diff --git a/vortex-file/src/footer/mod.rs b/vortex-file/src/footer/mod.rs
index c5de627482a..32c82d4966e 100644
--- a/vortex-file/src/footer/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-file/src/footer/mod.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub struct Footer {
 }
 
 impl Footer {
-    pub(crate) fn new(
+    pub fn new(
         root_layout: LayoutRef,
         segments: Arc<[SegmentSpec]>,
         statistics: Option<FileStatistics>,