diff --git a/internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go b/internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go
index 9ff47f3d1d5..721168fd4f2 100644
--- a/internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go
+++ b/internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go
@@ -157,17 +157,17 @@ func (r *Response) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return data, nil
 }
 
-func toWireError(err error) *wireError {
+func toWireError(err error) *WireError {
 	if err == nil {
 		// no error, the response is complete
 		return nil
 	}
-	if err, ok := err.(*wireError); ok {
+	if err, ok := err.(*WireError); ok {
 		// already a wire error, just use it
 		return err
 	}
-	result := &wireError{Message: err.Error()}
-	var wrapped *wireError
+	result := &WireError{Message: err.Error()}
+	var wrapped *WireError
 	if errors.As(err, &wrapped) {
 		// if we wrapped a wire error, keep the code from the wrapped error
 		// but the message from the outer error
diff --git a/internal/jsonrpc2/wire.go b/internal/jsonrpc2/wire.go
index ac39f1601f0..f2aa2d63e8c 100644
--- a/internal/jsonrpc2/wire.go
+++ b/internal/jsonrpc2/wire.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type wireResponse struct {
 	// Result is the response value, and is required on success.
 	Result *json.RawMessage `json:"result,omitempty"`
 	// Error is a structured error response if the call fails.
-	Error *wireError `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	Error *WireError `json:"error,omitempty"`
 	// ID must be set and is the identifier of the Request this is a response to.
 	ID *ID `json:"id,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ type wireCombined struct {
 	Method     string           `json:"method"`
 	Params     *json.RawMessage `json:"params,omitempty"`
 	Result     *json.RawMessage `json:"result,omitempty"`
-	Error      *wireError       `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	Error      *WireError       `json:"error,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// wireError represents a structured error in a Response.
-type wireError struct {
+// WireError represents a structured error in a Response.
+type WireError struct {
 	// Code is an error code indicating the type of failure.
 	Code int64 `json:"code"`
 	// Message is a short description of the error.
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ type ID struct {
 }
 
 func NewError(code int64, message string) error {
-	return &wireError{
+	return &WireError{
 		Code:    code,
 		Message: message,
 	}
 }
 
-func (err *wireError) Error() string {
+func (err *WireError) Error() string {
 	return err.Message
 }