diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/functions/response/DefaultSparkSqlFunctionResponseHandle.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/functions/response/DefaultSparkSqlFunctionResponseHandle.java
index faef49c071..dd574b2d30 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/functions/response/DefaultSparkSqlFunctionResponseHandle.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/functions/response/DefaultSparkSqlFunctionResponseHandle.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public ExecutionEngine.Schema schema() {
   }
 
   /** visitor implementation for traversing the json object */
-  public static class JsonVisitorImpl implements JsonVisitor<ExprValue> {
+  private static class JsonVisitorImpl implements JsonVisitor<ExprValue> {
     public ExprValue visit(Object obj) {
       if (obj instanceof JSONObject) {
         return visitObject((JSONObject) obj);