diff --git a/spidermon/contrib/scrapy/pipelines.py b/spidermon/contrib/scrapy/pipelines.py
index 5611c375..9d97fccc 100644
--- a/spidermon/contrib/scrapy/pipelines.py
+++ b/spidermon/contrib/scrapy/pipelines.py
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ def process_item(self, item, _):
             # No validators match this specific item type
             return item
 
-        item_adapter = ItemAdapter(item)
-        item_dict = item_adapter.asdict()
+        item_dict = self._convert_item_to_dict(item)
         self.stats.add_item()
         self.stats.add_fields(len(item_dict.keys()))
         for validator in validators:
@@ -158,3 +157,15 @@ def _add_error_stats(self, errors):
             for message in messages:
                 self.stats.add_field_error(field_name, message)
         self.stats.add_item_with_errors()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _convert_item_to_dict(item: Item) -> dict:
+        """
+        Convert a Scrapy item to a dict.
+
+        :param item: Scrapy item
+        :returns: The item as a dict
+        """
+        item_adapter = ItemAdapter(item)
+        item_dict = item_adapter.asdict()
+        return item_dict
diff --git a/tests/contrib/scrapy/test_pipelines.py b/tests/contrib/scrapy/test_pipelines.py
index b4e55f51..13108350 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/scrapy/test_pipelines.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/scrapy/test_pipelines.py
@@ -252,3 +252,11 @@ def test_add_errors_to_item_prefilled(self):
             "prefilled",
             "some_message",
         ]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_convert_item_to_dict(self):
+        test_item = TestItem(
+            {"url": "http://example.com", "error_test": "error_message", "title": "test title"}
+        )
+        item_dict = ItemValidationPipeline._convert_item_to_dict(test_item)
+        assert item_dict == {"url": "http://example.com", "error_test": "error_message", "title": "test title"}