diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 6a84e3bff73b5..a14f92e17217b 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-i18n-react @elastic/kibana-core
 src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-interpreter @elastic/kibana-visualizations
 src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-io-ts-utils @elastic/observability-ui
 src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-jest-benchmarks @elastic/observability-ui
+src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client @elastic/kibana-operations @elastic/appex-qa
 src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-lazy-object @elastic/kibana-operations @elastic/observability-ui
 src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-lens-common @elastic/kibana-visualizations
 src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-lens-common-2 @elastic/kibana-visualizations
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c520ecedbd2c..6203faa8a8a49 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1714,6 +1714,7 @@
     "@kbn/jest-serializers": "link:src/platform/packages/private/kbn-jest-serializers",
     "@kbn/journeys": "link:src/platform/packages/private/kbn-journeys",
     "@kbn/json-ast": "link:packages/kbn-json-ast",
+    "@kbn/kbn-client": "link:src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client",
     "@kbn/kbn-genai-cli": "link:x-pack/solutions/observability/packages/kbn-genai-cli",
     "@kbn/kibana-manifest-schema": "link:packages/kbn-kibana-manifest-schema",
     "@kbn/lazy-object": "link:src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-lazy-object",
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/moon.yml b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/moon.yml
index 4e72268c3c084..4b6ec86f132b2 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/moon.yml
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/moon.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependsOn:
   - '@kbn/security-plugin'
   - '@kbn/tooling-log'
   - '@kbn/repo-info'
+  - '@kbn/kbn-client'
   - '@kbn/test'
   - '@kbn/dev-cli-runner'
   - '@kbn/core-status-common'
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/src/services/stack_services.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/src/services/stack_services.ts
index 33c5f87f5898d..10ec0f10bcdb8 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/src/services/stack_services.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/src/services/stack_services.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import type { KbnClientOptions } from '@kbn/test';
 import { KbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
 import pRetry from 'p-retry';
-import type { ReqOptions } from '@kbn/test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester';
+import type { ReqOptions } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import { type AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 import type { ClientOptions } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/client';
 import fs from 'fs';
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/tsconfig.json b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/tsconfig.json
index f7845726592d4..4be6856ddc7cc 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-cypress-test-helper/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "@kbn/security-plugin",
     "@kbn/tooling-log",
     "@kbn/repo-info",
+    "@kbn/kbn-client",
     "@kbn/test",
     "@kbn/dev-cli-runner",
     "@kbn/core-status-common",
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/index.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/index.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/index.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/index.ts
index 6d8de4814e668..c0a1ae91880f6 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/index.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/index.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-export * from './kbn_client';
-export { uriencode } from './kbn_client_requester';
+export * from './src/kbn_client';
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/jest.config.js b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..049674b27a640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * 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", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", 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", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  preset: '@kbn/test/jest_node',
+  rootDir: '../../../../..',
+  roots: ['<rootDir>/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client'],
+};
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/kibana.jsonc b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/kibana.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ae85c5440409c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/kibana.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "type": "shared-common",
+  "id": "@kbn/kbn-client",
+  "owner": [
+    "@elastic/kibana-operations",
+    "@elastic/appex-qa"
+  ],
+  "group": "platform",
+  "visibility": "shared",
+  "devOnly": true
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/moon.yml b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/moon.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..44861c5104957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/moon.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# This file is generated by the @kbn/moon package. Any manual edits will be erased!
+#  To extend this, write your extensions/overrides to 'moon.extend.yml'
+#  then regenerate this file with: 'node scripts/regenerate_moon_projects.js --update --filter @kbn/kbn-client'
+
+$schema: https://moonrepo.dev/schemas/project.json
+id: '@kbn/kbn-client'
+layer: unknown
+owners:
+  defaultOwner: '@elastic/kibana-operations'
+toolchains:
+  default: node
+language: typescript
+project:
+  title: '@kbn/kbn-client'
+  description: Moon project for @kbn/kbn-client
+  channel: ''
+  owner: '@elastic/kibana-operations'
+  sourceRoot: src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client
+dependsOn:
+  - '@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server'
+  - '@kbn/dev-cli-errors'
+  - '@kbn/dev-utils'
+  - '@kbn/repo-info'
+  - '@kbn/tooling-log'
+tags:
+  - shared-common
