diff --git a/semantic_router/encoders/mistral.py b/semantic_router/encoders/mistral.py
index 0ab5682408c1d8da5eeb34964f8a0990fea051c9..ead08545121a0526ffc9cbd5dfaefb6589e02aa6 100644
--- a/semantic_router/encoders/mistral.py
+++ b/semantic_router/encoders/mistral.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from pydantic.v1 import PrivateAttr
 class MistralEncoder(BaseEncoder):
     """Class to encode text using MistralAI"""
 
-    client: Any = PrivateAttr()
+    _client: Any = PrivateAttr()
     embedding_response: Any = PrivateAttr()
     mistral_exception: Any = PrivateAttr()
     type: str = "mistral"