diff --git a/spring-context/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/context/testfixture/context/annotation/AutowiredGenericTemplate.java b/spring-context/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/context/testfixture/context/annotation/AutowiredGenericTemplate.java
index 8862451ba9c..8659cdecb62 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/context/testfixture/context/annotation/AutowiredGenericTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/context/testfixture/context/annotation/AutowiredGenericTemplate.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 public class AutowiredGenericTemplate {
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	private GenericTemplate<Integer> genericTemplate;
 
 	@Autowired