diff --git a/include/envoy/router/route_config_provider_manager.h b/include/envoy/router/route_config_provider_manager.h
index f266407a36515..67a184f2ba8e6 100644
--- a/include/envoy/router/route_config_provider_manager.h
+++ b/include/envoy/router/route_config_provider_manager.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <memory>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "envoy/config/route/v3/route.pb.h"
@@ -55,5 +56,8 @@ class RouteConfigProviderManager {
                                   ProtobufMessage::ValidationVisitor& validator) PURE;
 };
 
+using RouteConfigProviderManagerPtr = std::unique_ptr<RouteConfigProviderManager>;
+using RouteConfigProviderManagerSharedPtr = std::shared_ptr<RouteConfigProviderManager>;
+
 } // namespace Router
 } // namespace Envoy
diff --git a/source/common/router/rds_impl.cc b/source/common/router/rds_impl.cc
index 953da8a9cdc7d..414480e208b89 100644
--- a/source/common/router/rds_impl.cc
+++ b/source/common/router/rds_impl.cc
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ Router::RouteConfigProviderSharedPtr RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl::createRdsRo
     RdsRouteConfigSubscriptionSharedPtr subscription(new RdsRouteConfigSubscription(
         rds, manager_identifier, factory_context, stat_prefix, *this));
     init_manager.add(subscription->parent_init_target_);
-    std::shared_ptr<RdsRouteConfigProviderImpl> new_provider{
+    RdsRouteConfigProviderImplSharedPtr new_provider{
         new RdsRouteConfigProviderImpl(std::move(subscription), factory_context)};
     dynamic_route_config_providers_.insert(
         {manager_identifier, std::weak_ptr<RdsRouteConfigProviderImpl>(new_provider)});
diff --git a/source/common/router/rds_impl.h b/source/common/router/rds_impl.h
index c547d1b5a8f70..5cf1a235c5541 100644
--- a/source/common/router/rds_impl.h
+++ b/source/common/router/rds_impl.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <functional>
+#include <memory>
 #include <queue>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ class RdsRouteConfigSubscription
 
   bool validateUpdateSize(int num_resources);
 
-  std::unique_ptr<Envoy::Config::Subscription> subscription_;
+  Envoy::Config::SubscriptionPtr subscription_;
   const std::string route_config_name_;
   Server::Configuration::ServerFactoryContext& factory_context_;
 
@@ -227,6 +228,8 @@ class RdsRouteConfigProviderImpl : public RouteConfigProvider,
   friend class RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl;
 };
 
+using RdsRouteConfigProviderImplSharedPtr = std::shared_ptr<RdsRouteConfigProviderImpl>;
+
 class RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl : public RouteConfigProviderManager,
                                        public Singleton::Instance {
 public:
@@ -258,5 +261,7 @@ class RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl : public RouteConfigProviderManager,
   friend class StaticRouteConfigProviderImpl;
 };
 
+using RouteConfigProviderManagerImplPtr = std::unique_ptr<RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl>;
+
 } // namespace Router
 } // namespace Envoy
diff --git a/source/common/router/scoped_rds.cc b/source/common/router/scoped_rds.cc
index 171176aab037b..e54ad6ae530aa 100644
--- a/source/common/router/scoped_rds.cc
+++ b/source/common/router/scoped_rds.cc
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ bool ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::addOrUpdateScopes(
   return any_applied;
 }
 
-std::list<std::unique_ptr<ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::RdsRouteConfigProviderHelper>>
+std::list<ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::RdsRouteConfigProviderHelperPtr>
 ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::removeScopes(
     const Protobuf::RepeatedPtrField<std::string>& scope_names, const std::string& version_info) {
-  std::list<std::unique_ptr<ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::RdsRouteConfigProviderHelper>>
+  std::list<ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::RdsRouteConfigProviderHelperPtr>
       to_be_removed_rds_providers;
   for (const auto& scope_name : scope_names) {
     auto iter = scoped_route_map_.find(scope_name);
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::onConfigUpdate(
   std::vector<std::string> exception_msgs;
   // Do not delete RDS config providers just yet, in case the to be deleted RDS subscriptions could
   // be reused by some to be added scopes.
-  std::list<std::unique_ptr<ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::RdsRouteConfigProviderHelper>>
+  std::list<ScopedRdsConfigSubscription::RdsRouteConfigProviderHelperPtr>
       to_be_removed_rds_providers = removeScopes(removed_resources, version_info);
   bool any_applied =
       addOrUpdateScopes(added_resources,
diff --git a/source/common/router/scoped_rds.h b/source/common/router/scoped_rds.h
index 3a9fa29e47a88..390f524be1921 100644
--- a/source/common/router/scoped_rds.h
+++ b/source/common/router/scoped_rds.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <memory>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "envoy/common/callback.h"
@@ -123,12 +124,14 @@ class ScopedRdsConfigSubscription
 
