diff --git a/src/crewai_tools/tools/scrapegraph_scrape_tool/scrapegraph_scrape_tool.py b/src/crewai_tools/tools/scrapegraph_scrape_tool/scrapegraph_scrape_tool.py
index 92623e3e0..56fe0360a 100644
--- a/src/crewai_tools/tools/scrapegraph_scrape_tool/scrapegraph_scrape_tool.py
+++ b/src/crewai_tools/tools/scrapegraph_scrape_tool/scrapegraph_scrape_tool.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class ScrapegraphScrapeTool(BaseTool):
 
         try:
             # Make the SmartScraper request
-            response = self.client.smartscraper(
+            response = self._client.smartscraper(
                 website_url=website_url,
                 user_prompt=user_prompt,
             )