diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Pipeline/BearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Pipeline/BearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy.cs
index 12c9a07a66f7..8042c979fc7e 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Pipeline/BearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Pipeline/BearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public override void Process(HttpMessage message, ReadOnlyMemory<HttpPipelinePol
             ProcessAsync(message, pipeline, false).EnsureCompleted();
         }
 
-        public async ValueTask ProcessAsync(HttpMessage message, ReadOnlyMemory<HttpPipelinePolicy> pipeline, bool async)
+        private async ValueTask ProcessAsync(HttpMessage message, ReadOnlyMemory<HttpPipelinePolicy> pipeline, bool async)
         {
             if (DateTimeOffset.UtcNow >= _refreshOn)
             {