diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/PSDataCollection.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/PSDataCollection.cs
index eb1a796d0e7..fd8a228590a 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/PSDataCollection.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/PSDataCollection.cs
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// Release all the resources.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing">If true, release all managed resources.</param>
-        protected void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/ConnectPSSession.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/ConnectPSSession.cs
index b7474fe34c2..fa26fcdcd70 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/ConnectPSSession.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/ConnectPSSession.cs
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing">Whether method is called
         /// from Dispose or destructor</param>
-        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/DisconnectPSSession.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/DisconnectPSSession.cs
index 74bcbac2c33..16babdaf462 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/DisconnectPSSession.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/DisconnectPSSession.cs
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing">Whether method is called
         /// from Dispose or destructor</param>
-        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/InvokeCommandCommand.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/InvokeCommandCommand.cs
index 534362b0f17..f3c302d7166 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/InvokeCommandCommand.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/InvokeCommandCommand.cs
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// Internal dispose method which does the actual disposing.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing">Whether called from dispose or finalize.</param>
-        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/ReceiveJob.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/ReceiveJob.cs
index b1759d6a88e..e989bb534e9 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/ReceiveJob.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/ReceiveJob.cs
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// <summary>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing"></param>
-        protected void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/RemoveJob.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/RemoveJob.cs
index af98749c4e5..4000099427f 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/RemoveJob.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/RemoveJob.cs
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// <summary>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing"></param>
-        protected void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (!disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/StartJob.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/StartJob.cs
index 05611d8c0ae..202c95bd403 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/StartJob.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/StartJob.cs
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// Internal dispose method which does the actual disposing.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing">Whether called from dispose or finalize.</param>
-        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/StopJob.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/StopJob.cs
index c298b495bb9..5e0888a18ab 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/StopJob.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/StopJob.cs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// <summary>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing"></param>
-        protected void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (!disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/WaitJob.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/WaitJob.cs
index 626dd5133d1..d0ece473723 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/WaitJob.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/WaitJob.cs
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// <param name="disposing">
         /// if true, release all the managed objects.
         /// </param>
-        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/throttlemanager.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/throttlemanager.cs
index 7d4a88e98bd..24db1af1174 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/throttlemanager.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/throttlemanager.cs
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="disposing">If method is called from
         /// disposing of destructor</param>
-        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManNativeAPI.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManNativeAPI.cs
index 289f88c576f..659f6c63220 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManNativeAPI.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManNativeAPI.cs
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ public void Dispose()
                 GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
             }
 
-            private void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
+            protected virtual void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
             {
                 // Managed objects should not be deleted when this is called via the finalizer
                 // because they may have been collected already. To prevent leaking the marshalledBuffer
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs
index ddc70fabd50..5b5460fa962 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ public void Dispose()
             GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
         }
 
-        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (_disposed)
                 return;
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/PlatformInvokes.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/PlatformInvokes.cs
index 4405f2f6910..b937c00970e 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/PlatformInvokes.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/PlatformInvokes.cs
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ public void Dispose()
             /// Dispose.
             /// </summary>
             /// <param name="disposing"></param>
-            private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+            protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
             {
                 if (disposing)
                 {