diff --git a/ethers-providers/src/transports/quorum.rs b/ethers-providers/src/transports/quorum.rs
index 3e12f103e..ef96a0fd7 100644
--- a/ethers-providers/src/transports/quorum.rs
+++ b/ethers-providers/src/transports/quorum.rs
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ pub enum WrappedParams {
 }
 
 impl WrappedParams {
-    fn new<T: Serialize>(params: T) -> Result<Self, serde_json::Error> {
+    pub fn new<T: Serialize>(params: T) -> Result<Self, serde_json::Error> {
         Ok(if std::mem::size_of::<T>() == 0 {
             // we don't want `()` to become `"null"`.
             WrappedParams::Zst