     ScopedRdsConfigSubscription& parent_;
     std::string scope_name_;
-    std::shared_ptr<RdsRouteConfigProviderImpl> route_provider_;
+    RdsRouteConfigProviderImplSharedPtr route_provider_;
     // This handle_ is owned by the route config provider's RDS subscription, when the helper
     // destructs, the handle is deleted as well.
     Common::CallbackHandle* rds_update_callback_handle_;
   };
 
+  using RdsRouteConfigProviderHelperPtr = std::unique_ptr<RdsRouteConfigProviderHelper>;
+
   // Adds or updates scopes, create a new RDS provider for each resource, if an exception is thrown
   // during updating, the exception message is collected via the exception messages vector.
   // Returns true if any scope updated, false otherwise.
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ class ScopedRdsConfigSubscription
   // Removes given scopes from the managed set of scopes.
   // Returns a list of to be removed helpers which is temporally held in the onConfigUpdate method,
   // to make sure new scopes sharing the same RDS source configs could reuse the subscriptions.
-  std::list<std::unique_ptr<RdsRouteConfigProviderHelper>>
+  std::list<RdsRouteConfigProviderHelperPtr>
   removeScopes(const Protobuf::RepeatedPtrField<std::string>& scope_names,
                const std::string& version_info);
 
@@ -169,14 +172,13 @@ class ScopedRdsConfigSubscription
   ScopedRouteMap scoped_route_map_;
 
   // RdsRouteConfigProvider by scope name.
-  absl::flat_hash_map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<RdsRouteConfigProviderHelper>>
-      route_provider_by_scope_;
+  absl::flat_hash_map<std::string, RdsRouteConfigProviderHelperPtr> route_provider_by_scope_;
   // A map of (hash, scope-name), used to detect the key conflict between scopes.
   absl::flat_hash_map<uint64_t, std::string> scope_name_by_hash_;
   // For creating RDS subscriptions.
   Server::Configuration::ServerFactoryContext& factory_context_;
   const std::string name_;
-  std::unique_ptr<Envoy::Config::Subscription> subscription_;
+  Envoy::Config::SubscriptionPtr subscription_;
   const envoy::extensions::filters::network::http_connection_manager::v3::ScopedRoutes::
       ScopeKeyBuilder scope_key_builder_;
   Stats::ScopePtr scope_;
@@ -240,6 +242,10 @@ class ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManager : public Envoy::Config::ConfigProviderMa
   RouteConfigProviderManager& route_config_provider_manager_;
 };
 
+using ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManagerPtr = std::unique_ptr<ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManager>;
+using ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManagerSharedPtr =
+    std::shared_ptr<ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManager>;
+
 // The optional argument passed to the ConfigProviderManager::create*() functions.
 class ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManagerOptArg
     : public Envoy::Config::ConfigProviderManager::OptionalArg {
diff --git a/source/common/router/vhds.h b/source/common/router/vhds.h
index 956db775c64a9..dc8bd87ded74a 100644
--- a/source/common/router/vhds.h
+++ b/source/common/router/vhds.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class VhdsSubscription : Envoy::Config::SubscriptionBase<envoy::config::route::v
   RouteConfigUpdatePtr& config_update_info_;
   Stats::ScopePtr scope_;
   VhdsStats stats_;
-  std::unique_ptr<Envoy::Config::Subscription> subscription_;
+  Envoy::Config::SubscriptionPtr subscription_;
   Init::TargetImpl init_target_;
   std::unordered_set<RouteConfigProvider*>& route_config_providers_;
 };
diff --git a/source/common/secret/sds_api.h b/source/common/secret/sds_api.h
index 04afae8f60ad1..e06467104a9d2 100644
--- a/source/common/secret/sds_api.h
+++ b/source/common/secret/sds_api.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class SdsApi : public Envoy::Config::SubscriptionBase<
   Stats::Store& stats_;
 
   const envoy::config::core::v3::ConfigSource sds_config_;
-  std::unique_ptr<Config::Subscription> subscription_;
+  Config::SubscriptionPtr subscription_;
   const std::string sds_config_name_;
 
   uint64_t secret_hash_;
diff --git a/source/common/upstream/cds_api_impl.h b/source/common/upstream/cds_api_impl.h
index 71eb8b351652e..970c12a4ba166 100644
--- a/source/common/upstream/cds_api_impl.h
+++ b/source/common/upstream/cds_api_impl.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CdsApiImpl : public CdsApi,
   void runInitializeCallbackIfAny();
 
