diff --git a/packages/core/contracts/test/ValidationsInitializer.sol b/packages/core/contracts/test/ValidationsInitializer.sol
index 59afbeef6..97a18b714 100644
--- a/packages/core/contracts/test/ValidationsInitializer.sol
+++ b/packages/core/contracts/test/ValidationsInitializer.sol
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ contract Parent_NoInitializer {
 }
 
 contract Parent_InitializerModifier is Initializable {
-  function parentInit() initializer public {}
+  function parentInit() initializer internal {}
 }
 
 contract Parent_ReinitializerModifier is Initializable {
-  function parentReinit() reinitializer(2) public {}
+  function parentReinit() reinitializer(2) internal {}
 }
 
 contract Parent__OnlyInitializingModifier is Initializable {
diff --git a/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/AbstractUUPS.sol b/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/AbstractUUPS.sol
index 4c8ce4555..8e4a3e554 100644
--- a/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/AbstractUUPS.sol
+++ b/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/AbstractUUPS.sol
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ abstract contract AbstractUUPS is UUPSUpgradeable, Abstract1, Abstract2 {
         z = _z;
     }
 
-    function initialize() onlyInitializing public {
+    function initialize() initializer public {
         __UUPSUpgradeable_init();
     }
 }
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diff --git a/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/UsesAbstractUUPS.sol b/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/UsesAbstractUUPS.sol
index 426a330d6..4a6f7f76b 100644
--- a/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/UsesAbstractUUPS.sol
+++ b/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/UsesAbstractUUPS.sol
@@ -12,8 +12,4 @@ contract UsesAbstractUUPS is AbstractUUPS {
     function _authorizeUpgrade(address newImplementation) internal pure override {
         revert("Upgrade disabled");
     }
-
-    function initializeChild() initializer public {
-        super.initialize();
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/packages/core/src/validate/run.ts b/packages/core/src/validate/run.ts
index 49a13fd74..d4b66275f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/validate/run.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/validate/run.ts
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ function* getInitializerErrors(
       deref('ContractDefinition', base.baseName.referencedDeclaration),
     );
     const baseContractsInitializersMap = new Map(
-      baseContractDefs.map(base => [base.name, getPossibleInitializers(base)]),
+      baseContractDefs.map(base => [base.name, getPossibleInitializers(base, { ignorePublicInitializers: true })]),
     );
     const baseContractsWithInitializers = baseContractDefs
       .filter(base => hasInitializers(base.name, baseContractsInitializersMap))
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ function hasInitializers(baseName: string, baseContractsInitializersMap: Map<str
   return initializers !== undefined && initializers.length > 0;
 }
 
-function getPossibleInitializers(contractDef: ContractDefinition) {
+function getPossibleInitializers(contractDef: ContractDefinition, { ignorePublicInitializers = false } = {}) {
   const fns = [...findAll('FunctionDefinition', contractDef)];
   return fns.filter(
     fnDef =>
@@ -781,7 +781,8 @@ function getPossibleInitializers(contractDef: ContractDefinition) {
         ['initializer', 'reinitializer', 'onlyInitializing'].includes(modifier.modifierName.name),
       ) ||
         ['initialize', 'initializer', 'reinitialize', 'reinitializer'].includes(fnDef.name)) &&
-      !(fnDef.virtual && !fnDef.body), // Skip virtual functions without a body, since that indicates an abstract function and is not itself an initializer
+      !(fnDef.virtual && !fnDef.body) && // Skip virtual functions without a body, since that indicates an abstract function and is not itself an initializer
+      (!ignorePublicInitializers || (fnDef.visibility !== 'public' && fnDef.visibility !== 'external')), // For parent contracts, ignore public initializers since they do not strictly need to be called from the child
   );
 }