diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/collection/ByteArrayBKey.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/collection/ByteArrayBKey.java
index f1393788c..cd54fcdbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/collection/ByteArrayBKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/collection/ByteArrayBKey.java
@@ -23,8 +23,16 @@
 
 public class ByteArrayBKey implements Comparable<ByteArrayBKey> {
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Replaced by {@link ByteArrayBKey#getMin()}
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public static final byte[] MIN = new byte[]{(byte) 0};
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Replaced by {@link ByteArrayBKey#getMax()}
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public static final byte[] MAX = new byte[]{(byte) 255, (byte) 255,
       (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255,
       (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255,
@@ -34,6 +42,21 @@ public class ByteArrayBKey implements Comparable<ByteArrayBKey> {
       (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255
   };
 
+  public static byte[] getMin() {
+    return new byte[]{(byte) 0};
+  }
+
+  public static byte[] getMax() {
+    return new byte[]{(byte) 255, (byte) 255,
+      (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255,
+      (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255,
+      (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255,
+      (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255,
+      (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255,
+      (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255, (byte) 255
+    };
+  }
+
   private final byte[] bkey;
 
   public ByteArrayBKey(byte[] bkey) {
diff --git a/src/test/manual/net/spy/memcached/collection/btree/longbkey/BopGetBulkTest.java b/src/test/manual/net/spy/memcached/collection/btree/longbkey/BopGetBulkTest.java
index a608de020..8aaf2a763 100644
--- a/src/test/manual/net/spy/memcached/collection/btree/longbkey/BopGetBulkTest.java
+++ b/src/test/manual/net/spy/memcached/collection/btree/longbkey/BopGetBulkTest.java
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ void testGetBulkLongBkeyGetAll() {
       ElementFlagFilter filter = ElementFlagFilter.DO_NOT_FILTER;
 
       CollectionGetBulkFuture<Map<String, BTreeGetResult<ByteArrayBKey, Object>>> f = mc
-              .asyncBopGetBulk(keyList, ByteArrayBKey.MIN,
-                      ByteArrayBKey.MAX, filter, 0, 10);
+              .asyncBopGetBulk(keyList, ByteArrayBKey.getMin(),
+                      ByteArrayBKey.getMax(), filter, 0, 10);
 
       Map<String, BTreeGetResult<ByteArrayBKey, Object>> results = f.get(
               1000L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ void testGetBulkNotFoundAll() {
       ElementFlagFilter filter = ElementFlagFilter.DO_NOT_FILTER;
 
       CollectionGetBulkFuture<Map<String, BTreeGetResult<ByteArrayBKey, Object>>> f = mc
-              .asyncBopGetBulk(keyList, ByteArrayBKey.MIN,
-                      ByteArrayBKey.MAX, filter, 0, 10);
+              .asyncBopGetBulk(keyList, ByteArrayBKey.getMin(),
+                      ByteArrayBKey.getMax(), filter, 0, 10);
 
       Map<String, BTreeGetResult<ByteArrayBKey, Object>> results = f.get(
               1000L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ void testGetBulkNotFoundMixed() {
       ElementFlagFilter filter = ElementFlagFilter.DO_NOT_FILTER;
 
       CollectionGetBulkFuture<Map<String, BTreeGetResult<ByteArrayBKey, Object>>> f = mc
-              .asyncBopGetBulk(keyList, ByteArrayBKey.MIN,
-                      ByteArrayBKey.MAX, filter, 0, 10);
+              .asyncBopGetBulk(keyList, ByteArrayBKey.getMin(),
+                      ByteArrayBKey.getMax(), filter, 0, 10);
 
       Map<String, BTreeGetResult<ByteArrayBKey, Object>> results = f.get(
               1000L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);