   ClusterManager& cm_;
-  std::unique_ptr<Config::Subscription> subscription_;
+  Config::SubscriptionPtr subscription_;
   std::string system_version_info_;
   std::function<void()> initialize_callback_;
   Stats::ScopePtr scope_;
diff --git a/source/common/upstream/eds.h b/source/common/upstream/eds.h
index a18ee56966306..b1eab5a109725 100644
--- a/source/common/upstream/eds.h
+++ b/source/common/upstream/eds.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <memory>
+
 #include "envoy/config/cluster/v3/cluster.pb.h"
 #include "envoy/config/core/v3/base.pb.h"
 #include "envoy/config/core/v3/config_source.pb.h"
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ class EdsClusterImpl
     const envoy::config::endpoint::v3::ClusterLoadAssignment& cluster_load_assignment_;
   };
 
-  std::unique_ptr<Config::Subscription> subscription_;
+  Config::SubscriptionPtr subscription_;
   const LocalInfo::LocalInfo& local_info_;
   const std::string cluster_name_;
   std::vector<LocalityWeightsMap> locality_weights_map_;
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ class EdsClusterImpl
   InitializePhase initialize_phase_;
 };
 
+using EdsClusterImplSharedPtr = std::shared_ptr<EdsClusterImpl>;
+
 class EdsClusterFactory : public ClusterFactoryImplBase {
 public:
   EdsClusterFactory() : ClusterFactoryImplBase(Extensions::Clusters::ClusterTypes::get().Eds) {}
diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/config.cc b/source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/config.cc
index 190db7f475b49..5c830c1ecca44 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/config.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/config.cc
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ Utility::Singletons Utility::createSingletons(Server::Configuration::FactoryCont
                                                                       context.threadLocal());
           });
 
-  std::shared_ptr<Router::RouteConfigProviderManager> route_config_provider_manager =
+  Router::RouteConfigProviderManagerSharedPtr route_config_provider_manager =
       context.singletonManager().getTyped<Router::RouteConfigProviderManager>(
           SINGLETON_MANAGER_REGISTERED_NAME(route_config_provider_manager), [&context] {
             return std::make_shared<Router::RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl>(context.admin());
           });
 
-  std::shared_ptr<Router::ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManager> scoped_routes_config_provider_manager =
+  Router::ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManagerSharedPtr scoped_routes_config_provider_manager =
       context.singletonManager().getTyped<Router::ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManager>(
           SINGLETON_MANAGER_REGISTERED_NAME(scoped_routes_config_provider_manager),
           [&context, route_config_provider_manager] {
diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/config.h b/source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/config.h
index b522fad49b669..d2fef63dedb1f 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/config.h
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/config.h
@@ -264,9 +264,8 @@ class Utility {
 public:
   struct Singletons {
     std::shared_ptr<Http::TlsCachingDateProviderImpl> date_provider_;
-    std::shared_ptr<Router::RouteConfigProviderManager> route_config_provider_manager_;
-    std::shared_ptr<Router::ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManager>
-        scoped_routes_config_provider_manager_;
+    Router::RouteConfigProviderManagerSharedPtr route_config_provider_manager_;
+    Router::ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManagerSharedPtr scoped_routes_config_provider_manager_;
     Tracing::HttpTracerManagerSharedPtr http_tracer_manager_;
   };
 
diff --git a/source/server/lds_api.h b/source/server/lds_api.h
index 8f0954c93d5cf..0ace5e7b937c2 100644
--- a/source/server/lds_api.h
+++ b/source/server/lds_api.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class LdsApiImpl : public LdsApi,
   void onConfigUpdateFailed(Envoy::Config::ConfigUpdateFailureReason reason,
                             const EnvoyException* e) override;
 
-  std::unique_ptr<Config::Subscription> subscription_;
+  Config::SubscriptionPtr subscription_;
   std::string system_version_info_;
   ListenerManager& listener_manager_;
   Stats::ScopePtr scope_;
diff --git a/test/common/config/subscription_factory_impl_test.cc b/test/common/config/subscription_factory_impl_test.cc
index 185f7bb4f13ad..5d975a0f1ba3b 100644
--- a/test/common/config/subscription_factory_impl_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/config/subscription_factory_impl_test.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class SubscriptionFactoryTest : public testing::Test {
         subscription_factory_(local_info_, dispatcher_, cm_, random_, validation_visitor_, *api_,
                               runtime_) {}
 
