diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-facebook-marketing/source_facebook_marketing/api.py b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-facebook-marketing/source_facebook_marketing/api.py
index 906e4884640838..34861692bd9a9a 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-facebook-marketing/source_facebook_marketing/api.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-facebook-marketing/source_facebook_marketing/api.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def __init__(self, account_id: str, access_token: str):
         self._account_id = account_id
         # design flaw in MyFacebookAdsApi requires such strange set of new default api instance
         self.api = MyFacebookAdsApi.init(access_token=access_token, crash_log=False)
-        self.api.set_access_token(access_token)
+        MyFacebookAdsApi.api.set_access_token(access_token)
         FacebookAdsApi.set_default_api(self.api)
 
     @cached_property