diff --git a/aws/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/aws/s3/S3FileIO.java b/aws/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/aws/s3/S3FileIO.java
index 93793157e2e1..9ba2f545b2eb 100644
--- a/aws/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/aws/s3/S3FileIO.java
+++ b/aws/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/aws/s3/S3FileIO.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public void deletePrefix(String prefix) {
     deleteFiles(() -> Streams.stream(listPrefix(prefix)).map(FileInfo::location).iterator());
   }
 
-  private S3Client client() {
+  public S3Client client() {
     if (client == null) {
       synchronized (this) {
         if (client == null) {
diff --git a/gcp/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/gcp/gcs/GCSFileIO.java b/gcp/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/gcp/gcs/GCSFileIO.java
index 54af44e43da8..d23eebbd180d 100644
--- a/gcp/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/gcp/gcs/GCSFileIO.java
+++ b/gcp/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/gcp/gcs/GCSFileIO.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public Map<String, String> properties() {
     return properties.immutableMap();
   }
 
-  private Storage client() {
+  public Storage client() {
     if (storage == null) {
       synchronized (this) {
         if (storage == null) {