diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecProvider.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..277c2a578fa2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.codec;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec;
+
+/**
+ * Abstracts codec lookup by name, to make CodecService extensible.
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface CodecProvider {
+    Codec codec(String name);
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecService.java
index 17672bf7f475f..f95aeada762f1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecService.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * data-structures per field. Elasticsearch exposes the full
  * {@link Codec} capabilities through this {@link CodecService}.
  */
-public class CodecService {
+public class CodecService implements CodecProvider {
 
     public static final FeatureFlag ZSTD_STORED_FIELDS_FEATURE_FLAG = new FeatureFlag("zstd_stored_fields");
 
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ public Codec codec(String name) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns all registered available codec names
+     * Returns all registered available codec names.
+     * Public visibility for tests.
      */
     public String[] availableCodecs() {
         return codecs.keySet().toArray(new String[0]);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
index 51840d2fbfcdd..f82ac04207604 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
-import org.elasticsearch.index.codec.CodecService;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.codec.CodecProvider;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.seqno.RetentionLeases;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public final class EngineConfig {
     private final MergePolicy mergePolicy;
     private final Analyzer analyzer;
     private final Similarity similarity;
-    private final CodecService codecService;
+    private final CodecProvider codecProvider;
     private final Engine.EventListener eventListener;
     private final QueryCache queryCache;
     private final QueryCachingPolicy queryCachingPolicy;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public EngineConfig(
         MergePolicy mergePolicy,
         Analyzer analyzer,
         Similarity similarity,
-        CodecService codecService,
+        CodecProvider codecProvider,
         Engine.EventListener eventListener,
         QueryCache queryCache,
         QueryCachingPolicy queryCachingPolicy,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public EngineConfig(
         this.mergePolicy = mergePolicy;
         this.analyzer = analyzer;
         this.similarity = similarity;
-        this.codecService = codecService;
+        this.codecProvider = codecProvider;
         this.eventListener = eventListener;
         codecName = indexSettings.getValue(INDEX_CODEC_SETTING);
         this.mapperService = mapperService;
@@ -252,14 +252,22 @@ public boolean isEnableGcDeletes() {
      * </p>
      */
     public Codec getCodec() {
-        return codecService.codec(codecName);
+        return codecProvider.codec(codecName);
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the {@link CodecService}
+     * @return the {@link CodecProvider}
      */
-    public CodecService getCodecService() {
-        return codecService;
+    public CodecProvider getCodecProvider() {
+        return codecProvider;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the {@link CodecProvider}
+     */
+    @Deprecated // to avoid breaking serverless, just temporary
+    public CodecProvider getCodecService() {
+        return codecProvider;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineTestCase.java
index 19fded1ea90e8..1dcd239156b31 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineTestCase.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public static EngineConfig copy(EngineConfig config, LongSupplier globalCheckpoi
             config.getMergePolicy(),
             config.getAnalyzer(),
             config.getSimilarity(),
-            config.getCodecService(),
+            config.getCodecProvider(),
             config.getEventListener(),
             config.getQueryCache(),
             config.getQueryCachingPolicy(),
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public EngineConfig copy(EngineConfig config, Analyzer analyzer) {
             config.getMergePolicy(),
             analyzer,
             config.getSimilarity(),
-            config.getCodecService(),
+            config.getCodecProvider(),
             config.getEventListener(),
             config.getQueryCache(),
             config.getQueryCachingPolicy(),
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public EngineConfig copy(EngineConfig config, MergePolicy mergePolicy) {
             mergePolicy,
             config.getAnalyzer(),
             config.getSimilarity(),
-            config.getCodecService(),
+            config.getCodecProvider(),
             config.getEventListener(),
             config.getQueryCache(),
             config.getQueryCachingPolicy(),