diff --git a/packages/providers/base-provider/src/baseProvider.ts b/packages/providers/base-provider/src/baseProvider.ts
index 4a9d7771f..c994ba110 100644
--- a/packages/providers/base-provider/src/baseProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/base-provider/src/baseProvider.ts
@@ -114,11 +114,7 @@ export abstract class BaseProvider<C extends BaseProviderConfig, S extends BaseP
     return chainConfig;
   }
 
-  protected getProviderEngineProxy(): SafeEventEmitterProvider | null {
-    return this._providerEngineProxy;
-  }
-
-  protected updateProviderEngineProxy(provider: SafeEventEmitterProvider) {
+  public updateProviderEngineProxy(provider: SafeEventEmitterProvider): void {
     if (this._providerEngineProxy) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       (this._providerEngineProxy as any).setTarget(provider);
@@ -127,6 +123,10 @@ export abstract class BaseProvider<C extends BaseProviderConfig, S extends BaseP
     }
   }
 
+  protected getProviderEngineProxy(): SafeEventEmitterProvider | null {
+    return this._providerEngineProxy;
+  }
+
   abstract setupProvider(provider: P): Promise<void>;
 
   abstract switchChain(params: { chainId: string }): Promise<void>;
diff --git a/packages/providers/base-provider/src/commonPrivateKeyProvider.ts b/packages/providers/base-provider/src/commonPrivateKeyProvider.ts
index 16d00ba7e..584847515 100644
--- a/packages/providers/base-provider/src/commonPrivateKeyProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/base-provider/src/commonPrivateKeyProvider.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ export class CommonPrivateKeyProvider extends BaseProvider<BaseProviderConfig, C
     this.updateProviderEngineProxy(provider);
   }
 
+  public updateProviderEngineProxy(provider: SafeEventEmitterProvider) {
+    if (this._providerEngineProxy) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      (this._providerEngineProxy as any).setTarget(provider);
+    } else {
+      this._providerEngineProxy = createEventEmitterProxy<SafeEventEmitterProvider>(provider);
+    }
+  }
+
   public async switchChain(_: { chainId: string }): Promise<void> {
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
@@ -69,15 +78,6 @@ export class CommonPrivateKeyProvider extends BaseProvider<BaseProviderConfig, C
     return Promise.resolve("");
   }
 
-  protected updateProviderEngineProxy(provider: SafeEventEmitterProvider) {
-    if (this._providerEngineProxy) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      (this._providerEngineProxy as any).setTarget(provider);
-    } else {
-      this._providerEngineProxy = createEventEmitterProxy<SafeEventEmitterProvider>(provider);
-    }
-  }
-
   private getPrivKeyMiddleware(privKey: string): JRPCMiddleware<unknown, unknown> {
     const middleware = {
       getPrivatekey: async (): Promise<string> => {