diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/gcp/pubsub/TbPubSubNode.java b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/gcp/pubsub/TbPubSubNode.java
index 4f11de6ae3..537318fa75 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/gcp/pubsub/TbPubSubNode.java
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/gcp/pubsub/TbPubSubNode.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class TbPubSubNode extends TbAbstractExternalNode {
         return TbMsg.transformMsgMetadata(origMsg, metaData);
     }
 
-    protected Publisher initPubSubClient(TbContext ctx) throws IOException {
+    Publisher initPubSubClient(TbContext ctx) throws IOException {
         ProjectTopicName topicName = ProjectTopicName.of(config.getProjectId(), config.getTopicName());
         ServiceAccountCredentials credentials =
                 ServiceAccountCredentials.fromStream(