diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc1e3044..b2b4903c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
   optional adaptor.
 - @cosmjs/tendermint-rpc: Add an optional adaptor argument to `Client.connect`
   which allows skipping the auto-detection.
+- @cosmjs/tendermint-rpc: Remove export `v0_33` in favour of `adaptor33` and
+  `adaptor34`. Export the `Adaptor` type.
 
 ## 0.23.1 (2020-10-27)
 
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptorforversion.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptorforversion.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d991c3cd..00000000
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptorforversion.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-// This module exposes translators for multiple tendermint versions
-// Pick a version that matches the server to properly encode the data types
-import { Adaptor } from "./adaptor";
-import { v0_33 } from "./v0-33";
-
-const hashes = {
-  v0_34: [
-    "ca2c9df", // v0.34.0-rc6
-    "", // See https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/7963
-  ],
-};
-
-/**
- * Returns an Adaptor implementation for a given tendermint version.
- * Throws when version is not supported.
- *
- * @param version full Tendermint version string, e.g. "0.20.1"
- */
-export function adaptorForVersion(version: string): Adaptor {
-  if (version.startsWith("0.33.") || version.startsWith("0.34.") || hashes.v0_34.includes(version)) {
-    return v0_33;
-  } else {
-    throw new Error(`Unsupported tendermint version: ${version}`);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/index.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb74c9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+import { Adaptor } from "../adaptor";
+import { v0_33 } from "./v0-33";
+
+/**
+ * Adaptor for Tendermint 0.33.
+ *
+ * Use this to skip auto-detection:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * import { adaptor33, Client as TendermintClient } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
+ * // ...
+ * const client = await TendermintClient.connect(url, adaptor33);
+ * ```
+ */
+export const adaptor33 = v0_33;
+
+/**
+ * Adaptor for Tendermint 0.34.
+ *
+ * Use this to skip auto-detection:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * import { adaptor34, Client as TendermintClient } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
+ * // ...
+ * const client = await TendermintClient.connect(url, adaptor34);
+ * ```
+ */
+export const adaptor34 = v0_33; // With this alias we can swap out the implementation without affecting caller code.
+
+const hashes = {
+  v0_34: [
+    "ca2c9df", // v0.34.0-rc6
+    "", // See https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/7963
+  ],
+};
+
+/**
+ * Returns an Adaptor implementation for a given tendermint version.
+ * Throws when version is not supported.
+ *
+ * @param version full Tendermint version string, e.g. "0.20.1"
+ */
+export function adaptorForVersion(version: string): Adaptor {
+  if (version.startsWith("0.33.") || version.startsWith("0.34.") || hashes.v0_34.includes(version)) {
+    return v0_33;
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported tendermint version: ${version}`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/hasher.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.spec.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/hasher.spec.ts
rename to packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.spec.ts
index 96d9feb0..6793f8b3 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/hasher.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { fromBase64, fromHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 import { ReadonlyDate } from "readonly-date";
 
-import { ReadonlyDateWithNanoseconds } from "../responses";
-import { TxBytes } from "../types";
+import { ReadonlyDateWithNanoseconds } from "../../responses";
+import { TxBytes } from "../../types";
 import { hashBlock, hashTx } from "./hasher";
 
 describe("Hasher", () => {
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/hasher.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.ts
similarity index 90%
rename from packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/hasher.ts
rename to packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.ts
index 4401053b..3fc0c6ce 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/hasher.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import { Sha256 } from "@cosmjs/crypto";
 
-import { encodeBlockId, encodeBytes, encodeInt, encodeString, encodeTime, encodeVersion } from "../encodings";
-import { Header } from "../responses";
-import { BlockHash, TxBytes, TxHash } from "../types";
+import {
+  encodeBlockId,
+  encodeBytes,
+  encodeInt,
+  encodeString,
+  encodeTime,
+  encodeVersion,
+} from "../../encodings";
+import { Header } from "../../responses";
+import { BlockHash, TxBytes, TxHash } from "../../types";
 
 // hash is sha256
 // https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/UPGRADING.md#v0260
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/index.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/index.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/index.ts
rename to packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/index.ts
index af38b9cf..fb1e8a76 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import { Adaptor } from "../adaptor";
+import { Adaptor } from "../../adaptor";
 import { hashBlock, hashTx } from "./hasher";
 import { Params } from "./requests";
 import { Responses } from "./responses";
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/requests.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/requests.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/requests.ts
rename to packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/requests.ts
index 0e6b71c3..f9501bff 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/requests.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/requests.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@
 import { toHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 import { JsonRpcRequest } from "@cosmjs/json-rpc";
 
