionConverter.java
index 33eec3b..f3fc1e5 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoSessionConverter.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/AbstractMongoSessionConverter.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author Jakub Kubrynski
  * @since 1.2
  */
-public abstract class MongoSessionConverter implements GenericConverter {
+public abstract class AbstractMongoSessionConverter implements GenericConverter {
 
-	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(MongoSessionConverter.class);
+	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(AbstractMongoSessionConverter.class);
 
 	protected static final String EXPIRE_AT_FIELD_NAME = "expireAt";
 
diff --git a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
index 64f65ec..108a233 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import static org.springframework.session.FindByIndexNameSessionRepository.PRINCIPAL_NAME_INDEX_NAME;
 
 /**
- * {@code MongoSessionConverter} implementation transforming {@code MongoExpiringSession} to/from a BSON object
+ * {@code AbstractMongoSessionConverter} implementation transforming {@code MongoExpiringSession} to/from a BSON object
  * using standard Java serialization
  *
  * @author Jakub Kubrynski
  * @since 1.2
  */
-class JdkMongoSessionConverter extends MongoSessionConverter {
+class JdkMongoSessionConverter extends AbstractMongoSessionConverter {
 
 	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(JdkMongoSessionConverter.class);
 
diff --git a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
index 23b694f..9598c64 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * Session repository implementation which stores sessions in Mongo.
- * Uses {@link MongoSessionConverter} to transform session objects from/to
+ * Uses {@link AbstractMongoSessionConverter} to transform session objects from/to
  * native Mongo representation ({@code DBObject}).
  *
  * Repository is also responsible for removing expired sessions from database.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class MongoOperationsSessionRepository implements FindByIndexNameSessionR
 
 	private final MongoOperations mongoOperations;
 
-	private MongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = new JdkMongoSessionConverter();
+	private AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = new JdkMongoSessionConverter();
 	private Integer maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds = DEFAULT_INACTIVE_INTERVAL;
 	private String collectionName = DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME;
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class MongoOperationsSessionRepository implements FindByIndexNameSessionR
 				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(MongoExpiringSession.class), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(DBObject.class));
 	}
 
-	public void setMongoSessionConverter(MongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter) {
+	public void setMongoSessionConverter(AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter) {
 		this.mongoSessionConverter = mongoSessionConverter;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/config/annotation/web/http/MongoHttpSessionConfiguration.java b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/config/annotation/web/http/MongoHttpSessionConfiguration.java
index 711ddc1..9b8eb45 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/config/annotation/web/http/MongoHttpSessionConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/config/annotation/web/http/MongoHttpSessionConfiguration.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations;
 import org.springframework.session.config.annotation.web.http.SpringHttpSessionConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.session.data.mongo.MongoOperationsSessionRepository;
-import org.springframework.session.data.mongo.MongoSessionConverter;
+import org.springframework.session.data.mongo.AbstractMongoSessionConverter;
 
 /**
  * Configuration class registering {@code MongoSessionRepository} bean
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.session.data.mongo.MongoSessionConverter;
 @Configuration
 class MongoHttpSessionConfiguration extends SpringHttpSessionConfiguration implements ImportAware {
 
-	private MongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter;
+	private AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter;
 
 	private Integer maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds;
 	private String collectionName;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class MongoHttpSessionConfiguration extends SpringHttpSessionConfiguration imple
 	}
 
 	@Autowired(required = false)
-	public void setMongoSessionConverter(MongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter) {
+	public void setMongoSessionConverter(AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter) {
 		this.mongoSessionConverter = mongoSessionConverter;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepositoryTests.java b/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepositoryTests.java
index 1fb8bad..63b2ac0 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepositoryTests.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class MongoOperationsSessionRepositoryTests {
 	@Mock
 	MongoOperations mongoOperations;
 	@Mock
-	MongoSessionConverter converter;
+	AbstractMongoSessionConverter converter;
 
 	MongoOperationsSessionRepository sut;