+  - package
+  - dev
+  - group-platform
+  - shared
+  - jest-unit-tests
+fileGroups:
+  src:
+    - '**/*.ts'
+    - '!target/**/*'
+tasks:
+  jest:
+    command: node
+    args:
+      - '--no-experimental-require-module'
+      - $workspaceRoot/scripts/jest
+      - '--config'
+      - $projectRoot/jest.config.js
+    options:
+      runFromWorkspaceRoot: true
+    inputs:
+      - '@group(src)'
+  jestCI:
+    command: node
+    args:
+      - '--no-experimental-require-module'
+      - $workspaceRoot/scripts/jest
+      - '--config'
+      - $projectRoot/jest.config.js
+    options:
+      runFromWorkspaceRoot: true
+    inputs:
+      - '@group(src)'
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/package.json b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..110fb118d2f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "@kbn/kbn-client",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "license": "Elastic License 2.0 OR AGPL-3.0-only OR SSPL-1.0"
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/import_export/parse_archive.test.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/import_export/parse_archive.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/import_export/parse_archive.test.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/import_export/parse_archive.test.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/import_export/parse_archive.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/import_export/parse_archive.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/import_export/parse_archive.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/import_export/parse_archive.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/index.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b230b5c040b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * 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", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", 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", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+export * from './kbn_client';
+export { uriencode } from './kbn_client_requester';
+export type { ReqOptions } from './kbn_client_requester';
+export { KbnClientRequesterError } from './kbn_client_requester_error';
+export { KbnClientSavedObjects } from './kbn_client_saved_objects';
+export type { UiSettingValues } from './kbn_client_ui_settings';
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_import_export.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_import_export.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_import_export.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_import_export.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_plugins.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_plugins.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_plugins.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_plugins.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester.test.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester.test.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester.test.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error.test.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error.test.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error.test.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_saved_objects.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_saved_objects.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_saved_objects.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_saved_objects.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_spaces.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_spaces.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_spaces.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_spaces.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_status.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_status.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_status.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_status.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_ui_settings.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_ui_settings.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_ui_settings.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_ui_settings.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_version.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_version.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_version.ts
rename to src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_version.ts
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/tsconfig.json b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6fa2cb0fee686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@kbn/tsconfig-base/tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "target/types",
+    "types": [
+      "jest",
+      "node"
+    ]
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.ts"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "target/**/*"
+  ],
+  "kbn_references": [
+    "@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server",
+    "@kbn/dev-cli-errors",
+    "@kbn/dev-utils",
+    "@kbn/repo-info",
+    "@kbn/tooling-log"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/moon.yml b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/moon.yml
index 55bd69033d151..50a92a2a3c19a 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/moon.yml
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/moon.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ dependsOn:
   - '@kbn/repo-packages'
   - '@kbn/es'
   - '@kbn/dev-proc-runner'
+  - '@kbn/kbn-client'
   - '@kbn/test'
   - '@kbn/es-archiver'
   - '@kbn/dev-utils'
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/clients.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/clients.ts
index 6205b1e45a69e..35c46a2d5e779 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/clients.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/clients.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import { createEsClientForTesting, KbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
+import { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
+import { createEsClientForTesting } from '@kbn/test';
 import type { ScoutLogger } from './logger';
 import type { ScoutTestConfig, EsClient } from '../../types';
 
