diff --git a/ipc/provider/src/config/deserialize.rs b/ipc/provider/src/config/deserialize.rs
index 00e67ed4..f0f256c8 100644
--- a/ipc/provider/src/config/deserialize.rs
+++ b/ipc/provider/src/config/deserialize.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ where
 }
 
 /// A serde deserialization method to deserialize an eth address from string, i.e. "0x...."
-pub(crate) fn deserialize_eth_address_from_str<'de, D>(
+pub fn deserialize_eth_address_from_str<'de, D>(
     deserializer: D,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Address, D::Error>
 where
diff --git a/ipc/provider/src/config/mod.rs b/ipc/provider/src/config/mod.rs
index 4db9dc24..7d8b34ac 100644
--- a/ipc/provider/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/ipc/provider/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 //! Reads a TOML config file for the IPC Agent and deserializes it in a type-safe way into a
 //! [`Config`] struct.
 
-mod deserialize;
+pub mod deserialize;
 mod reload;
 pub mod subnet;
 
-mod serialize;
+pub mod serialize;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;