diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedElementModel.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedElementModel.cs
index e0514b38d7..882109f908 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedElementModel.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedElementModel.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>Every strongly-typed property set class should inherit from <c>PublishedElementModel</c>
     /// (or inherit from a class that inherits from... etc.) so they are picked by the factory.</remarks>
-    public class PublishedElementModel : PublishedElementWrapped
+    public abstract class PublishedElementModel : PublishedElementWrapped
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
         /// <summary>