diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/CounterUsingMutex.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/CounterUsingMutex.java
index 8ef9cc6ea6..50cd2966ea 100644
--- a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/CounterUsingMutex.java
+++ b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/CounterUsingMutex.java
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ package com.baeldung.concurrent.semaphores;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
 
-public class CounterUsingMutex {
+class CounterUsingMutex {
 
     private final Semaphore mutex;
     private int count;
 
-    public CounterUsingMutex() {
+    CounterUsingMutex() {
         mutex = new Semaphore(1);
         count = 0;
     }
 
-    public void increase() throws InterruptedException {
+    void increase() throws InterruptedException {
         mutex.acquire();
         this.count = this.count + 1;
         Thread.sleep(1000);
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ public class CounterUsingMutex {
 
     }
 
-    public int getCount() {
+    int getCount() {
         return this.count;
     }
 
-    public boolean hasQueuedThreads() {
+    boolean hasQueuedThreads() {
         return mutex.hasQueuedThreads();
     }
 
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore.java
index a27b490fde..718574d3c8 100644
--- a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore.java
+++ b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore.java
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.TimedSemaphore;
 
-public class DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore {
+class DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore {
 
     private final TimedSemaphore semaphore;
 
-    public DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore(long period, int slotLimit) {
+    DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore(long period, int slotLimit) {
         semaphore = new TimedSemaphore(period, TimeUnit.SECONDS, slotLimit);
     }
 
-    public boolean tryAdd() {
+    boolean tryAdd() {
         return semaphore.tryAcquire();
     }
 
-    public int availableSlots() {
+    int availableSlots() {
         return semaphore.getAvailablePermits();
     }
 
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/LoginQueueUsingSemaphore.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/LoginQueueUsingSemaphore.java
index 38dbc53ad3..3cf7c45428 100644
--- a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/LoginQueueUsingSemaphore.java
+++ b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/LoginQueueUsingSemaphore.java
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@ package com.baeldung.concurrent.semaphores;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
 
-public class LoginQueueUsingSemaphore {
+class LoginQueueUsingSemaphore {
 
     private final Semaphore semaphore;
 
-    public LoginQueueUsingSemaphore(int slotLimit) {
+    LoginQueueUsingSemaphore(int slotLimit) {
         semaphore = new Semaphore(slotLimit);
     }
 
-    public boolean tryLogin() {
+    boolean tryLogin() {
         return semaphore.tryAcquire();
     }
 
-    public void logout() {
+    void logout() {
         semaphore.release();
     }
 
-    public int availableSlots() {
+    int availableSlots() {
         return semaphore.availablePermits();
     }
 
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/SemaphoresManualTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/SemaphoresManualTest.java
index 9686bf6444..8d64bb6809 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/SemaphoresManualTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/semaphores/SemaphoresManualTest.java
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 package com.baeldung.concurrent.semaphores;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class SemaphoresManualTest {
 
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ public class SemaphoresManualTest {
         final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(slots);
         final LoginQueueUsingSemaphore loginQueue = new LoginQueueUsingSemaphore(slots);
         IntStream.range(0, slots)
-            .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    loginQueue.tryLogin();
-                }
-            }));
+          .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(loginQueue::tryLogin));
         executorService.shutdown();
 
         assertEquals(0, loginQueue.availableSlots());
@@ -38,12 +33,7 @@ public class SemaphoresManualTest {
         final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(slots);
         final LoginQueueUsingSemaphore loginQueue = new LoginQueueUsingSemaphore(slots);
         IntStream.range(0, slots)
-            .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    loginQueue.tryLogin();
-                }
-            }));
+          .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(loginQueue::tryLogin));
         executorService.shutdown();
 
         assertEquals(0, loginQueue.availableSlots());
@@ -60,12 +50,7 @@ public class SemaphoresManualTest {
         final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(slots);
         final DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore delayQueue = new DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore(1, slots);
         IntStream.range(0, slots)
-            .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    delayQueue.tryAdd();
-                }
-            }));
+          .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(delayQueue::tryAdd));
         executorService.shutdown();
 
         assertEquals(0, delayQueue.availableSlots());
@@ -78,12 +63,7 @@ public class SemaphoresManualTest {
         final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(slots);
         final DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore delayQueue = new DelayQueueUsingTimedSemaphore(1, slots);
         IntStream.range(0, slots)
-            .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    delayQueue.tryAdd();
-                }
-            }));
+          .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(delayQueue::tryAdd));
         executorService.shutdown();
 
         assertEquals(0, delayQueue.availableSlots());
@@ -100,16 +80,13 @@ public class SemaphoresManualTest {
         final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(count);
         final CounterUsingMutex counter = new CounterUsingMutex();
         IntStream.range(0, count)
-            .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    try {
-                        counter.increase();
-                    } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
-                        e.printStackTrace();
-                    }
-                }
-            }));
+          .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(() -> {
+              try {
+                  counter.increase();
+              } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
+                  e.printStackTrace();
+              }
+          }));
         executorService.shutdown();
 
         assertTrue(counter.hasQueuedThreads());
@@ -121,16 +98,13 @@ public class SemaphoresManualTest {
         final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(count);
         final CounterUsingMutex counter = new CounterUsingMutex();
         IntStream.range(0, count)
-            .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    try {
-                        counter.increase();
-                    } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
-                        e.printStackTrace();
-                    }
-                }
-            }));
+          .forEach(user -> executorService.execute(() -> {
+              try {
+                  counter.increase();
+              } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
+                  e.printStackTrace();
+              }
+          }));
         executorService.shutdown();
         assertTrue(counter.hasQueuedThreads());
         Thread.sleep(5000);