diff --git a/fixed-hash/Cargo.toml b/fixed-hash/Cargo.toml
index 752f53fb3..c96ea559e 100644
--- a/fixed-hash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fixed-hash/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fixed-hash"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 homepage = "https://github.com/paritytech/parity-common"
diff --git a/fixed-hash/src/hash.rs b/fixed-hash/src/hash.rs
index 8d2960519..83273bc87 100644
--- a/fixed-hash/src/hash.rs
+++ b/fixed-hash/src/hash.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ macro_rules! construct_fixed_hash {
 	( $(#[$attr:meta])* $visibility:vis struct $name:ident ( $n_bytes:expr ); ) => {
 		#[repr(C)]
 		$(#[$attr])*
-		$visibility struct $name ([u8; $n_bytes]);
+		$visibility struct $name (pub [u8; $n_bytes]);
 
 		impl From<[u8; $n_bytes]> for $name {
 			/// Constructs a hash type from the given bytes array of fixed length.