diff --git a/src/indexer/index_writer.rs b/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
index 1ba92d6de..4ce5e1db5 100644
--- a/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fn compute_deleted_bitset(
 /// is `==` target_opstamp.
 /// For instance, there was no delete operation between the state of the `segment_entry` and
 /// the `target_opstamp`, `segment_entry` is not updated.
-pub(crate) fn advance_deletes(
+pub fn advance_deletes(
     mut segment: Segment,
     segment_entry: &mut SegmentEntry,
     target_opstamp: Opstamp,
diff --git a/src/indexer/mod.rs b/src/indexer/mod.rs
index ee53bdc7a..a6d3cab38 100644
--- a/src/indexer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! `IndexWriter` is the main entry point for that, which created from
 //! [`Index::writer`](crate::Index::writer).
 
-pub(crate) mod delete_queue;
+pub mod delete_queue;
 pub(crate) mod path_to_unordered_id;
 
 pub(crate) mod doc_id_mapping;
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ mod stamper;
 use crossbeam_channel as channel;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 
-pub use self::index_writer::{IndexWriter, IndexWriterOptions};
+pub use self::index_writer::{advance_deletes, IndexWriter, IndexWriterOptions};
 pub use self::log_merge_policy::LogMergePolicy;
 pub use self::merge_operation::MergeOperation;
 pub use self::merge_policy::{MergeCandidate, MergePolicy, NoMergePolicy};
-pub use self::operation::{AddOperation, UserOperation};
+pub use self::operation::{AddOperation, DeleteOperation, UserOperation};
 pub use self::prepared_commit::PreparedCommit;
 pub use self::segment_entry::SegmentEntry;
 pub(crate) use self::segment_serializer::SegmentSerializer;