diff --git a/geo/Geoserver.py b/geo/Geoserver.py
index 2bfc96d..905f7fe 100644
--- a/geo/Geoserver.py
+++ b/geo/Geoserver.py
@@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ def publish_featurestore_sqlview(
         headers = {"content-type": "text/xml"}
 
         # request
-        r = self.requests("post", url, data=layer_xml, headers=headers)
+        r = self._requests("post", url, data=layer_xml, headers=headers)
 
         if r.status_code == 201:
             return r.status_code