diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d284fad59..e00de1e84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ class IPv4AddressJSONEncoder(AdvancedJSONEncoder):
 class IPv4AddressJSONTypeConverter(JSONTypeConverter):
     def to_typed_value(
         self, hint: Type, value: Any
-    ) -> Union[Optional[Any], _JSONTypeConverterUnhandled]:
+    ) -> Union[Optional[Any], JSONTypeConverterUnhandled]:
         if issubclass(hint, ipaddress.IPv4Address):
             return ipaddress.IPv4Address(value)
         return JSONTypeConverter.Unhandled
diff --git a/temporalio/converter/__init__.py b/temporalio/converter/__init__.py
index 3ca6a3507..3821cbd68 100644
--- a/temporalio/converter/__init__.py
+++ b/temporalio/converter/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     JSONPlainPayloadConverter,
     JSONProtoPayloadConverter,
     JSONTypeConverter,
+    JSONTypeConverterUnhandled,
     PayloadConverter,
     value_to_type,
 )
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@
     "JSONPlainPayloadConverter",
     "JSONProtoPayloadConverter",
     "JSONTypeConverter",
+    "JSONTypeConverterUnhandled",
     "PayloadCodec",
     "PayloadConverter",
     "PayloadLimitsConfig",
diff --git a/temporalio/converter/_payload_converter.py b/temporalio/converter/_payload_converter.py
index d2effc9d1..8ee85ef72 100644
--- a/temporalio/converter/_payload_converter.py
+++ b/temporalio/converter/_payload_converter.py
@@ -548,7 +548,10 @@ def default(self, o: Any) -> Any:
         return super().default(o)
 
 
-_JSONTypeConverterUnhandled = NewType("_JSONTypeConverterUnhandled", object)
+JSONTypeConverterUnhandled = NewType("JSONTypeConverterUnhandled", object)
+"""Type of :py:attr:`JSONTypeConverter.Unhandled`."""
+
+_JSONTypeConverterUnhandled = JSONTypeConverterUnhandled
 
 
 class JSONTypeConverter(ABC):
@@ -556,7 +559,9 @@ class JSONTypeConverter(ABC):
     result (e.g. scalar, list, or dict) to a known type.
     """
 
-    Unhandled = _JSONTypeConverterUnhandled(object())
+    Unhandled: ClassVar[JSONTypeConverterUnhandled] = JSONTypeConverterUnhandled(
+        object()
+    )
     """Sentinel value that must be used as the result of
     :py:meth:`to_typed_value` to say the given type is not handled by this
     converter."""
@@ -564,7 +569,7 @@ class JSONTypeConverter(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     def to_typed_value(
         self, hint: type, value: Any
-    ) -> Any | None | _JSONTypeConverterUnhandled:
+    ) -> Any | None | JSONTypeConverterUnhandled:
         """Convert the given value to a type based on the given hint.
 
         Args:
diff --git a/tests/test_converter.py b/tests/test_converter.py
index dfe8860d1..10365f9c1 100644
--- a/tests/test_converter.py
+++ b/tests/test_converter.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
     Dict,  # type:ignore[reportDeprecated]
     Literal,
     NewType,
+    get_args,
+    get_type_hints,
 )
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 
@@ -40,12 +42,12 @@
     DefaultPayloadConverter,
     JSONPlainPayloadConverter,
     JSONTypeConverter,
+    JSONTypeConverterUnhandled,
     PayloadCodec,
     decode_search_attributes,
     encode_search_attribute_values,
     value_to_type,
 )
-from temporalio.converter._payload_converter import _JSONTypeConverterUnhandled
 from temporalio.exceptions import (
     ApplicationError,
     FailureError,
@@ -869,12 +871,22 @@ def default(self, o: Any) -> Any:
 class IPv4AddressJSONTypeConverter(JSONTypeConverter):
     def to_typed_value(
         self, hint: type, value: Any
-    ) -> Any | None | _JSONTypeConverterUnhandled:
+    ) -> Any | None | JSONTypeConverterUnhandled:
         if inspect.isclass(hint) and issubclass(hint, ipaddress.IPv4Address):
             return ipaddress.IPv4Address(value)
         return JSONTypeConverter.Unhandled
 
 
+def test_json_type_converter_unhandled_type_public():
+    return_type = get_type_hints(JSONTypeConverter.to_typed_value)["return"]
+
+    assert JSONTypeConverterUnhandled.__name__ == "JSONTypeConverterUnhandled"
+    assert JSONTypeConverterUnhandled in get_args(return_type)
+    assert JSONTypeConverterUnhandled(JSONTypeConverter.Unhandled) is (
+        JSONTypeConverter.Unhandled
+    )
+
+
 async def test_json_type_converter():
     addr = ipaddress.IPv4Address("1.2.3.4")
     custom_conv = dataclasses.replace(