diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
index c4de34d46..b3ada99b8 100755
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ public final class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements
         return this;
     }
 
-    ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> replication(byte identifier) {
+    public ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> replication(byte identifier) {
         if (identifier <= 0)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Identifier must be positive, " + identifier +
                     " given");
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/BasicReplicationTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/BasicReplicationTest.java
index 93e48e363..667dc8245 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/BasicReplicationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/BasicReplicationTest.java
@@ -206,10 +206,7 @@ public class BasicReplicationTest {
 
     private ReplicatedChronicleMap<String, String, Object>
         createReplicatedMap(final ChronicleMapBuilder<String, String> builder, final byte replicaId) {
-        final ChronicleMapBuilderPrivateAPI<String, String> privateBuilder =
-                new ChronicleMapBuilderPrivateAPI<>(builder);
-        privateBuilder.replication(replicaId);
-        final ChronicleMap<String, String> map = builder.create();
+        final ChronicleMap<String, String> map = builder.replication(replicaId).create();
         return (ReplicatedChronicleMap<String, String, Object>) map;
     }
 }
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