diff --git a/tools/testing/BUILD b/tools/testing/BUILD
index ab36b91e2212c..a740e89ad5e32 100644
--- a/tools/testing/BUILD
+++ b/tools/testing/BUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ envoy_py_binary(
         requirement("pytest"),
         requirement("pytest-asyncio"),
         requirement("pytest-cov"),
+        requirement("pytest-patches"),
         "//tools/base:runner",
         "//tools/base:utils",
     ],
diff --git a/tools/testing/plugin.py b/tools/testing/plugin.py
index da3ca38ad15ee..d796d210b776b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/plugin.py
+++ b/tools/testing/plugin.py
@@ -3,45 +3,11 @@
 #
 
 import functools
-from contextlib import contextmanager, ExitStack
-from typing import Callable, ContextManager, Iterator
-from unittest.mock import patch
+from typing import Callable
 
 import pytest
 
 
-@contextmanager
-def nested(*contexts) -> Iterator[tuple]:
-    with ExitStack() as stack:
-        yield tuple(stack.enter_context(context) for context in contexts)
-
-
-def _patches(*args: str, prefix: str = "") -> ContextManager[tuple]:
-    """Takes a list of module/class paths to patch and an optional prefix
-
-    The prefix is used to prefix all of the paths
-
-    The patches are applied in a nested set of context managers.
-
-    The yields (mocks) are yielded as a tuple.
-    """
-
-    patched = []
-    prefix = f"{prefix}." if prefix else ""
-    for arg in args:
-        if isinstance(arg, (list, tuple)):
-            path, kwargs = arg
-            patched.append(patch(f"{prefix}{path}", **kwargs))
-        else:
-            patched.append(patch(f"{prefix}{arg}"))
-    return nested(*patched)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def patches() -> Callable[..., ContextManager[tuple]]:
-    return _patches
-
-
 def _async_command_main(patches, main: Callable, handler: str, args: tuple) -> None:
     parts = handler.split(".")
     patched = patches("asyncio.run", parts.pop(), prefix=".".join(parts))
diff --git a/tools/testing/requirements.txt b/tools/testing/requirements.txt
index f2837acf2e191..a88a16498cf88 100644
--- a/tools/testing/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/testing/requirements.txt
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ iniconfig==1.1.1 \
     #   -r tools/testing/requirements.txt
     #   pytest
 packaging==21.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:c86254f9220d55e31cc94d69bade760f0847da8000def4dfe1c6b872fd14ff14 \
-    --hash=sha256:7dc96269f53a4ccec5c0670940a4281106dd0bb343f47b7471f779df49c2fbe7
+    --hash=sha256:7dc96269f53a4ccec5c0670940a4281106dd0bb343f47b7471f779df49c2fbe7 \
+    --hash=sha256:c86254f9220d55e31cc94d69bade760f0847da8000def4dfe1c6b872fd14ff14
     # via
     #   -r tools/testing/requirements.txt
     #   pytest
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ pytest-cov==2.12.1 \
     --hash=sha256:261bb9e47e65bd099c89c3edf92972865210c36813f80ede5277dceb77a4a62a \
     --hash=sha256:261ceeb8c227b726249b376b8526b600f38667ee314f910353fa318caa01f4d7
     # via -r tools/testing/requirements.txt
+pytest-patches==0.0.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:48fe763f7e603f20a73a8c09684d31ec9929646b86fceb496599970fe86685b0
+    # via -r tools/testing/requirements.txt
 pytest==6.2.4 \
     --hash=sha256:50bcad0a0b9c5a72c8e4e7c9855a3ad496ca6a881a3641b4260605450772c54b \
     --hash=sha256:91ef2131a9bd6be8f76f1f08eac5c5317221d6ad1e143ae03894b862e8976890
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ pytest==6.2.4 \
     #   -r tools/testing/requirements.txt
     #   pytest-asyncio
     #   pytest-cov
+    #   pytest-patches
 toml==0.10.2 \
     --hash=sha256:806143ae5bfb6a3c6e736a764057db0e6a0e05e338b5630894a5f779cabb4f9b \
     --hash=sha256:b3bda1d108d5dd99f4a20d24d9c348e91c4db7ab1b749200bded2f839ccbe68f