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/index.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/index.ts
index a7462d8598a13..0a4bdb12ba230 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export { createSamlSessionManager } from './saml_auth';
 export type { KibanaUrl } from './kibana_url';
 export type { SamlSessionManager } from '@kbn/test';
 export { ScoutLogger } from './logger';
-export type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
+export type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 export type { Client as EsClient } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 export {
   createCustomRole,
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/core_fixtures.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/core_fixtures.ts
index e36a8d905ae80..457f9d5ca9a37 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/core_fixtures.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/core_fixtures.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
  */
 
 import { test as base } from '@playwright/test';
-import type { KbnClient, SamlSessionManager } from '@kbn/test';
+import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
+import type { SamlSessionManager } from '@kbn/test';
 import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import type {
   KibanaUrl,
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ import type { ScoutTestOptions } from '../../../types';
 import type { ScoutTestConfig } from '.';
 
 // re-export to import types from '@kbn-scout'
-export type { KbnClient, SamlSessionManager } from '@kbn/test';
+export type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
+export type { SamlSessionManager } from '@kbn/test';
 export type { Client as EsClient } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 export type { KibanaUrl } from '../../../../common/services/kibana_url';
 export type { ScoutTestConfig } from '../../../../types';
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/scout_space/index.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/scout_space/index.ts
index af170e442d985..ba57f8134c610 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/scout_space/index.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/scout_space/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import type { UiSettingValues } from '@kbn/test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_ui_settings';
+import type { UiSettingValues } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 
 /**
  * Solution view types for Kibana spaces.
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/scout_space/parallel.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/scout_space/parallel.ts
index c4039d0d3a7e0..88a1cb8d60ba0 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/scout_space/parallel.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/scout_space/parallel.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import type { UiSettingValues } from '@kbn/test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_ui_settings';
+import type { UiSettingValues } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import { formatTime, isValidUTCDate } from '../../../../utils';
 import { coreWorkerFixtures } from '..';
 import type { ImportSavedObjects, ScoutSpaceParallelFixture, SpaceSolutionView } from '.';
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/ui_settings/index.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/ui_settings/index.ts
index 48c6d99d6266d..a8ecffe6a20b0 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/ui_settings/index.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/ui_settings/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import type { UiSettingValues } from '@kbn/test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_ui_settings';
+import type { UiSettingValues } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 
 export interface UiSettingsFixture {
   /**
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/ui_settings/single_thread.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/ui_settings/single_thread.ts
index 887a5bc0106a8..9a1ff674f374e 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/ui_settings/single_thread.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/scope/worker/ui_settings/single_thread.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import type { UiSettingValues } from '@kbn/test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_ui_settings';
+import type { UiSettingValues } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import { isValidUTCDate, formatTime } from '../../../../utils';
 import { coreWorkerFixtures } from '../core_fixtures';
 import type { UiSettingsFixture } from '.';
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/tsconfig.json b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/tsconfig.json
index 8bc8ee2d16f19..b8ea0550afa90 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/tsconfig.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "@kbn/repo-packages",
     "@kbn/es",
     "@kbn/dev-proc-runner",
+    "@kbn/kbn-client",
     "@kbn/test",
     "@kbn/es-archiver",
     "@kbn/dev-utils",
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/index.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/index.ts
index 75b7d30b7f31f..796124c6df1da 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/index.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/index.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-export { KbnClientRequesterError } from './src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester_error';
-
 // @internal
 export { startServersCli, startServers } from './src/functional_tests/start_servers';
 
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@ export { runJestAll } from './src/jest/run_all';
 
 export * from './src/kbn_archiver_cli';
 
-export * from './src/kbn_client';
+export * from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 
 export * from './src/find_test_plugin_paths';
 
