diff --git a/protocols/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepUpdateRequestVer1.java b/protocols/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepUpdateRequestVer1.java
index 6c8edb8..836b47d 100644
--- a/protocols/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepUpdateRequestVer1.java
+++ b/protocols/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepUpdateRequestVer1.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
      * <attribute-list> is defined in [RFC5440] and extended by PCEP extensions.
      */
 
-    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PcepUpdateRequestVer1.class);
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PcepUpdateRequestVer1.class);
 
     //PCEP SRP Object
     private PcepSrpObject srpObject;