diff --git a/fmcapi/api_objects/helper_functions.py b/fmcapi/api_objects/helper_functions.py
index 86d41be..f6d2bdf 100644
--- a/fmcapi/api_objects/helper_functions.py
+++ b/fmcapi/api_objects/helper_functions.py
@@ -10,6 +10,153 @@
 logging.debug(f"In the {__name__} module.")
 
 
+PROTOCOL_MAP = {
+    "TCP": "6",
+    "UDP": "17",
+    "ICMP": "1",
+    "IGMP": "2",
+    "GGP": "3",
+    "IP": "0",
+    "ST": "5",
+    "EGP": "8",
+    "IGP": "9",
+    "BBN-RCC-MON": "10",
+    "NVP-II": "11",
+    "PUP": "12",
+    "ARGUS": "13",
+    "EMCON": "14",
+    "XNET": "15",
+    "CHAOS": "16",
+    "MUX": "18",
+    "DCN-MEAS": "19",
+    "HMP": "20",
+    "PRM": "21",
+    "XNS-IDP": "22",
+    "TRUNK-1": "23",
+    "TRUNK-2": "24",
+    "LEAF-1": "25",
+    "LEAF-2": "26",
+    "RDP": "27",
+    "IRTP": "28",
+    "ISO-TP4": "29",
+    "NETBLT": "30",
+    "MFE-NSP": "31",
+    "MERIT-INP": "32",
+    "DCCP": "33",
+    "3PC": "34",
+    "IDPR": "35",
+    "XTP": "36",
+    "DDP": "37",
+    "IDPR-CMTP": "38",
+    "TP": "39",
+    "IL": "40",
+    "IPV6": "41",
+    "SDRP": "42",
+    "ROUTING": "43",
+    "FRAGMENT": "44",
+    "IDRP": "45",
+    "RSVP": "46",
+    "GRE": "47",
+    "DSR": "48",
+    "BNA": "49",
+    "ESP": "50",
+    "AH": "51",
+    "I-NLSP": "52",
+    "SWIPE": "53",
+    "NARP": "54",
+    "MOBILE": "55",
+    "TLSP": "56",
+    "SKIP": "57",
+    "ICMPV6": "58",
+    "NONE": "59",
+    "DSTOPTS": "60",
+    "AHIP": "61",
+    "CFTP": "62",
+    "ALN": "63",
+    "SAT-EXPAK": "64",
+    "KRYPTOLAN": "65",
+    "RVD": "66",
+    "IPPC": "67",
+    "AFS": "71",
+    "SAT-MON": "69",
+    "VISA": "70",
+    "IPCV": "72",
+    "CPNX": "73",
+    "CPHB": "74",
+    "WSN": "75",
+    "PVP": "76",
+    "BR-SAT-MON": "77",
+    "SUN-ND": "78",
+    "WB-MON": "79",
+    "WB-EXPAK": "80",
+    "ISO-IP": "81",
+    "VMTP": "81",
+    "SECURE-VMTP": "82",
+    "VINES": "83",
+    "TTP": "84",
+    "IPTM": "84",
+    "NSFNET-IGP": "85",
+    "DGP": "86",
+    "TCF": "87",
+    "EIGRP": "88",
+    "OSPFIGP": "89",
+    "SPRITE-RPC": "90",
+    "LARP": "91",
+    "MTP": "92",
+    "AX.25": "93",
+    "IPIP": "94",
+    "MICP": "95",
+    "SCC-SP": "96",
+    "ETHERIP": "97",
+    "ENCAP": "98",
+    "ENCRYPT": "99",
+    "AIM": "100",
+    "GMTP": "100",
+    "IFMP": "101",
+    "PNNI": "102",
+    "PIM": "103",
+    "ARIS": "104",
+    "SCPS": "105",
+    "QNX": "106",
+    "A/N": "107",
+    "IPCOMP": "108",
+    "SNP": "109",
+    "COMPAQ-PEER": "110",
+    "IPX-IN-IP": "111",
+    "VRRP": "112",
+    "PGM": "113",
+    "0HOP": "114",
+    "L2TP": "115",
+    "DDX": "116",
+    "IATP": "117",
+    "STP": "118",
+    "SRP": "119",
+    "UTI": "120",
+    "SMP": "121",
+    "SM": "122",
+    "PTP": "123",
+    "ISIS": "124",
+    "FIRE": "125",
+    "CRTP": "126",
+    "CRUDP": "127",
+    "SSCOPMCE": "128",
+    "IPLT": "129",
+    "SPS": "130",
+    "PIPE": "131",
+    "SCTP": "132",
+    "FC": "133",
+    "RSVP-E2E-IGNORE": "134",
+    "MOBILITY-HEADER": "135",
+    "UDPLITE": "136",
+    "MPLS-in-IP": "137",
+    "MANET": "138",
+    "HIP": "139",
+    "SHIM6": "140",
+    "WESP": "141",
+    "ROHC": "142",
+}
+
+
 def true_false_checker(value):
     if type(value) is str:
         value = value.lower()
@@ -202,152 +349,7 @@ def get_protocol_number(protocol_name):
     :return: (str) IANA protocol number
     """
     logging.debug("In get_protocol_number() helper_function.")