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/moon.yml b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/moon.yml
index 66943798985f5..09234603179a3 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/moon.yml
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/moon.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ project:
   owner: '@elastic/kibana-operations'
   sourceRoot: src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test
 dependsOn:
+  - '@kbn/kbn-client'
   - '@kbn/dev-utils'
   - '@kbn/std'
   - '@kbn/tooling-log'
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ dependsOn:
   - '@kbn/stdio-dev-helpers'
   - '@kbn/babel-register'
   - '@kbn/repo-packages'
-  - '@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server'
   - '@kbn/mock-idp-utils'
   - '@kbn/code-owners'
   - '@kbn/scout-reporting'
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/auth/session_manager.test.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/auth/session_manager.test.ts
index 0749ffa8d5cf0..bc876295027df 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/auth/session_manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/auth/session_manager.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const readCloudUsersFromFileMock = jest.spyOn(helper, 'readCloudUsersFromFile');
 
 const getTestToken = () => 'kbn_cookie_' + crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex');
 
-jest.mock('../kbn_client/kbn_client', () => {
+jest.mock('@kbn/kbn-client', () => {
   return {
     KbnClient: jest.fn(),
   };
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('SamlSessionManager', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       jest.resetAllMocks();
       jest
-        .requireMock('../kbn_client/kbn_client')
+        .requireMock('@kbn/kbn-client')
         .KbnClient.mockImplementation(() => ({ version: { get } }));
       get.mockImplementation(() => Promise.resolve('8.12.0'));
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ describe('SamlSessionManager', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         jest.resetAllMocks();
         jest
-          .requireMock('../kbn_client/kbn_client')
+          .requireMock('@kbn/kbn-client')
           .KbnClient.mockImplementation(() => ({ version: { get } }));
         get.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve('8.12.0'));
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ describe('SamlSessionManager', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       jest.resetAllMocks();
       jest
-        .requireMock('../kbn_client/kbn_client')
+        .requireMock('@kbn/kbn-client')
         .KbnClient.mockImplementation(() => ({ version: { get } }));
       get.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve('8.12.0'));
 
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/auth/session_manager.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/auth/session_manager.ts
index bd9c1834588ea..cb7899cbe6039 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/auth/session_manager.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/auth/session_manager.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import Url from 'url';
 import type { ServerlessProjectType } from '@kbn/es';
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
-import { KbnClient } from '../kbn_client';
+import { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import { isValidHostname, readCloudUsersFromFile } from './helper';
 import type { Session } from './saml_auth';
 import { createCloudSAMLSession, createLocalSAMLSession, getSecurityProfile } from './saml_auth';
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/dedicated_task_runner.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/dedicated_task_runner.ts
index ed21abe873b25..17874d22353fe 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/dedicated_task_runner.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/dedicated_task_runner.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import Url from 'url';
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import Supertest from 'supertest';
 
-import { KbnClient } from '../../kbn_client';
+import { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import type { Config } from './config';
 import { getKibanaCliArg } from '../../functional_tests/lib/kibana_cli_args';
 
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_archiver_cli.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_archiver_cli.ts
index d57b199587169..5030759ea4715 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_archiver_cli.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/src/kbn_archiver_cli.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import Url from 'url';
 import type { Flags } from '@kbn/dev-cli-runner';
 import { RunWithCommands } from '@kbn/dev-cli-runner';
 import { createFlagError } from '@kbn/dev-cli-errors';
-import { KbnClient } from './kbn_client';
+import { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 
 import { readConfigFile, EsVersion } from './functional_test_runner';
 
