diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/LoadBalanceProperties.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/LoadBalanceProperties.java
index ff1019a631..eeca1a15a8 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/LoadBalanceProperties.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/LoadBalanceProperties.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class LoadBalanceProperties {
    load-balance 'simple' to be used as KEY and for targeted topologies,
     <placements> value specified will be used as key
    */
-  public static final Map<String, LoadBalancer> CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP =
+  private static final Map<String, LoadBalancer> CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP =
       new HashMap<>();
 
   private static Map<LoadBalancerKey, LoadBalanceProperties> loadBalancePropertiesMap =
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ public class LoadBalanceProperties {
   private int failedHostReconnectDelaySecs = -1;
   private boolean failedHostReconnectDelaySpecified;
 
+  /**
+   * FOR TEST PURPOSE ONLY
+   */
+  static void clearConnectionManagerMap() {
+    LOGGER.warning("Clearing CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP for testing purposes");
+    synchronized (CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP) {
+      CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP.clear();
+    }
+  }
+
   public static LoadBalanceProperties getLoadBalanceProperties(String url, Properties properties) {
     LoadBalancerKey key = new LoadBalancerKey(url, properties);
     LoadBalanceProperties lbp = loadBalancePropertiesMap.get(key);
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/test/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/FallbackOptionsLBTest.java b/pgjdbc/src/test/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/FallbackOptionsLBTest.java
index 8aafab2f9b..e1332f762f 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/test/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/FallbackOptionsLBTest.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/test/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/FallbackOptionsLBTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.yugabyte.ysql;
 
-import static com.yugabyte.ysql.LoadBalanceProperties.CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP;
-
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ private static void checkBasicBehavior() throws SQLException {
       createConnectionsAndVerify(baseUrl, "aws.us-west.us-west-2a:1,aws.us-west.us-west-2b:-2,aws" + ".us-west.us-west-2c:3", null);
       createConnectionsAndVerify(baseUrl, "aws.us-west.us-west-2a:1,aws.us-west.us-west-2b:2,aws" + ".us-west.us-west-2c:", null);
     } finally {
-      CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP.clear();
+      LoadBalanceProperties.clearConnectionManagerMap();
       LoadBalanceService.clear();
       executeCmd(path + "/bin/yb-ctl destroy", "Stop YugabyteDB cluster", 10);
     }
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ private static void checkNodeDownBehavior() throws SQLException {
       createConnectionsAndVerify("jdbc:yugabytedb://127.0.0.4:5433/yugabyte?load-balance=true&fallback-to-topology-keys-only=true&topology-keys=",
           "aws.us-west.us-west-1a", expectedInput(-1, -1, -1, 12+1, 0, 0));
     } finally {
-      CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP.clear();
+      LoadBalanceProperties.clearConnectionManagerMap();
       LoadBalanceService.clear();
       executeCmd(path + "/bin/yb-ctl destroy", "Stop YugabyteDB cluster", 10);
     }
@@ -159,7 +157,7 @@ private static void checkNodeDownBehaviorMultiFallback() throws SQLException {
       createConnectionsAndVerify(url, tk, expectedInput(-1, 12, -1, -1, -1, +1, -1, -1, -1));
 
     } finally {
-      CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP.clear();
+      LoadBalanceProperties.clearConnectionManagerMap();
       LoadBalanceService.clear();
       executeCmd(path + "/bin/yb-ctl destroy", "Stop YugabyteDB cluster", 10);
     }
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/test/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/LoadBalanceTest.java b/pgjdbc/src/test/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/LoadBalanceTest.java
index d417d01170..91189958cb 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/test/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/LoadBalanceTest.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/test/java/com/yugabyte/ysql/LoadBalanceTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.yugabyte.ysql;
 
 import static com.yugabyte.ysql.FallbackOptionsLBTest.*;
-import static com.yugabyte.ysql.LoadBalanceProperties.CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ private static void testConcurrentConnectionCreations(String url,
 
     } finally {
       waitForSignal = true;
-      CONNECTION_MANAGER_MAP.clear();
+      LoadBalanceProperties.clearConnectionManagerMap();
       executeCmd(path + "/bin/yb-ctl destroy", "Stop YugabyteDB cluster", 15);
     }
   }