diff --git a/b2sdk/_internal/bucket.py b/b2sdk/_internal/bucket.py
index e6df3495c..30d169bad 100644
--- a/b2sdk/_internal/bucket.py
+++ b/b2sdk/_internal/bucket.py
@@ -1363,15 +1363,24 @@ def unhide_file(self, file_name: str, bypass_governance: bool = False) -> FileId
         if latest_file_version is None:
             raise FileNotPresent(bucket_name=self.name, file_id_or_name=file_name)
 
-        action = latest_file_version.action
+        return self.unhide_file_version(latest_file_version, bypass_governance=bypass_governance)
+
+    def unhide_file_version(
+        self, file_version: FileVersion, bypass_governance: bool = False
+    ) -> FileIdAndName:
+        """
+        Deletes the file version if it corresponds to the "hide marker", raises error otherwise
+        """
+
+        action = file_version.action
         if action == 'upload':
-            raise FileNotHidden(file_name)
+            raise FileNotHidden(file_version.file_name)
         elif action == 'delete':
-            raise FileDeleted(file_name)
+            raise FileDeleted(file_version.file_name)
         elif action != 'hide':
             raise UnexpectedFileVersionAction(action)
 
-        return self.delete_file_version(latest_file_version.id_, file_name, bypass_governance)
+        return self.delete_file_version(file_version.id_, file_version.file_name, bypass_governance)
 
     def copy(
         self,
diff --git a/changelog.d/+unhide_file_version.added.md b/changelog.d/+unhide_file_version.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c8aa7ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/+unhide_file_version.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `unhide_file_version` method to the `Bucket` class extracting relevant logic from `unhide_file`.
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diff --git a/test/unit/bucket/test_bucket.py b/test/unit/bucket/test_bucket.py
index 108c46efd..7cab2b6da 100644
--- a/test/unit/bucket/test_bucket.py
+++ b/test/unit/bucket/test_bucket.py
@@ -654,6 +654,14 @@ def test_unhidden_file(self):
         expected = [('hello.txt', 11, 'upload', None)]
         self.assertBucketContents(expected, '', show_versions=True)
 
+    def test_unhidden_file_version(self):
+        data = b'hello world'
+        self.bucket.upload_bytes(data, 'hello.txt')
+        file_version = self.bucket.hide_file('hello.txt')
+        self.bucket.unhide_file_version(file_version)
+        expected = [('hello.txt', 11, 'upload', None)]
+        self.assertBucketContents(expected, '', show_versions=True)
+
     def test_delete_file_version(self):
         data = b'hello world'