diff --git a/src/main/java/org/axonframework/springboot/aot/AxonRuntimeHints.java b/src/main/java/org/axonframework/springboot/aot/AxonRuntimeHints.java
index 74331e2..d079bd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/axonframework/springboot/aot/AxonRuntimeHints.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/axonframework/springboot/aot/AxonRuntimeHints.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, @Nullable ClassLoader classLoader)
     private void registerGrpcHints(ReflectionHints hints) {
         hints.registerType(
                 TypeReference.of("io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollChannelOption"),
-                MemberCategory.DECLARED_FIELDS);
+                MemberCategory.PUBLIC_FIELDS);
     }
 
     private Type[] axonSerializableClasses() {