diff --git a/crates/aiken-project/src/blueprint/validator.rs b/crates/aiken-project/src/blueprint/validator.rs
index a870d0fc6..bd89ade89 100644
--- a/crates/aiken-project/src/blueprint/validator.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken-project/src/blueprint/validator.rs
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_validator!(
             r#"
             /// On-chain state
-            type State {
+            pub type State {
                 /// The contestation period as a number of seconds
                 contestationPeriod: ContestationPeriod,
                 /// List of public key hashes of all participants
@@ -424,20 +424,20 @@ mod tests {
             }
 
             /// A Hash digest for a given algorithm.
-            type Hash<alg> = ByteArray
+            pub type Hash<alg> = ByteArray
 
-            type Blake2b_256 { Blake2b_256 }
+            pub type Blake2b_256 { Blake2b_256 }
 
             /// Whatever
-            type ContestationPeriod {
+            pub type ContestationPeriod {
               /// A positive, non-zero number of seconds.
               ContestationPeriod(Int)
             }
 
-            type Party =
+            pub type Party =
               ByteArray
 
-            type Input {
+            pub type Input {
                 CollectCom
                 Close
                 /// Abort a transaction
@@ -470,12 +470,12 @@ mod tests {
     fn generics() {
         assert_validator!(
             r#"
-            type Either<left, right> {
+            pub type Either<left, right> {
                 Left(left)
                 Right(right)
             }
 
-            type Interval<a> {
+            pub type Interval<a> {
                 Finite(a)
                 Infinite
             }
@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn free_vars() {
         assert_validator!(
             r#"
-            validator {
-              fn generics(redeemer: a, ctx: Void) {
+            validator generics {
+              spend(redeemer: a, ctx: Void) {
                 True
               }
             }
@@ -506,11 +506,11 @@ mod tests {
     fn list_2_tuples_as_list() {
         assert_validator!(
             r#"
-            type Dict<key, value> {
+            pub type Dict<key, value> {
                 inner: List<(ByteArray, value)>
             }
 
-            type UUID { UUID }
+            pub type UUID { UUID }
 
             validator list_2_tuples_as_list {
               mint(redeemer: Dict<UUID, Int>, ctx: Void) {
@@ -525,14 +525,14 @@ mod tests {
     fn list_pairs_as_map() {
         assert_validator!(
             r#"
-            type Dict<key, value> {
+            pub type Dict<key, value> {
                 inner: List<Pair<ByteArray, value>>
             }
 
-            type UUID { UUID }
+            pub type UUID { UUID }
 
-            validator {
-              fn list_pairs_as_map(redeemer: Dict<UUID, Int>, ctx: Void) {
+            validator list_pairs_as_map {
+              spend(redeemer: Dict<UUID, Int>, ctx: Void) {
                 True
               }
             }
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ mod tests {
                 inner: List<(ByteArray, value)>
             }
 
-            type UUID { UUID }
+            pub type UUID { UUID }
 
             validator opaque_singleton_variants {
               spend(redeemer: Dict<UUID, Int>, ctx: Void) {
diff --git a/crates/aiken-project/src/tests/gen_uplc.rs b/crates/aiken-project/src/tests/gen_uplc.rs
index dc71a4ab4..429dbedc2 100644
--- a/crates/aiken-project/src/tests/gen_uplc.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken-project/src/tests/gen_uplc.rs
@@ -3673,16 +3673,16 @@ fn when_bool_is_false() {
 #[test]
 fn when_tuple_deconstruction() {
     let src = r#"
-      type Thing {
+      pub type Thing {
         idx: Int,
       }
 
-      type Datum {
+      pub type Datum {
         A(Thing)
         B
       }
 
-      type RedSpend {
+      pub type RedSpend {
         Spend(Int)
         Buy
       }
@@ -4037,12 +4037,12 @@ fn when_tuple_empty_lists() {
 #[test]
 fn generic_validator_type_test() {
     let src = r#"
-      type A<x> {
+      pub type A<x> {
         NoA
         SomeA(Void, x)
       }
 
-      type B {
+      pub type B {
         something: Void,
       }
 
@@ -5548,15 +5548,15 @@ fn list_clause_with_assign() {
 #[test]
 fn opaque_value_in_datum() {
     let src = r#"
-      opaque type Value {
+      pub opaque type Value {
         inner: Dict<Dict<Int>>
       }
 
-      opaque type Dict<v> {
+      pub opaque type Dict<v> {
         inner: List<Pair<ByteArray, v>>
       }
 
-      type Dat {
+      pub type Dat {
           c: Int,
           a: Value
       }