diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdater.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdater.java
index 46affc263..dd22e2fa8 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdater.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdater.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class NvdCveUpdater extends BaseUpdater implements CachedWebDataSource {
         }
     }
 
-    private void initializeExecutorServices() {
+    void initializeExecutorServices() {
         processingExecutorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(PROCESSING_THREAD_POOL_SIZE);
         downloadExecutorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(DOWNLOAD_THREAD_POOL_SIZE);
         LOGGER.debug("#download   threads: {}", DOWNLOAD_THREAD_POOL_SIZE);
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest.java
index d666c9772..526ae1580 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest extends BaseTest {
 
     public NvdCveUpdater getUpdater() throws MalformedURLException, DownloadFailedException, UpdateException {
         NvdCveUpdater instance = new NvdCveUpdater();
+        instance.initializeExecutorServices();
         return instance;
     }