-  std::unique_ptr<Subscription>
+  SubscriptionPtr
   subscriptionFromConfigSource(const envoy::config::core::v3::ConfigSource& config) {
     return subscription_factory_.subscriptionFromConfigSource(
         config, Config::TypeUrl::get().ClusterLoadAssignment, stats_store_, callbacks_,
diff --git a/test/common/router/rds_impl_test.cc b/test/common/router/rds_impl_test.cc
index 2116ae2a90b95..25a20e50935eb 100644
--- a/test/common/router/rds_impl_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/router/rds_impl_test.cc
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ stat_prefix: foo
   }
 
   NiceMock<Server::MockInstance> server_;
-  std::unique_ptr<RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl> route_config_provider_manager_;
+  RouteConfigProviderManagerImplPtr route_config_provider_manager_;
   RouteConfigProviderSharedPtr rds_;
 };
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class RdsRouteConfigSubscriptionTest : public RdsTestBase {
     server_factory_context_.thread_local_.shutdownThread();
   }
 
-  std::unique_ptr<RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl> route_config_provider_manager_;
+  RouteConfigProviderManagerImplPtr route_config_provider_manager_;
 };
 
 // Verifies that maybeCreateInitManager() creates a noop init manager if the main init manager is in
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class RouteConfigProviderManagerImplTest : public RdsTestBase {
   }
 
   envoy::extensions::filters::network::http_connection_manager::v3::Rds rds_;
-  std::unique_ptr<RouteConfigProviderManagerImpl> route_config_provider_manager_;
+  RouteConfigProviderManagerImplPtr route_config_provider_manager_;
   RouteConfigProviderSharedPtr provider_;
 };
 
diff --git a/test/common/router/scoped_rds_test.cc b/test/common/router/scoped_rds_test.cc
index 456b95df3b4ad..b3383ec0ad9de 100644
--- a/test/common/router/scoped_rds_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/router/scoped_rds_test.cc
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ class ScopedRoutesTestBase : public testing::Test {
   NiceMock<ProtobufMessage::MockValidationContext> validation_context_;
   // server_factory_context_ is used by rds
   NiceMock<Server::Configuration::MockServerFactoryContext> server_factory_context_;
-  std::unique_ptr<RouteConfigProviderManager> route_config_provider_manager_;
-  std::unique_ptr<ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManager> config_provider_manager_;
+  RouteConfigProviderManagerPtr route_config_provider_manager_;
+  ScopedRoutesConfigProviderManagerPtr config_provider_manager_;
 
   Event::SimulatedTimeSystem time_system_;
 };
diff --git a/test/common/upstream/eds_speed_test.cc b/test/common/upstream/eds_speed_test.cc
index 6f82390c95148..4ed25db80da9c 100644
--- a/test/common/upstream/eds_speed_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/upstream/eds_speed_test.cc
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class EdsSpeedTest {
   envoy::config::cluster::v3::Cluster eds_cluster_;
   NiceMock<MockClusterManager> cm_;
   NiceMock<Event::MockDispatcher> dispatcher_;
-  std::shared_ptr<EdsClusterImpl> cluster_;
+  EdsClusterImplSharedPtr cluster_;
   Config::SubscriptionCallbacks* eds_callbacks_{};
   Config::OpaqueResourceDecoderImpl<envoy::config::endpoint::v3::ClusterLoadAssignment>
       resource_decoder_{validation_visitor_, "cluster_name"};
diff --git a/test/common/upstream/eds_test.cc b/test/common/upstream/eds_test.cc
index 1370b41b180dd..144d29ad78a0e 100644
--- a/test/common/upstream/eds_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/upstream/eds_test.cc
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class EdsTest : public testing::Test {
   envoy::config::cluster::v3::Cluster eds_cluster_;
   NiceMock<MockClusterManager> cm_;
   NiceMock<Event::MockDispatcher> dispatcher_;
-  std::shared_ptr<EdsClusterImpl> cluster_;
+  EdsClusterImplSharedPtr cluster_;
   Config::SubscriptionCallbacks* eds_callbacks_{};
   NiceMock<Random::MockRandomGenerator> random_;
   NiceMock<Runtime::MockLoader> runtime_;