diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
index 473db5bb..dd18ec2f 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class LeaseManagementConfig {
 
     private LeaseManagementFactory leaseManagementFactory;
 
-    private HierarchicalShardSyncer hierarchicalShardSyncer() {
+    public HierarchicalShardSyncer hierarchicalShardSyncer() {
         if(hierarchicalShardSyncer == null) {
             hierarchicalShardSyncer = new HierarchicalShardSyncer();
         }