diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d962176..bc8e996 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - **Breaking**: `Creator.add_metadata` no longer auto-converts a `Date` metadata value passed as `datetime.date`/`datetime.datetime`; pass pre-formatted `str`/`bytes` instead (#188)
 - **Breaking**: Drop support for Python 3.10 (#281)
+- **Breaking**: `Archive._get_entry_by_id()` removed in favor of `Archive.get_entry_by_id()` (#225)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/libzim/libzim.pyx b/libzim/libzim.pyx
index a194ae6..63ecdf1 100644
--- a/libzim/libzim.pyx
+++ b/libzim/libzim.pyx
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ cdef class Archive:
         """
         return bytes(self.c_archive.getMetadata(name.encode('UTF-8')))
 
-    def _get_entry_by_id(self, entry_id: pyint) -> Entry:
+    def get_entry_by_id(self, entry_id: pyint) -> Entry:
         """Retrieves an entry by its ID.
 
         Args:
diff --git a/libzim/reader.pyi b/libzim/reader.pyi
index 143e099..889089c 100644
--- a/libzim/reader.pyi
+++ b/libzim/reader.pyi
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Archive:
     def metadata_keys(self) -> list[str]: ...
     def get_metadata_item(self, name: str) -> Item: ...
     def get_metadata(self, name: str) -> bytes: ...
-    def _get_entry_by_id(self, entry_id: int) -> Entry: ...
+    def get_entry_by_id(self, entry_id: int) -> Entry: ...
     @property
     def has_main_entry(self) -> bool: ...
     @property
diff --git a/tests/test_libzim_reader.py b/tests/test_libzim_reader.py
index 43082eb..a9930b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_libzim_reader.py
+++ b/tests/test_libzim_reader.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def get_content():
     gc.collect()
     # Load a lot of content
     for i in range(0, archive.entry_count, 2):
-        entry = archive._get_entry_by_id(i)
+        entry = archive.get_entry_by_id(i)
         if not entry.is_redirect:
             _ = entry.get_item().content
     # Check everything is ok
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ def test_reader_by_id(all_zims, filename):
 
     # test index access
     for index in range(0, zim.entry_count - 1):
-        assert zim._get_entry_by_id(index)._index == index
-        assert zim._get_entry_by_id(index).get_item()._index >= 0
+        assert zim.get_entry_by_id(index)._index == index
+        assert zim.get_entry_by_id(index).get_item()._index >= 0
 
 
 @skip_if_offline
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ def test_cluster_cache(all_zims, filename):
 
     # test index access
     for index in range(0, zim.entry_count - 1):
-        bytes(zim._get_entry_by_id(index).get_item().content)
+        bytes(zim.get_entry_by_id(index).get_item().content)
 
     # check current size is not too big (not really relevant since cache keeps at least
     # one cluster in memory, so this value depends on maximum cluster size
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ def test_dirent_cache(all_zims, filename):
 
     # test index access
     for index in range(0, zim.entry_count - 1):
-        bytes(zim._get_entry_by_id(index).get_item().content)
+        bytes(zim.get_entry_by_id(index).get_item().content)
 
     assert zim.dirent_cache_current_size <= new_value
 
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ def test_dirent_cache(all_zims, filename):
     assert zim.dirent_cache_current_size == empty_value
 
     for index in range(0, zim.entry_count - 1):
-        bytes(zim._get_entry_by_id(index).get_item().content)
+        bytes(zim.get_entry_by_id(index).get_item().content)
 
     # always at least one entry is kept in cache unless ZIM is empty
     assert zim.dirent_cache_current_size == (1 if zim.entry_count else 0)