diff --git a/src/main/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotationClassVisitor.java b/src/main/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotationClassVisitor.java
index b6d76507f..cd81adaa4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotationClassVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotationClassVisitor.java
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ public MethodVisitor visitMethod(int access, String name, String descriptor, Str
 
     @Override
     public AnnotationVisitor visitAnnotation(String desc, boolean visible) {
-        if (includeTypes && ((this.access & Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC) != 0) && annotationClassDescriptor.equals(desc)) {
+        if (includeTypes && ((this.access & Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC) != 0) && (this.access & Opcodes.ACC_ABSTRACT) == 0
+                && annotationClassDescriptor.equals(desc)) {
             classNames.add(className);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotatedClassTemplate.java b/src/test/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotatedClassTemplate.java
index 1de58fc83..7f3593445 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotatedClassTemplate.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotatedClassTemplate.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ public class AnnotatedClassTemplate implements ClassTemplate {
 
     private static final String PLACEHOLDER_IMPORTS = "<imports>";
 
+    private static final String PLACEHOLDER_VISIBILITY = "<visibility>";
+
     private static final String PLACEHOLDER_CLASS_NAME = "<ClassName>";
 
     private static final String PLACEHOLDER_TYPE_ANNOTATION = "<TypeAnnotation>";
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ public class AnnotatedClassTemplate implements ClassTemplate {
 
     private static final String PLACEHOLDER_METHOD_ANNOTATION = "<MethodAnnotation>";
 
+    private final String visibility;
+
     private final String packageName;
 
     private final String simpleClassName;
@@ -55,6 +59,19 @@ public AnnotatedClassTemplate(String simpleClassName) throws IOException {
      * @throws IOException Template file could not be read
      */
     public AnnotatedClassTemplate(String simpleClassName, String packageName) throws IOException {
+        this(null, simpleClassName, packageName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a dummy annotated class
+     *
+     * @param visibility      The visibility of the class (public, private, protected, default)
+     * @param simpleClassName The simple class name of the new class
+     * @param packageName     The package name of the class. Pass null for default package
+     * @throws IOException Template file could not be read
+     */
+    public AnnotatedClassTemplate(String visibility, String simpleClassName, String packageName) throws IOException {
+        this.visibility = visibility != null ? visibility : "public";
         this.packageName = packageName;
         this.simpleClassName = simpleClassName;
         this.template = TEST_RESOURCES.getRelated("AnnotatedClass.java.template").toString();
@@ -98,7 +115,8 @@ public String reifyTemplate() {
             packageNameReplacement = "package " + packageName + ";";
         }
 
-        return template.replace(PLACEHOLDER_CLASS_NAME, simpleClassName)
+        return template.replace(PLACEHOLDER_VISIBILITY, visibility)
+                .replace(PLACEHOLDER_CLASS_NAME, simpleClassName)
                 .replace(PLACEHOLDER_IMPORTS, buildImportString()).replace(PLACEHOLDER_PACKAGE, packageNameReplacement)
                 .replace(PLACEHOLDER_TYPE_ANNOTATION, Optional.ofNullable(typeAnnotation).orElse(""))
                 .replace(PLACEHOLDER_FIELD_ANNOTATION, Optional.ofNullable(fieldAnnotation).orElse(""))
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/ClassPathScannerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/ClassPathScannerTest.java
index 09bbbcd1a..25cde5ca5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/ClassPathScannerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/ClassPathScannerTest.java
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ void scanWithPredicateJarFile(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext) throws
     void scanForAnnotation(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext) throws IOException {
         BasicJar jarWithTypeAnnotatedClass =
                 new AnnotatedClassTemplate("Hodor", "type").setTypeAnnotation("@Deprecated").asJar();
+        BasicJar jarWithAbstractTypeAnnotatedClass =
+                new AnnotatedClassTemplate("public abstract", "AbstractHodor", "type").setTypeAnnotation("@Deprecated")
+                        .asJar();
         BasicJar jarWithFieldAnnotatedClass =
                 new AnnotatedClassTemplate("Hodor", "field").setFieldAnnotation("@Deprecated").asJar();
         BasicJar jarWithMethodAnnotatedClass =
@@ -135,8 +138,11 @@ void scanForAnnotation(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext) throws IOExcep
                 .setMethodAnnotation("@Transient").setImports(List.of("java.beans.Transient")).asJar();
 
         URL[] urlc = Stream
-                .of(jarWithTypeAnnotatedClass.writeToTempURL(), jarWithFieldAnnotatedClass.writeToTempURL(),
-                        jarWithMethodAnnotatedClass.writeToTempURL(), jarWithMethodAnnotatedClass2.writeToTempURL())
+                .of(jarWithTypeAnnotatedClass.writeToTempURL(),
+                        jarWithAbstractTypeAnnotatedClass.writeToTempURL(),
+                        jarWithFieldAnnotatedClass.writeToTempURL(),
+                        jarWithMethodAnnotatedClass.writeToTempURL(),
+                        jarWithMethodAnnotatedClass2.writeToTempURL())
                 .flatMap(Stream::of).toArray(URL[]::new);
         ClassPathScanner cps = new ClassPathScanner(new URLClassLoader(urlc, null));
 
@@ -144,7 +150,6 @@ void scanForAnnotation(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext) throws IOExcep
 
         futureContainsExactly(testContext, annotationsScanned, cps.scanForAnnotation(vertx, Deprecated.class, TYPE),
                 "type.Hodor");
-
         futureContainsExactly(testContext, annotationsScanned, cps.scanForAnnotation(vertx, Deprecated.class, FIELD),
                 "field.Hodor");
         futureContainsExactly(testContext, annotationsScanned, cps.scanForAnnotation(vertx, Deprecated.class, METHOD),
diff --git a/src/test/resources/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotatedClass.java.template b/src/test/resources/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotatedClass.java.template
index ee6521a6f..e4ba3cc9c 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotatedClass.java.template
+++ b/src/test/resources/io/neonbee/internal/scanner/AnnotatedClass.java.template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <imports>
 
 <TypeAnnotation>
-public class <ClassName> {
+<visibility> class <ClassName> {
 
     <FieldAnnotation>
     private String hodor = "hodor";