diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 1b12f1e7..5cc1ba34 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@
 			"default": "./dist/process.js"
 		},
 		"./sidecar-client": {
-			"types": "./dist/sidecar-client.d.ts",
-			"import": "./dist/sidecar-client.js",
-			"default": "./dist/sidecar-client.js"
+			"types": "./dist/sidecar-process.d.ts",
+			"import": "./dist/sidecar-process.js",
+			"default": "./dist/sidecar-process.js"
 		},
 		"./test-runtime": {
 			"types": "./dist/test-runtime.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 20cb7b4c..4609a9ea 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export * from "./protocol-client.js";
 export * from "./protocol-frames.js";
 export * from "./request-payloads.js";
 export * from "./response-payloads.js";
-export { SidecarProcess } from "./sidecar-process.js";
+export { SidecarProcess, Sidecar } from "./sidecar-process.js";
 export type { SidecarSpawnOptions } from "./sidecar-process.js";
 export * from "./state.js";
 export * as protocol from "./generated-protocol.js";
diff --git a/packages/core/src/sidecar-process.ts b/packages/core/src/sidecar-process.ts
index fc2eb5bd..a78efa90 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/sidecar-process.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/sidecar-process.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ export {
 	SidecarProcessExited,
 } from "./process.js";
 export { SidecarEventBufferOverflow } from "./event-buffer.js";
+// `Sidecar` is the public name for the native sidecar process client. The class
+// is `SidecarProcess` internally; consumers import it as `Sidecar` via the
+// `@secure-exec/core/sidecar-client` subpath and the package root.
+export { SidecarProcess as Sidecar };
 
 const BRIDGE_CONTRACT_VERSION = 1;