diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 722effc1..e4cf17bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Added methods `Done` and `Err` to `Conn`
   * `Done` returns a channel that's closed when `Conn` has closed.
   * `Err` explains why `Conn` was closed.
+* encoding.Symbol was exposed as a public type `Symbol`.
 
 ## 1.2.0 (2024-09-30)
 
diff --git a/message.go b/message.go
index dabe35ca..4babf88e 100644
--- a/message.go
+++ b/message.go
@@ -510,3 +510,6 @@ type Annotations = encoding.Annotations
 
 // UUID is a 128 bit identifier as defined in RFC 4122.
 type UUID = encoding.UUID
+
+// Symbol is an AMQP symbolic string.
+type Symbol = encoding.Symbol