diff --git a/packages/idempotency/src/persistence/BasePersistenceLayer.ts b/packages/idempotency/src/persistence/BasePersistenceLayer.ts
index 51e48f8b4f..b2f0d9bd7b 100644
--- a/packages/idempotency/src/persistence/BasePersistenceLayer.ts
+++ b/packages/idempotency/src/persistence/BasePersistenceLayer.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ abstract class BasePersistenceLayer implements BasePersistenceLayerInterface {
    * @param data the data payload that will be hashed to create the hash portion of the idempotency key
    * @returns the idempotency key
    */
-  private getHashedIdempotencyKey(data: JSONValue): string {
+  protected getHashedIdempotencyKey(data: JSONValue): string {
     const payload = this.eventKeyJmesPath
       ? (search(
           this.eventKeyJmesPath,