diff --git a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractStage.java b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractStage.java
index 4aacc6e12f8d7703dcdf6e8a101ccc675e7787bf..20232954d9ee717c7378a8a7b96de86ab4565115 100644
--- a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractStage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractStage.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractStage {
 		return signalAlreadyReceived;
 	}
 
-	void changeState(final StageState newState) {
+	private void changeState(final StageState newState) {
 		currentState = newState;
 		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 			logger.trace(newState.toString());