-    protocol_map = {
-        "TCP": "6",
-        "UDP": "17",
-        "ICMP": "1",
-        "IGMP": "2",
-        "GGP": "3",
-        "IP": "0",
-        "ST": "5",
-        "EGP": "8",
-        "IGP": "9",
-        "BBN-RCC-MON": "10",
-        "NVP-II": "11",
-        "PUP": "12",
-        "ARGUS": "13",
-        "EMCON": "14",
-        "XNET": "15",
-        "CHAOS": "16",
-        "MUX": "18",
-        "DCN-MEAS": "19",
-        "HMP": "20",
-        "PRM": "21",
-        "XNS-IDP": "22",
-        "TRUNK-1": "23",
-        "TRUNK-2": "24",
-        "LEAF-1": "25",
-        "LEAF-2": "26",
-        "RDP": "27",
-        "IRTP": "28",
-        "ISO-TP4": "29",
-        "NETBLT": "30",
-        "MFE-NSP": "31",
-        "MERIT-INP": "32",
-        "DCCP": "33",
-        "3PC": "34",
-        "IDPR": "35",
-        "XTP": "36",
-        "DDP": "37",
-        "IDPR-CMTP": "38",
-        "TP": "39",
-        "IL": "40",
-        "IPV6": "41",
-        "SDRP": "42",
-        "ROUTING": "43",
-        "FRAGMENT": "44",
-        "IDRP": "45",
-        "RSVP": "46",
-        "GRE": "47",
-        "DSR": "48",
-        "BNA": "49",
-        "ESP": "50",
-        "AH": "51",
-        "I-NLSP": "52",
-        "SWIPE": "53",
-        "NARP": "54",
-        "MOBILE": "55",
-        "TLSP": "56",
-        "SKIP": "57",
-        "ICMPV6": "58",
-        "NONE": "59",
-        "DSTOPTS": "60",
-        "AHIP": "61",
-        "CFTP": "62",
-        "ALN": "63",
-        "SAT-EXPAK": "64",
-        "KRYPTOLAN": "65",
-        "RVD": "66",
-        "IPPC": "67",
-        "AFS": "71",
-        "SAT-MON": "69",
-        "VISA": "70",
-        "IPCV": "72",
-        "CPNX": "73",
-        "CPHB": "74",
-        "WSN": "75",
-        "PVP": "76",
-        "BR-SAT-MON": "77",
-        "SUN-ND": "78",
-        "WB-MON": "79",
-        "WB-EXPAK": "80",
-        "ISO-IP": "81",
-        "VMTP": "81",
-        "SECURE-VMTP": "82",
-        "VINES": "83",
-        "TTP": "84",
-        "IPTM": "84",
-        "NSFNET-IGP": "85",
-        "DGP": "86",
-        "TCF": "87",
-        "EIGRP": "88",
-        "OSPFIGP": "89",
-        "SPRITE-RPC": "90",
-        "LARP": "91",
-        "MTP": "92",
-        "AX.25": "93",
-        "IPIP": "94",
-        "MICP": "95",
-        "SCC-SP": "96",
-        "ETHERIP": "97",
-        "ENCAP": "98",
-        "ENCRYPT": "99",
-        "AIM": "100",
-        "GMTP": "100",
-        "IFMP": "101",
-        "PNNI": "102",
-        "PIM": "103",
-        "ARIS": "104",
-        "SCPS": "105",
-        "QNX": "106",
-        "A/N": "107",
-        "IPCOMP": "108",
-        "SNP": "109",
-        "COMPAQ-PEER": "110",
-        "IPX-IN-IP": "111",
-        "VRRP": "112",
-        "PGM": "113",
-        "0HOP": "114",
-        "L2TP": "115",
-        "DDX": "116",
-        "IATP": "117",
-        "STP": "118",
-        "SRP": "119",
-        "UTI": "120",
-        "SMP": "121",
-        "SM": "122",
-        "PTP": "123",
-        "ISIS": "124",
-        "FIRE": "125",
-        "CRTP": "126",
-        "CRUDP": "127",
-        "SSCOPMCE": "128",
-        "IPLT": "129",
-        "SPS": "130",
-        "PIPE": "131",
-        "SCTP": "132",
-        "FC": "133",
-        "RSVP-E2E-IGNORE": "134",
-        "MOBILITY-HEADER": "135",
-        "UDPLITE": "136",
-        "MPLS-in-IP": "137",
-        "MANET": "138",
-        "HIP": "139",
-        "SHIM6": "140",
-        "WESP": "141",
-        "ROHC": "142",
-    }
-    protocol_number = protocol_map.get(protocol_name.upper())
+    protocol_number = PROTOCOL_MAP.get(protocol_name.upper())
     if protocol_number is None:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown protocol: {protocol_name}")
     return protocol_number