diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/CHANGELOG.md
index de7ecb05dde..f5c4448ec0d 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # @graphql-codegen/visitor-plugin-common
 
+## 7.1.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- [#10874](https://github.com/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/pull/10874)
+  [`6d37a7d`](https://github.com/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/commit/6d37a7decd660fc908f0e2ac7e34df67a809e050)
+  Thanks [@eddeee888](https://github.com/eddeee888)! - Fix \_fragments to be protected instead of
+  private
+
 ## 7.1.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/package.json b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/package.json
index 5e3e5d1509d..563f5e46456 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@graphql-codegen/visitor-plugin-common",
-  "version": "7.1.0",
+  "version": "7.1.1",
   "type": "module",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/client-side-base-visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/client-side-base-visitor.ts
index c5b377f7de0..6c6e18759d2 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/client-side-base-visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/client-side-base-visitor.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export class ClientSideBaseVisitor<
 
   private _onExecutableDocumentNode?: Unstable_OnExecutableDocumentNode;
   private _omitDefinitions?: boolean;
-  private readonly _fragments: ReadonlyMap<string, LoadedFragment>;
+  protected readonly _fragments: ReadonlyMap<string, LoadedFragment>;
   private readonly fragmentsGraph: DepGraph<LoadedFragment>;
 
   constructor(