diff --git a/open-banking-accelerator/components/consent-management/com.wso2.openbanking.accelerator.consent.extensions/src/main/java/com/wso2/openbanking/accelerator/consent/extensions/common/idempotency/IdempotencyValidator.java b/open-banking-accelerator/components/consent-management/com.wso2.openbanking.accelerator.consent.extensions/src/main/java/com/wso2/openbanking/accelerator/consent/extensions/common/idempotency/IdempotencyValidator.java
index 0e6ed237..e968d338 100644
--- a/open-banking-accelerator/components/consent-management/com.wso2.openbanking.accelerator.consent.extensions/src/main/java/com/wso2/openbanking/accelerator/consent/extensions/common/idempotency/IdempotencyValidator.java
+++ b/open-banking-accelerator/components/consent-management/com.wso2.openbanking.accelerator.consent.extensions/src/main/java/com/wso2/openbanking/accelerator/consent/extensions/common/idempotency/IdempotencyValidator.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public IdempotencyValidationResult validateIdempotency(ConsentManageData consent
      * @param idempotencyKeyValue      Idempotency Key value
      * @return  IdempotencyValidationResult
      */
-    private IdempotencyValidationResult validateIdempotencyWithoutPayload(ConsentManageData consentManageData,
+    protected IdempotencyValidationResult validateIdempotencyWithoutPayload(ConsentManageData consentManageData,
                                                                           String idempotencyKeyName,
                                                                           String idempotencyKeyValue)
             throws IdempotencyValidationException, IOException, ConsentManagementException {