diff --git a/packages/js/email-editor/src/components/block-editor/visual-editor/visual-editor.tsx b/packages/js/email-editor/src/components/block-editor/visual-editor/visual-editor.tsx
index 41bb227966..8f23f3d060 100644
--- a/packages/js/email-editor/src/components/block-editor/visual-editor/visual-editor.tsx
+++ b/packages/js/email-editor/src/components/block-editor/visual-editor/visual-editor.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import {
 	// @ts-expect-error No types for this exist yet.
 	RecursionProvider,
 	// @ts-expect-error No types for this exist yet.
-	privateApis as blockEditorPrivateApis,
-	// @ts-expect-error No types for this exist yet.
 	__experimentalUseResizeCanvas as useResizeCanvas, // eslint-disable-line
 } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
 import { useRef } from '@wordpress/element';
@@ -18,22 +16,22 @@ import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { useMergeRefs } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { store as editorStore } from '@wordpress/editor';
 
+/**
+ * WordPress private dependencies
+ */
+import { BlockCanvas } from '../../../private-apis';
+
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import EditTemplateBlocksNotification from './edit-template-blocks-notification';
 import useSelectNearestEditableBlock from './use-select-nearest-editable-block';
-import { unlock } from '../../../lock-unlock';
 
 export const TEMPLATE_POST_TYPE = 'wp_template';
 export const TEMPLATE_PART_POST_TYPE = 'wp_template_part';
 export const PATTERN_POST_TYPE = 'wp_block';
 export const NAVIGATION_POST_TYPE = 'wp_navigation';
 
-const { ExperimentalBlockCanvas: BlockCanvas } = unlock(
-	blockEditorPrivateApis
-);
-
 /**
  * These post types have a special editor where they don't allow you to fill the title
  * and they don't apply the layout styles.
diff --git a/packages/js/email-editor/src/private-apis/index.ts b/packages/js/email-editor/src/private-apis/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3abc77aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/js/email-editor/src/private-apis/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { unlock } from './lock-unlock';
+import {
+	// @ts-expect-error No types for this exist yet.
+	privateApis as blockEditorPrivateApis,
+} from '@wordpress/block-editor';
+
+/**
+ * We use the experimental block canvas to render the block editor's canvas.
+ * Currently this is needed because we use contentRef property which is not available in the stable BlockCanvas
+ * The property is used for handling clicks for selecting block to edit and to display modal for switching between email and template.
+ */
+const { ExperimentalBlockCanvas: BlockCanvas } = unlock(
+	blockEditorPrivateApis
+);
+
+export { BlockCanvas };
diff --git a/packages/js/email-editor/src/private-apis/lock-unlock.js b/packages/js/email-editor/src/private-apis/lock-unlock.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20bb58e012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/js/email-editor/src/private-apis/lock-unlock.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import { __dangerousOptInToUnstableAPIsOnlyForCoreModules } from '@wordpress/private-apis';
+
+export const { lock, unlock } =
+	__dangerousOptInToUnstableAPIsOnlyForCoreModules(
+		'I acknowledge private features are not for use in themes or plugins and doing so will break in the next version of WordPress.',
+		'@wordpress/edit-post' // The module name must be in the list of allowed, so for now I used the package name of the post editor
+	);