diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-yaml/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/yaml/completion/YamlCompletionEngine.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-yaml/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/yaml/completion/YamlCompletionEngine.java
index 050e7243e..4a91634cd 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-yaml/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/yaml/completion/YamlCompletionEngine.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-yaml/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/yaml/completion/YamlCompletionEngine.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class YamlCompletionEngine implements ICompletionEngine {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	private boolean isLesserIndentRelaxable(final SNode currentNode, final SNode contextNode) {
+	protected boolean isLesserIndentRelaxable(final SNode currentNode, final SNode contextNode) {
 		SChildBearingNode parent = currentNode.getParent();
 		while (parent!=null && parent!=contextNode) {
 			SNode lastChild = parent.getLastRealChild();