diff --git a/docs/xblock-tutorial/getting_started/prereqs.rst b/docs/xblock-tutorial/getting_started/prereqs.rst
index a91510cdd..01a564563 100644
--- a/docs/xblock-tutorial/getting_started/prereqs.rst
+++ b/docs/xblock-tutorial/getting_started/prereqs.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Python 3.11
 ***********
 
 To run the a virtual environment and the XBlock SDK, and to build an XBlock,
-you must have Python 3.1 installed on your computer.
+you must have Python 3.11 installed on your computer.
 
 `Download Python`_ for your operating system and follow the installation
 instructions.
diff --git a/xblock/core.py b/xblock/core.py
index 578d8ad60..f2f06ac85 100644
--- a/xblock/core.py
+++ b/xblock/core.py
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ def open_local_resource(cls, uri):
         if "/." in uri:
             raise DisallowedFileError("Only safe file names are allowed: %r" % uri)
 
-        return cls.open_resource(uri)
+        return cls._open_resource(uri)
 
     @classmethod
-    def open_resource(cls, uri):
+    def _open_resource(cls, uri):
         return importlib.resources.files(inspect.getmodule(cls).__package__).joinpath(
             os.path.join(cls.resources_dir, uri)
         ).open('rb')
diff --git a/xblock/test/test_core.py b/xblock/test/test_core.py
index 4abaa241a..8a888a210 100644
--- a/xblock/test/test_core.py
+++ b/xblock/test/test_core.py
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ class UnloadableXBlock(XBlock):
         resources_dir = None
 
     def stub_open_resource(self, uri):
-        """Act like xblock.core.Blocklike.open_resource, for testing."""
+        """Act like xblock.core.Blocklike._open_resource, for testing."""
         return "!" + uri + "!"
 
     @ddt.data(
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ def stub_open_resource(self, uri):
     )
     def test_open_good_local_resource(self, uri):
         loadable = self.LoadableXBlock(None, scope_ids=Mock())
-        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike.open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
+        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike._open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
             assert loadable.open_local_resource(uri) == "!" + uri + "!"
             assert loadable.open_local_resource(uri.encode('utf-8')) == "!" + uri + "!"
 
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ def test_open_good_local_resource(self, uri):
     )
     def test_open_good_local_resource_binary(self, uri):
         loadable = self.LoadableXBlock(None, scope_ids=Mock())
-        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike.open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
+        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike._open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
             assert loadable.open_local_resource(uri) == "!" + uri.decode('utf-8') + "!"
 
     @ddt.data(
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ def test_open_good_local_resource_binary(self, uri):
     )
     def test_open_bad_local_resource(self, uri):
         loadable = self.LoadableXBlock(None, scope_ids=Mock())
-        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike.open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
+        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike._open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
             msg_pattern = ".*: %s" % re.escape(repr(uri))
             with pytest.raises(DisallowedFileError, match=msg_pattern):
                 loadable.open_local_resource(uri)
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ def test_open_bad_local_resource(self, uri):
     )
     def test_open_bad_local_resource_binary(self, uri):
         loadable = self.LoadableXBlock(None, scope_ids=Mock())
-        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike.open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
+        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike._open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
             msg = ".*: %s" % re.escape(repr(uri.decode('utf-8')))
             with pytest.raises(DisallowedFileError, match=msg):
                 loadable.open_local_resource(uri)
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ def test_open_bad_local_resource_binary(self, uri):
     def test_open_local_resource_with_no_resources_dir(self, uri):
         unloadable = self.UnloadableXBlock(None, scope_ids=Mock())
 
-        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike.open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
+        with patch('xblock.core.Blocklike._open_resource', self.stub_open_resource):
             msg = "not configured to serve local resources"
             with pytest.raises(DisallowedFileError, match=msg):
                 unloadable.open_local_resource(uri)