diff --git a/rustler/src/serde/de.rs b/rustler/src/serde/de.rs
index 309a1999..f99d74b8 100644
--- a/rustler/src/serde/de.rs
+++ b/rustler/src/serde/de.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 use crate::serde::{atoms, error::Error, util};
-use crate::{
-    types::{ListIterator, MapIterator},
-    Term, TermType,
-};
+use crate::{ListIterator, MapIterator, Term, TermType};
 use serde::{
     de::{
         self, Deserialize, DeserializeSeed, EnumAccess, MapAccess, SeqAccess, VariantAccess,
diff --git a/rustler/src/serde/ser.rs b/rustler/src/serde/ser.rs
index 6071c5a1..92d9dd9b 100644
--- a/rustler/src/serde/ser.rs
+++ b/rustler/src/serde/ser.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 
 use crate::serde::{atoms, error::Error, util};
 use crate::wrapper::list::make_list;
-use crate::{types::tuple, Encoder, Env, OwnedBinary, Term};
+use crate::{Encoder, Env, OwnedBinary, Term, Tuple};
 use serde::ser::{self, Serialize};
 
 #[inline]
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ impl<'a> SequenceSerializer<'a> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn to_tuple(&self) -> Result<Term<'a>, Error> {
-        Ok(tuple::make_tuple(self.ser.env, &self.items))
+        Ok(Tuple::make(self.ser.env, &self.items))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rustler/src/serde/util.rs b/rustler/src/serde/util.rs
index d479139a..84b6f6d2 100644
--- a/rustler/src/serde/util.rs
+++ b/rustler/src/serde/util.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::serde::{atoms, Error};
-use crate::{types::tuple, Binary, Decoder, Encoder, Env, Term};
+use crate::{Binary, Decoder, Encoder, Env, Term, Tuple};
 
 /// Converts an `&str` to either an existing atom or an Elixir bitstring.
 pub fn str_to_term<'a>(env: &Env<'a>, string: &str) -> Result<Term<'a>, Error> {
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ pub fn validate_tuple(term: Term, len: Option<usize>) -> Result<Vec<Term>, Error
         return Err(Error::ExpectedTuple);
     }
 
-    let tuple = tuple::get_tuple(term).or(Err(Error::ExpectedTuple))?;
+    let tuple = Tuple::try_from(term)
+        .or(Err(Error::ExpectedTuple))?
+        .to_vec();
+
     match len {
         None => Ok(tuple),
         Some(len) => {
diff --git a/rustler/src/wrapped_types/tuple.rs b/rustler/src/wrapped_types/tuple.rs
index a814c642..758485ba 100644
--- a/rustler/src/wrapped_types/tuple.rs
+++ b/rustler/src/wrapped_types/tuple.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use crate::{Decoder, Encoder, Env, Error, NifResult, Term, TermType};
 use crate::sys::{enif_get_tuple, enif_make_tuple_from_array, ERL_NIF_TERM};
+use crate::{Decoder, Encoder, Env, Error, NifResult, Term, TermType};
 
 use std::ffi::c_int;
 use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ pub unsafe fn get_tuple<'a>(term: Term<'a>) -> NifResult<&'a [ERL_NIF_TERM]> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> Tuple<'a> {
+    pub fn make(env: Env<'a>, terms: &[Term<'a>]) -> Term<'a> {
+        make_tuple(env, terms)
+    }
+
     pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
         self.get_elements().len()
     }