diff --git a/reference-impl/rust/Cargo.lock b/reference-impl/rust/Cargo.lock
index 9126c2a..a44649e 100644
--- a/reference-impl/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/reference-impl/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "star-repo"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ipld-core",
  "serde",
diff --git a/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/Cargo.toml b/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/Cargo.toml
index 111f316..7c6e281 100644
--- a/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "star-repo"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "CARv1 and MST helpers for star-* crates"
 repository = "https://tangled.org/microcosm.blue/star"
 readme = "readme.md"
diff --git a/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/src/commit.rs b/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/src/commit.rs
index 1ec9a87..5a1555f 100644
--- a/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/src/commit.rs
+++ b/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/src/commit.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct UnsignedCommit {
 /// Commit-minus-`data`: the on-the-wire form of the partial commit embedded in
 /// a STAR-lite header. `data` is recovered from the header CID at parse time.
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct PartialCommit {
+pub struct PartialCommit {
     did: String,
     version: u64,
     rev: String,
diff --git a/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/src/lib.rs b/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/src/lib.rs
index 6c6f8b3..13bba41 100644
--- a/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/src/lib.rs
+++ b/reference-impl/rust/star-repo/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub mod mst;
 pub mod varint;
 
 pub use blockstore::Blockstore;
-pub use commit::CommitInfo;
+pub use commit::{PartialCommit, CommitInfo};
 pub use error::{CommitError, Error, MstError, Result};
 pub use frame::{
     CarHeader, MAX_BLOCK_LEN, build_frame, read_frame, read_header, write_frame, write_header,