diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/FlowdockHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/FlowdockHandler.php
index 0916343c..6eaaa9d4 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/FlowdockHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/FlowdockHandler.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class FlowdockHandler extends SocketHandler
      *
      * @param array $record
      */
-    public function write(array $record)
+    protected function write(array $record)
     {
         parent::write($record);
 
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/HipChatHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/HipChatHandler.php
index 81e1043e..1fd36035 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/HipChatHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/HipChatHandler.php
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class HipChatHandler extends SocketHandler
      *
      * @param array $record
      */
-    public function write(array $record)
+    protected function write(array $record)
     {
         parent::write($record);
         $this->closeSocket();
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/PushoverHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/PushoverHandler.php
index 2c80afe7..b3d826c6 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/PushoverHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/PushoverHandler.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class PushoverHandler extends SocketHandler
         return $header;
     }
 
-    public function write(array $record)
+    protected function write(array $record)
     {
         foreach ($this->users as $user) {
             $this->user = $user;
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/SlackHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/SlackHandler.php
index 8aa2ea77..5e0fb8be 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/SlackHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/SlackHandler.php
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class SlackHandler extends SocketHandler
      *
      * @param array $record
      */
-    public function write(array $record)
+    protected function write(array $record)
     {
         parent::write($record);
         $this->closeSocket();
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
index 4faa327d..2b4d6d62 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class SocketHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      * @throws \UnexpectedValueException
      * @throws \RuntimeException
      */
-    public function write(array $record)
+    protected function write(array $record)
     {
         $this->connectIfNotConnected();
         $data = $this->generateDataStream($record);