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/tsconfig.json b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/tsconfig.json
index 63b21012ea27c..c97fd9111397d 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-test/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "target/**/*",
   ],
   "kbn_references": [
+    "@kbn/kbn-client",
     "@kbn/dev-utils",
     "@kbn/std",
     "@kbn/tooling-log",
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
     "@kbn/stdio-dev-helpers",
     "@kbn/babel-register",
     "@kbn/repo-packages",
-    "@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server",
     "@kbn/mock-idp-utils",
     "@kbn/code-owners",
     "@kbn/scout-reporting",
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index e8a8212543037..f659c92cb9446 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -1418,6 +1418,8 @@
       "@kbn/json-ast/*": ["packages/kbn-json-ast/*"],
       "@kbn/json-schemas": ["x-pack/platform/packages/private/ml/json_schemas"],
       "@kbn/json-schemas/*": ["x-pack/platform/packages/private/ml/json_schemas/*"],
+      "@kbn/kbn-client": ["src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client"],
+      "@kbn/kbn-client/*": ["src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client/*"],
       "@kbn/kbn-genai-cli": ["x-pack/solutions/observability/packages/kbn-genai-cli"],
       "@kbn/kbn-genai-cli/*": ["x-pack/solutions/observability/packages/kbn-genai-cli/*"],
       "@kbn/kbn-health-gateway-status-plugin": ["src/platform/test/health_gateway/plugins/status"],
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/moon.yml b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/moon.yml
index 7f6261450da7d..28273be686f7a 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/moon.yml
+++ b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/moon.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependsOn:
   - '@kbn/some-dev-log'
   - '@kbn/inference-tracing'
   - '@kbn/repo-info'
+  - '@kbn/kbn-client'
   - '@kbn/test'
   - '@kbn/inference-prompt-utils'
   - '@kbn/tracing-utils'
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/evaluations_kbn_client.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/evaluations_kbn_client.test.ts
index f7b61d5031f5c..64c96a25e13c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/evaluations_kbn_client.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/evaluations_kbn_client.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
-import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
+import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import {
   getEvaluationsKbnClient,
   withKbnClientDefaultHeaders,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/evaluations_kbn_client.ts b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/evaluations_kbn_client.ts
index 5e1ef48cba255..377cbecc78c52 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/evaluations_kbn_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/evaluations_kbn_client.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import type { SomeDevLog } from '@kbn/some-dev-log';
-import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
-import { KbnClient as TestKbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
+import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
+import { KbnClient as TestKbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import { EVALS_DATASETS_URL } from '@kbn/evals-common';
 import { wrapKbnClientWithRetries } from './kbn_client_with_retries';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/http_handler_from_kbn_client.ts b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/http_handler_from_kbn_client.ts
index dd42abf97f189..ac24eeff9e325 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/http_handler_from_kbn_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/http_handler_from_kbn_client.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 import type { HttpFetchOptions, HttpFetchOptionsWithPath, HttpHandler } from '@kbn/core/public';
-import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
-import { KbnClientRequesterError } from '@kbn/test';
+import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
+import { KbnClientRequesterError } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 
 // redefine args type to make it easier to handle in a type-safe way
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type HttpHandlerArgs =
 
 /**
  * Creates a function that matches the HttpHandler interface from Core's
- * API, using the KbnClient from @kbn/test
+ * API, using the KbnClient from @kbn/kbn-client
  */
 export function httpHandlerFromKbnClient({
   kbnClient,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/kbn_client_with_retries.ts b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/kbn_client_with_retries.ts
index ad619f6d5137c..e211871c2cad6 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/kbn_client_with_retries.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/src/utils/kbn_client_with_retries.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
-import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
+import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import { withRetry } from './retry_utils';
 
