diff --git a/cold-redundancy/cold_redundancy.hpp b/cold-redundancy/cold_redundancy.hpp
index 97db2c0..b91894d 100644
--- a/cold-redundancy/cold_redundancy.hpp
+++ b/cold-redundancy/cold_redundancy.hpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     /**
      * @brief Indicates the dbus connction
      */
-    std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection>& systemBus;
+    [[maybe_unused]] std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection>& systemBus;
 
     /**
      * @brief Indicates the D-Bus matches