diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Added-20240823-151742.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Added-20240823-151742.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fab598d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Added-20240823-151742.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kind: Added
+body: 'introduces new ManifestFactory methods: toSbomJson and toSbomXml'
+time: 2024-08-23T15:17:42.531028987Z
diff --git a/src/Composer/ManifestFactory.php b/src/Composer/ManifestFactory.php
index 5cf3139..bd3f7cd 100644
--- a/src/Composer/ManifestFactory.php
+++ b/src/Composer/ManifestFactory.php
@@ -164,4 +164,20 @@ public function toSbom(string $format, string $specVersion): ?string
         };
         return self::create(new SbomManifestBuilder($normalizer, $this->boxVersion, $this->boxManifestVersion), $this->config, false);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @since Release 4.0.0
+     */
+    public function toSbomJson(string $specVersion): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->toSbom('json', $specVersion);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since Release 4.0.0
+     */
+    public function toSbomXml(string $specVersion): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->toSbom('xml', $specVersion);
+    }
 }