diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GithubUrlReader.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GithubUrlReader.ts
index 6fd24afc08..67f6a975c1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GithubUrlReader.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GithubUrlReader.ts
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ export class GithubUrlReader implements UrlReader {
     return repo.default_branch;
   }
 
-  protected async fetchResponse(
+  private async fetchResponse(
     url: string | URL,
     init: RequestInit,
   ): Promise<Response> {