diff --git a/src/main/scala-2.12/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/PluginCompat.scala b/src/main/scala-2.12/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/PluginCompat.scala
index 1aec9bf4a..d77117090 100644
--- a/src/main/scala-2.12/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/PluginCompat.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala-2.12/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/PluginCompat.scala
@@ -11,20 +11,20 @@ object PluginCompat {
   type Out = java.io.File
   type IncludeArtifact = Artifact => Boolean
 
-  private[packager] val artifactStr = sbt.Keys.artifact.key
-  private[packager] val moduleIDStr = sbt.Keys.moduleID.key
+  val artifactStr = sbt.Keys.artifact.key
+  val moduleIDStr = sbt.Keys.moduleID.key
   private[packager] def parseModuleIDStrAttribute(m: ModuleID): ModuleID = m
-  private[packager] def moduleIDToStr(m: ModuleID): ModuleID = m
+  def moduleIDToStr(m: ModuleID): ModuleID = m
   private[packager] def parseArtifactStrAttribute(a: Artifact): Artifact = a
-  private[packager] def artifactToStr(art: Artifact): Artifact = art
+  def artifactToStr(art: Artifact): Artifact = art
 
   private[packager] def toNioPath(a: Attributed[File])(implicit conv: FileConverter): NioPath =
     a.data.toPath()
   private[packager] def toNioPath(ref: File)(implicit conv: FileConverter): NioPath =
     ref.toPath()
-  private[packager] def toFile(a: Attributed[File])(implicit conv: FileConverter): File =
+  def toFile(a: Attributed[File])(implicit conv: FileConverter): File =
     a.data
-  private[packager] def toFile(ref: File)(implicit conv: FileConverter): File =
+  def toFile(ref: File)(implicit conv: FileConverter): File =
     ref
   private[packager] def artifactPathToFile(ref: File)(implicit conv: FileConverter): File =
     ref
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ object PluginCompat {
     cp.map(_.data.toPath()).toVector
   private[packager] def toFiles(cp: Seq[Attributed[File]])(implicit conv: FileConverter): Vector[File] =
     cp.map(_.data).toVector
-  private[packager] def toFileRefsMapping(mappings: Seq[(File, String)])(implicit
-    conv: FileConverter
-  ): Seq[(FileRef, String)] =
+  def toFileRefsMapping(mappings: Seq[(File, String)])(implicit conv: FileConverter): Seq[(FileRef, String)] =
     mappings
-  private[packager] def toFileRef(x: File)(implicit conv: FileConverter): FileRef =
+  def toFileRef(x: File)(implicit conv: FileConverter): FileRef =
     x
   private[packager] def getName(ref: File): String =
     ref.getName()
diff --git a/src/main/scala-3/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/PluginCompat.scala b/src/main/scala-3/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/PluginCompat.scala
index 301f735f5..494de10fb 100644
--- a/src/main/scala-3/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/PluginCompat.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala-3/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/PluginCompat.scala
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ object PluginCompat {
   type Out = VirtualFile
   type IncludeArtifact = Any => Boolean
 
-  private[packager] val artifactStr = Keys.artifactStr
-  private[packager] val moduleIDStr = Keys.moduleIDStr
-  private[packager] def parseModuleIDStrAttribute(str: String): ModuleID =
+  val artifactStr = Keys.artifactStr
+  val moduleIDStr = Keys.moduleIDStr
+  def parseModuleIDStrAttribute(str: String): ModuleID =
     Classpaths.moduleIdJsonKeyFormat.read(str)
-  private[packager] def moduleIDToStr(m: ModuleID): String =
+  def moduleIDToStr(m: ModuleID): String =
     Classpaths.moduleIdJsonKeyFormat.write(m)
 
   private[packager] def parseArtifactStrAttribute(str: String): Artifact =
     import sbt.librarymanagement.LibraryManagementCodec.ArtifactFormat
     import sjsonnew.support.scalajson.unsafe.*
     Converter.fromJsonUnsafe[Artifact](Parser.parseUnsafe(str))
-  private[packager] def artifactToStr(art: Artifact): String =
+  def artifactToStr(art: Artifact): String =
     import sbt.librarymanagement.LibraryManagementCodec.ArtifactFormat
     import sjsonnew.support.scalajson.unsafe.*
     CompactPrinter(Converter.toJsonUnsafe(art))
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ object PluginCompat {
     conv.toPath(a.data)
   private[packager] def toNioPath(ref: HashedVirtualFileRef)(using conv: FileConverter): NioPath =
     conv.toPath(ref)
-  private[packager] def toFile(a: Attributed[HashedVirtualFileRef])(using conv: FileConverter): File =
+  def toFile(a: Attributed[HashedVirtualFileRef])(using conv: FileConverter): File =
     toNioPath(a).toFile()
-  private[packager] def toFile(ref: HashedVirtualFileRef)(using conv: FileConverter): File =
+  def toFile(ref: HashedVirtualFileRef)(using conv: FileConverter): File =
     toNioPath(ref).toFile()
   private[packager] def artifactPathToFile(ref: VirtualFileRef)(using conv: FileConverter): File =
     conv.toPath(ref).toFile()
@@ -47,11 +47,9 @@ object PluginCompat {
     cp.map(toNioPath).toVector
   private[packager] def toFiles(cp: Seq[Attributed[HashedVirtualFileRef]])(using conv: FileConverter): Vector[File] =
     toNioPaths(cp).map(_.toFile())
-  private[packager] def toFileRefsMapping(mappings: Seq[(File, String)])(using
-    conv: FileConverter
-  ): Seq[(FileRef, String)] =
+  def toFileRefsMapping(mappings: Seq[(File, String)])(using conv: FileConverter): Seq[(FileRef, String)] =
     mappings.map { case (f, name) => toFileRef(f) -> name }
-  private[packager] def toFileRef(x: File)(using conv: FileConverter): FileRef =
+  def toFileRef(x: File)(using conv: FileConverter): FileRef =
     conv.toVirtualFile(x.toPath())
   private[packager] def getName(ref: FileRef): String =
     ref.name()