-import { assertNotEmpty, Base64, Base64String, HexString, Integer, IntegerString, may } from "../encodings";
-import { createJsonRpcRequest } from "../jsonrpc";
-import * as requests from "../requests";
+import {
+  assertNotEmpty,
+  Base64,
+  Base64String,
+  HexString,
+  Integer,
+  IntegerString,
+  may,
+} from "../../encodings";
+import { createJsonRpcRequest } from "../../jsonrpc";
+import * as requests from "../../requests";
 
 interface HeightParam {
   readonly height?: number;
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/responses.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/responses.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/responses.ts
rename to packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/responses.ts
index d3dd6814..6bfe82dc 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/v0-33/responses.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/adaptors/v0-33/responses.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import {
   IntegerString,
   may,
   optional,
-} from "../encodings";
-import * as responses from "../responses";
-import { SubscriptionEvent } from "../rpcclients";
-import { IpPortString, TxBytes, TxHash, ValidatorPubkey, ValidatorSignature } from "../types";
+} from "../../encodings";
+import * as responses from "../../responses";
+import { SubscriptionEvent } from "../../rpcclients";
+import { IpPortString, TxBytes, TxHash, ValidatorPubkey, ValidatorSignature } from "../../types";
 import { hashTx } from "./hasher";
 
 interface AbciInfoResult {
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.spec.ts
index 95d790a8..55ea3107 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { ReadonlyDate } from "readonly-date";
 import { Stream } from "xstream";
 
 import { Adaptor } from "./adaptor";
-import { adaptorForVersion } from "./adaptorforversion";
+import { adaptorForVersion } from "./adaptors";
 import { Client } from "./client";
 import { ExpectedValues, tendermintInstances } from "./config.spec";
 import { buildQuery } from "./requests";
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.ts
index c34b0d55..f666d800 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Stream } from "xstream";
 
 import { Adaptor, Decoder, Encoder, Params, Responses } from "./adaptor";
-import { adaptorForVersion } from "./adaptorforversion";
+import { adaptorForVersion } from "./adaptors";
 import { createJsonRpcRequest } from "./jsonrpc";
 import * as requests from "./requests";
 import * as responses from "./responses";
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/index.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/index.ts
index 011deb0c..eb72f812 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-// exported to access version-specific hashing
-export { v0_33 } from "./v0-33";
-
+export { Adaptor } from "./adaptor";
+export { adaptor33, adaptor34 } from "./adaptors";
 export { Client } from "./client";
 export {
   AbciInfoRequest,
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptorforversion.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptorforversion.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index caf42fd7..00000000
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptorforversion.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { Adaptor } from "./adaptor";
-/**
- * Returns an Adaptor implementation for a given tendermint version.
- * Throws when version is not supported.
- *
- * @param version full Tendermint version string, e.g. "0.20.1"
- */
-export declare function adaptorForVersion(version: string): Adaptor;
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/index.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cf00005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { Adaptor } from "../adaptor";
+/**
+ * Adaptor for Tendermint 0.33.
+ *
+ * Use this to skip auto-detection:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * import { adaptor33, Client as TendermintClient } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
+ * // ...
+ * const client = await TendermintClient.connect(url, adaptor33);
+ * ```
+ */
+export declare const adaptor33: Adaptor;
+/**
+ * Adaptor for Tendermint 0.34.
+ *
+ * Use this to skip auto-detection:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * import { adaptor34, Client as TendermintClient } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
+ * // ...
+ * const client = await TendermintClient.connect(url, adaptor34);
+ * ```
+ */
+export declare const adaptor34: Adaptor;
+/**
+ * Returns an Adaptor implementation for a given tendermint version.
+ * Throws when version is not supported.
+ *
+ * @param version full Tendermint version string, e.g. "0.20.1"
+ */
+export declare function adaptorForVersion(version: string): Adaptor;
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/hasher.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.d.ts
similarity index 53%
rename from packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/hasher.d.ts
rename to packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.d.ts
index de2e7e90..f89426d8 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/hasher.d.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Header } from "../responses";
-import { BlockHash, TxBytes, TxHash } from "../types";
+import { Header } from "../../responses";
+import { BlockHash, TxBytes, TxHash } from "../../types";
 export declare function hashTx(tx: TxBytes): TxHash;
 export declare function hashBlock(header: Header): BlockHash;
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.spec.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.spec.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb0ff5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/hasher.spec.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export {};
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/index.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4c71fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import { Adaptor } from "../../adaptor";
+export declare const v0_33: Adaptor;
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/requests.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/requests.d.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/requests.d.ts
rename to packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/requests.d.ts
index bdfaa960..ad142450 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/requests.d.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/requests.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { JsonRpcRequest } from "@cosmjs/json-rpc";
-import * as requests from "../requests";
+import * as requests from "../../requests";
 export declare class Params {
   static encodeAbciInfo(req: requests.AbciInfoRequest): JsonRpcRequest;
   static encodeAbciQuery(req: requests.AbciQueryRequest): JsonRpcRequest;
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/responses.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/responses.d.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/responses.d.ts
rename to packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/responses.d.ts
index 5aee6a64..0024c2ce 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/responses.d.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/adaptors/v0-33/responses.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { JsonRpcSuccessResponse } from "@cosmjs/json-rpc";
-import { Base64String } from "../encodings";
-import * as responses from "../responses";
-import { SubscriptionEvent } from "../rpcclients";
+import { Base64String } from "../../encodings";
+import * as responses from "../../responses";
+import { SubscriptionEvent } from "../../rpcclients";
 export interface RpcProofOp {
   readonly type: string;
   readonly key: Base64String;
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/index.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/index.d.ts
index 08ed5bf3..6b0ca746 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-export { v0_33 } from "./v0-33";
+export { Adaptor } from "./adaptor";
+export { adaptor33, adaptor34 } from "./adaptors";
 export { Client } from "./client";
 export {
   AbciInfoRequest,
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/index.d.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f5b2b014..00000000
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/types/v0-33/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-import { Adaptor } from "../adaptor";
-export declare const v0_33: Adaptor;