diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/VavrCollections.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/VavrCollections.java
index 6ab56c7829..da6484eb23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/VavrCollections.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/VavrCollections.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public WrapperType getWrapperType() {
 		public Object convert(Object source) {
 
 			if (source instanceof io.vavr.collection.Seq) {
-				return ((io.vavr.collection.Seq<?>) source).toJavaList();
+				return ((io.vavr.collection.Seq<?>) source).asJava();
 			}
 
 			if (source instanceof io.vavr.collection.Map) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public Object convert(Object source) {
 				return ((io.vavr.collection.Set<?>) source).toJavaSet();
 			}
 
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported Javaslang collection " + source.getClass());
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported Vavr collection " + source.getClass());
 		}
 	}