diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/BaseDeltaLakeAwsConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/BaseDeltaLakeAwsConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 88470301c073..eb9f4c07d42d 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/BaseDeltaLakeAwsConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/BaseDeltaLakeAwsConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public abstract class BaseDeltaLakeAwsConnectorSmokeTest
     protected DockerizedMinioDataLake dockerizedMinioDataLake;
 
     @Override
-    DockerizedDataLake createDockerizedDataLake()
+    protected DockerizedDataLake createDockerizedDataLake()
     {
         dockerizedMinioDataLake = new DockerizedMinioDataLake(
                 bucketName,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ DockerizedDataLake createDockerizedDataLake()
     }
 
     @Override
-    void createTableFromResources(String table, String resourcePath, QueryRunner queryRunner)
+    protected void createTableFromResources(String table, String resourcePath, QueryRunner queryRunner)
     {
         dockerizedMinioDataLake.copyResources(resourcePath, table);
         queryRunner.execute(format("CREATE TABLE %s (dummy int) WITH (location = '%s')",
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ void createTableFromResources(String table, String resourcePath, QueryRunner que
     }
 
     @Override
-    String getLocationForTable(String bucketName, String tableName)
+    protected String getLocationForTable(String bucketName, String tableName)
     {
         return format("s3://%s/%s", bucketName, tableName);
     }
 
     @Override
-    List<String> getTableFiles(String tableName)
+    protected List<String> getTableFiles(String tableName)
     {
         return dockerizedMinioDataLake.listFiles(tableName).stream()
                 .map(path -> format("s3://%s/%s", bucketName, path))
diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/BaseDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/BaseDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 5cd5d249e05b..53856b3b7a0e 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/BaseDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/BaseDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -104,19 +104,19 @@ public abstract class BaseDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest
 
     protected DockerizedDataLake dockerizedDataLake;
 
-    abstract DockerizedDataLake createDockerizedDataLake()
+    protected abstract DockerizedDataLake createDockerizedDataLake()
             throws Exception;
 
-    abstract QueryRunner createDeltaLakeQueryRunner(Map<String, String> connectorProperties)
+    protected abstract QueryRunner createDeltaLakeQueryRunner(Map<String, String> connectorProperties)
             throws Exception;
 
-    abstract void createTableFromResources(String table, String resourcePath, QueryRunner queryRunner);
+    protected abstract void createTableFromResources(String table, String resourcePath, QueryRunner queryRunner);
 
-    abstract String getLocationForTable(String bucketName, String tableName);
+    protected abstract String getLocationForTable(String bucketName, String tableName);
 
-    abstract List<String> getTableFiles(String tableName);
+    protected abstract List<String> getTableFiles(String tableName);
 
-    abstract List<String> listCheckpointFiles(String transactionLogDirectory);
+    protected abstract List<String> listCheckpointFiles(String transactionLogDirectory);
 
     @Override
     protected QueryRunner createQueryRunner()
diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAdlsConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAdlsConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 19a9a944942d..e101a0ea8bc1 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAdlsConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAdlsConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public TestDeltaLakeAdlsConnectorSmokeTest(String container, String account, Str
     }
 
     @Override
-    DockerizedDataLake createDockerizedDataLake()
+    protected DockerizedDataLake createDockerizedDataLake()
             throws Exception
     {
         String abfsSpecificCoreSiteXmlContent = Resources.toString(Resources.getResource("io/trino/plugin/deltalake/hdp3.1-core-site.xml.abfs-template"), UTF_8)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ DockerizedDataLake createDockerizedDataLake()
     }
 
     @Override
-    QueryRunner createDeltaLakeQueryRunner(Map<String, String> connectorProperties)
+    protected QueryRunner createDeltaLakeQueryRunner(Map<String, String> connectorProperties)
             throws Exception
     {
         return createAbfsDeltaLakeQueryRunner(DELTA_CATALOG, SCHEMA, ImmutableMap.of(), connectorProperties, dockerizedDataLake.getTestingHadoop());
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public void removeTestData()
     }
 
     @Override
-    void createTableFromResources(String table, String resourcePath, QueryRunner queryRunner)
+    protected void createTableFromResources(String table, String resourcePath, QueryRunner queryRunner)
     {
         String targetDirectory = bucketName + "/" + table;
 
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ void createTableFromResources(String table, String resourcePath, QueryRunner que
     }
 
     @Override
-    String getLocationForTable(String bucketName, String tableName)
+    protected String getLocationForTable(String bucketName, String tableName)
     {
         return bucketUrl() + tableName;
     }
 
     @Override
-    List<String> getTableFiles(String tableName)
+    protected List<String> getTableFiles(String tableName)
     {
         return listAllFilesRecursive(tableName);
     }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 964ef7503e7d..2b21ef58c287 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class TestDeltaLakeConnectorSmokeTest
     private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapperProvider().get();
 
     @Override
-    QueryRunner createDeltaLakeQueryRunner(Map<String, String> connectorProperties)
+    protected QueryRunner createDeltaLakeQueryRunner(Map<String, String> connectorProperties)
             throws Exception
     {
         verify(!new ParquetWriterConfig().isParquetOptimizedWriterEnabled(), "This test assumes the optimized Parquet writer is disabled by default");
diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeOptimizedWriterConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeOptimizedWriterConnectorSmokeTest.java
index b7bf0cd0a043..d3c85a4bd497 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeOptimizedWriterConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeOptimizedWriterConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class TestDeltaLakeOptimizedWriterConnectorSmokeTest
         extends BaseDeltaLakeAwsConnectorSmokeTest
 {
     @Override
-    QueryRunner createDeltaLakeQueryRunner(Map<String, String> connectorProperties)
+    protected QueryRunner createDeltaLakeQueryRunner(Map<String, String> connectorProperties)
             throws Exception
     {
         return DeltaLakeQueryRunner.createS3DeltaLakeQueryRunner(