diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/kql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/kql/parser/ParserUtils.java b/x-pack/plugin/kql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/kql/parser/ParserUtils.java
index fb2d873161fa0..34b9bbef4d58d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/kql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/kql/parser/ParserUtils.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/kql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/kql/parser/ParserUtils.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public final class ParserUtils {
     private static final char QUOTE_CHAR = '"';
 
     private ParserUtils() {
-
+     throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No need to instantiate this class");
     }
 
     /**