diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b8b1b94f..23b5def35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guideline
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-*
+* Fix contract wrapper generation [#2017](https://github.com/web3j/web3j/pull/2017)
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/codegen/src/main/java/org/web3j/codegen/SolidityFunctionWrapper.java b/codegen/src/main/java/org/web3j/codegen/SolidityFunctionWrapper.java
index ecd8e420a..d8bb4bc95 100644
--- a/codegen/src/main/java/org/web3j/codegen/SolidityFunctionWrapper.java
+++ b/codegen/src/main/java/org/web3j/codegen/SolidityFunctionWrapper.java
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ private Set<String> getDuplicateFunctionNames(List<AbiDefinition> functionDefini
     private static MethodSpec buildGetDeploymentBinaryMethod() {
         MethodSpec.Builder toReturn =
                 MethodSpec.methodBuilder("getDeploymentBinary")
-                        .addModifiers(Modifier.PRIVATE, Modifier.STATIC)
+                        .addModifiers(Modifier.PUBLIC, Modifier.STATIC)
                         .returns(ClassName.get(String.class));
 
         CodeBlock codeBlock =
diff --git a/codegen/src/test/resources/solidity/metacoin/build/java/MetaCoin.java b/codegen/src/test/resources/solidity/metacoin/build/java/MetaCoin.java
index 4cff50861..bf4fd30b2 100644
--- a/codegen/src/test/resources/solidity/metacoin/build/java/MetaCoin.java
+++ b/codegen/src/test/resources/solidity/metacoin/build/java/MetaCoin.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public static void linkLibraries(List<Contract.LinkReference> references) {
         librariesLinkedBinary = linkBinaryWithReferences(BINARY, references);
     }
 
-    private static String getDeploymentBinary() {
+    public static String getDeploymentBinary() {
         if (librariesLinkedBinary != null) {
             return librariesLinkedBinary;
         } else {