diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/TimestampCodec.scala b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/TimestampCodec.scala
index 0b422d37..de5713fd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/TimestampCodec.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/TimestampCodec.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import java.util.TimeZone
   def encode(timestamp: Instant): Any
   def decode(row: Row, name: String): Instant
 
-  protected def instantNow(): Instant = InstantFactory.now()
+  def instantNow(): Instant = InstantFactory.now()
 
   def now[T](): T
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/postgres/PostgresDurableStateDao.scala b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/postgres/PostgresDurableStateDao.scala
index 6e7c343c..748e6ccc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/postgres/PostgresDurableStateDao.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/postgres/PostgresDurableStateDao.scala
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ private[r2dbc] class PostgresDurableStateDao(
       limit: Int): Future[Seq[Bucket]] = {
 
     val toTimestamp = {
-      val now = timestampCodec.now[Instant]() // not important to use database time
+      val now = timestampCodec.instantNow() // not important to use database time
       if (fromTimestamp == Instant.EPOCH)
         now
       else {