diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/BeanELResolver.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/BeanELResolver.java
index 7743d6c..fc138c1 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/BeanELResolver.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/BeanELResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates and others.
  * All rights reserved.
  * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
  *
@@ -146,29 +146,35 @@
      */
     final static class BeanProperty {
 
+        final private Class<?> baseClass;
+        final private PropertyDescriptor descriptor;
         private Method readMethod;
         private Method writeMethod;
-        private PropertyDescriptor descriptor;
 
         public BeanProperty(Class<?> baseClass, PropertyDescriptor descriptor) {
+            this.baseClass = baseClass;
             this.descriptor = descriptor;
-            readMethod = ELUtil.getMethod(baseClass, descriptor.getReadMethod());
-            writeMethod = ELUtil.getMethod(baseClass, descriptor.getWriteMethod());
         }
 
         public Class<?> getPropertyType() {
             return descriptor.getPropertyType();
         }
 
-        public boolean isReadOnly() {
-            return getWriteMethod() == null;
+        public boolean isReadOnly(Object base) {
+            return getWriteMethod(base) == null;
         }
 
-        public Method getReadMethod() {
+        public Method getReadMethod(Object base) {
+            if (readMethod == null) {
+                readMethod = ELUtil.getMethod(baseClass, base, descriptor.getReadMethod());
+            }
             return readMethod;
         }
 
-        public Method getWriteMethod() {
+        public Method getWriteMethod(Object base) {
+            if (writeMethod == null) {
+                writeMethod = ELUtil.getMethod(baseClass, base, descriptor.getWriteMethod());
+            }
             return writeMethod;
         }
     }
@@ -285,7 +291,7 @@
         BeanProperty beanProperty = getBeanProperty(context, base, property);
         context.setPropertyResolved(true);
         
-        if (isReadOnly || beanProperty.isReadOnly()) {
+        if (isReadOnly || beanProperty.isReadOnly(base)) {
             return null;
         }
         
@@ -329,7 +335,7 @@
             return null;
         }
 
-        Method method = getBeanProperty(context, base, property).getReadMethod();
+        Method method = getBeanProperty(context, base, property).getReadMethod(base);
         if (method == null) {
             throw new PropertyNotFoundException(
                     getExceptionMessageString(context, "propertyNotReadable", new Object[] { base.getClass().getName(), property.toString() }));
@@ -397,7 +403,7 @@
             throw new PropertyNotWritableException(getExceptionMessageString(context, "resolverNotwritable", new Object[] { base.getClass().getName() }));
         }
 
-        Method method = getBeanProperty(context, base, property).getWriteMethod();
+        Method method = getBeanProperty(context, base, property).getWriteMethod(base);
         if (method == null) {
             throw new PropertyNotWritableException(
                     getExceptionMessageString(context, "propertyNotWritable", new Object[] { base.getClass().getName(), property.toString() }));
@@ -468,7 +474,7 @@
             return null;
         }
 
-        Method method = ELUtil.findMethod(base.getClass(), methodName.toString(), paramTypes, params, false);
+        Method method = ELUtil.findMethod(base.getClass(), base, methodName.toString(), paramTypes, params, false);
 
         for (Object param : params) {
             // If the parameters is a LambdaExpression, set the ELContext
@@ -529,7 +535,7 @@
             return true;
         }
 
-        return getBeanProperty(context, base, property).isReadOnly();
+        return getBeanProperty(context, base, property).isReadOnly(base);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/ELUtil.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/ELUtil.java
index 2591586..e6cb469 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/ELUtil.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/ELUtil.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package jakarta.el;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -198,8 +199,8 @@
         }
     }
 
-    static Method findMethod(Class<?> klass, String methodName, Class<?>[] paramTypes, Object[] params, boolean staticOnly) {
-        Method method = findMethod(klass, methodName, paramTypes, params);
+    static Method findMethod(Class<?> klass, Object base, String methodName, Class<?>[] paramTypes, Object[] params, boolean staticOnly) {
+        Method method = findMethod(klass, base, methodName, paramTypes, params);
         if (staticOnly && !Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
             throw new MethodNotFoundException("Method " + methodName + "for class " + klass + " not found or accessible");
         }
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    static Method findMethod(Class<?> clazz, String methodName, Class<?>[] paramTypes, Object[] paramValues) {
+    static Method findMethod(Class<?> clazz, Object base, String methodName, Class<?>[] paramTypes, Object[] paramValues) {
         if (clazz == null || methodName == null) {
             throw new MethodNotFoundException("Method not found: " + clazz + "." + methodName + "(" + paramString(paramTypes) + ")");
         }
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@
             return null;
         }
 
-        return getMethod(clazz, (Method) result.unWrap());
+        return getMethod(clazz, base, (Method) result.unWrap());
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("null")
@@ -557,8 +558,12 @@
      * for a non-public class that implements a public interface, the read/write methods will be for the class, and
      * therefore inaccessible. To correct this, a version of the same method must be found in a superclass or interface.
      */
-    static Method getMethod(Class<?> type, Method m) {
-        if (m == null || Modifier.isPublic(type.getModifiers())) {
+    static Method getMethod(Class<?> type, Object base, Method m) {
+        // If base is null, method MUST be static
+        // If base is non-null, method may be static or non-static
+        if (m == null ||
+                (Modifier.isPublic(type.getModifiers()) &&
+                        (canAccess(base, m) || base != null && canAccess(null, m)))) {
             return m;
         }
         Class<?>[] inf = type.getInterfaces();
@@ -566,7 +571,7 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < inf.length; i++) {
             try {
                 mp = inf[i].getMethod(m.getName(), m.getParameterTypes());
-                mp = getMethod(mp.getDeclaringClass(), mp);
+                mp = getMethod(mp.getDeclaringClass(), base, mp);
                 if (mp != null) {
                     return mp;
                 }
@@ -578,7 +583,7 @@
         if (sup != null) {
             try {
                 mp = sup.getMethod(m.getName(), m.getParameterTypes());
-                mp = getMethod(mp.getDeclaringClass(), mp);
+                mp = getMethod(mp.getDeclaringClass(), base, mp);
                 if (mp != null) {
                     return mp;
                 }
@@ -609,6 +614,16 @@
         return null;
     }
 
+    
+    static boolean canAccess(Object base, AccessibleObject accessibleObject) {
+        try {
+            return accessibleObject.canAccess(base);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
     @SuppressWarnings("null") // params cannot be null when used
     static Object[] buildParameters(ELContext context, Class<?>[] parameterTypes, boolean isVarArgs, Object[] params) {
         Object[] parameters = null;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/StaticFieldELResolver.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/StaticFieldELResolver.java
index f9c5276..e0a5714 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/StaticFieldELResolver.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/el/StaticFieldELResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates and others.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
             Constructor<?> constructor = ELUtil.findConstructor(klass, paramTypes, params);
             ret = ELUtil.invokeConstructor(context, constructor, params);
         } else {
-            Method method = ELUtil.findMethod(klass, name, paramTypes, params, true);
+            Method method = ELUtil.findMethod(klass, base, name, paramTypes, params, true);
             ret = ELUtil.invokeMethod(context, method, null, params);
         }
         context.setPropertyResolved(base, methodName);