diff --git a/protocol/contracts/beanstalk/metadata/MetadataFacet.sol b/protocol/contracts/beanstalk/metadata/MetadataFacet.sol
index b29eec177a..16290a63ba 100644
--- a/protocol/contracts/beanstalk/metadata/MetadataFacet.sol
+++ b/protocol/contracts/beanstalk/metadata/MetadataFacet.sol
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ contract MetadataFacet is MetadataImage {
      * Deposits are stored as a mapping of a uint256 to a Deposit struct.
      * ERC20 deposits are represented by the concatination of the token address and the stem. (20 + 12 bytes).
      */
-    function uri(uint256 depositId) public view returns (string memory) {
+    function uri(uint256 depositId) external view returns (string memory) {
         (address token, int96 stem) = LibBytes.unpackAddressAndStem(depositId);
         int96 stemTip = LibTokenSilo.stemTipForToken(token);
         require(token != address(0), "Silo: metadata does not exist");