diff --git a/packages/connect/src/types/index.ts b/packages/connect/src/types/index.ts
index 88157b7fc0..c2391be9df 100644
--- a/packages/connect/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/packages/connect/src/types/index.ts
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ export type {
 } from '@trezor/blockchain-link';
 
 export { FirmwareType, type VersionArray } from '@trezor/device-utils';
+export { ThpPairingMethod } from '@trezor/protocol/src/protocol-thp/messages';
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/protocol-thp/index.ts b/packages/protocol/src/protocol-thp/index.ts
index 749795ce0e..26b9f8c02a 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/protocol-thp/index.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/protocol-thp/index.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ export {
 } from './crypto/pairing';
 export { ThpState } from './ThpState';
 export { getCurve25519KeyPair } from './crypto/curve25519';
+export { getThpPairingMethod } from './utils';
 
 export const name = 'thp';
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/protocol-thp/utils.ts b/packages/protocol/src/protocol-thp/utils.ts
index f3b8ca90ae..5b7eab141c 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/protocol-thp/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/protocol-thp/utils.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
     THP_HANDSHAKE_INIT_RESPONSE,
     THP_READ_ACK_HEADER_BYTE,
 } from './constants';
-import type { ThpMessageSyncBit } from './messages';
+import { ThpMessageSyncBit, ThpPairingMethod } from './messages';
 
 export const addAckBit = (magic: number, ackBit: number) => {
     const result = Buffer.alloc(1);
@@ -154,3 +154,6 @@ export const isThpMessageName = (name: string) =>
         'ThpHandshakeCompletionRequest',
         'ThpReadAck',
     ].includes(name);
+
+export const getThpPairingMethod = (dm: ThpPairingMethod | keyof typeof ThpPairingMethod) =>
+    typeof dm === 'string' ? ThpPairingMethod[dm] : dm;
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/types.ts b/packages/protocol/src/types.ts
index 111b43d937..a4932c4abd 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-export type {
-    ThpDeviceProperties,
+export {
     ThpPairingMethod,
-    ThpCredentials,
+    type ThpDeviceProperties,
+    type ThpCredentials,
 } from './protocol-thp/messages';
 export type { ThpState, ThpStateSerialized, ThpChannelState } from './protocol-thp/ThpState';