 function toErrorMessage(error: unknown): string {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/tsconfig.json
index 0b2459e38cc60..b1470a6df8853 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-evals/tsconfig.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "@kbn/some-dev-log",
     "@kbn/inference-tracing",
     "@kbn/repo-info",
+    "@kbn/kbn-client",
     "@kbn/test",
     "@kbn/inference-prompt-utils",
     "@kbn/tracing-utils",
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/moon.yml b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/moon.yml
index 3ad116fd12023..0986e8c237304 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/moon.yml
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/moon.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ dependsOn:
   - '@kbn/securitysolution-list-utils'
   - '@kbn/securitysolution-io-ts-list-types'
   - '@kbn/securitysolution-io-ts-alerting-types'
+  - '@kbn/kbn-client'
   - '@kbn/test'
   - '@kbn/std'
   - '@kbn/rule-data-utils'
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/management/cypress/support/create_and_enroll_endpoint_host_ci.ts b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/management/cypress/support/create_and_enroll_endpoint_host_ci.ts
index c4110ad2b3e0e..96171de6f00cf 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/management/cypress/support/create_and_enroll_endpoint_host_ci.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/management/cypress/support/create_and_enroll_endpoint_host_ci.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
-import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/test/src/kbn_client';
+import type { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import { kibanaPackageJson } from '@kbn/repo-info';
 import { isServerlessKibanaFlavor } from '../../../../common/endpoint/utils/kibana_status';
 import { fetchFleetLatestAvailableAgentVersion } from '../../../../common/endpoint/utils/fetch_fleet_version';
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/management/cypress/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/management/cypress/tsconfig.json
index b8b3a83ea8204..4d99b6725cf5c 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/management/cypress/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/management/cypress/tsconfig.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "@kbn/cypress-config",
     "@kbn/test-subj-selector",
     "@kbn/cases-plugin",
+    "@kbn/kbn-client",
     "@kbn/test",
     "@kbn/repo-info",
     "@kbn/tooling-log",
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/scripts/endpoint/common/stack_services.ts b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/scripts/endpoint/common/stack_services.ts
index 9511127f85cdc..35a72aa13d06d 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/scripts/endpoint/common/stack_services.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/scripts/endpoint/common/stack_services.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 
 import { Client, HttpConnection } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
-import type { KbnClientOptions } from '@kbn/test';
-import { KbnClient } from '@kbn/test';
+import type { KbnClientOptions, ReqOptions } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
+import { KbnClient } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import pRetry from 'p-retry';
-import type { ReqOptions } from '@kbn/test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_requester';
 import { type AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 import type { ClientOptions } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/client';
 import fs from 'fs';
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/tsconfig.json
index 0aca302ada029..e2ee132f13a45 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/tsconfig.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "@kbn/securitysolution-list-utils",
     "@kbn/securitysolution-io-ts-list-types",
     "@kbn/securitysolution-io-ts-alerting-types",
+    "@kbn/kbn-client",
     "@kbn/test",
     "@kbn/std",
     "@kbn/rule-data-utils",
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/test/cloud_security_posture_functional/data_views/data_views.ts b/x-pack/solutions/security/test/cloud_security_posture_functional/data_views/data_views.ts
index 6b79827b8ac46..9d3b382c78582 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/test/cloud_security_posture_functional/data_views/data_views.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/test/cloud_security_posture_functional/data_views/data_views.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   CDR_VULNERABILITIES_DATA_VIEW_ID_PREFIX_OLD_VERSIONS,
   CDR_VULNERABILITIES_DATA_VIEW_ID_PREFIX_LEGACY_VERSIONS,
 } from '@kbn/cloud-security-posture-common';
-import type { KbnClientSavedObjects } from '@kbn/test/src/kbn_client/kbn_client_saved_objects';
+import type { KbnClientSavedObjects } from '@kbn/kbn-client';
 import { CLOUD_SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION } from '@kbn/cloud-security-posture-common';
 import type { FtrProviderContext } from '../ftr_provider_context';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/test/moon.yml b/x-pack/solutions/security/test/moon.yml
index 9c80900ac1974..f77441237b3bc 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/test/moon.yml
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/test/moon.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ dependsOn:
   - '@kbn/cloud-security-posture-graph'
   - '@kbn/kubernetes-security-plugin'
   - '@kbn/securitysolution-list-constants'
+  - '@kbn/kbn-client'
 tags:
   - test-helper
   - package
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/solutions/security/test/tsconfig.json
index 24befb9040525..5103825157812 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@
     "@kbn/cloud-security-posture-graph",
     "@kbn/kubernetes-security-plugin",
     "@kbn/securitysolution-list-constants",
+    "@kbn/kbn-client",
   ]
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a74d62a709ef0..bd68c8c2647f1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7436,6 +7436,10 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
+"@kbn/kbn-client@link:src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-kbn-client":
+  version "0.0.0"
+  uid ""
+
 "@kbn/kbn-genai-cli@link:x-pack/solutions/observability/packages/kbn-genai-cli":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""