diff --git a/build-resources.gradle b/build-resources.gradle
index 3d1df15758..b8a7bd5879 100644
--- a/build-resources.gradle
+++ b/build-resources.gradle
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ ext.coreProjects = [
         project(':data-prepper-pipeline-parser'),
         project(':data-prepper-plugins'),
         project(':data-prepper-test-common'),
-        project(':data-prepper-test-event')
+        project(':data-prepper-test-event'),
+        project(':data-prepper-plugin-framework')
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/build.gradle b/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
index 0914db9284..ba6d245e26 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:common')
     implementation project(':data-prepper-logstash-configuration')
     implementation project(':data-prepper-pipeline-parser')
+    implementation project(':data-prepper-plugin-framework')
+    testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugin-framework').sourceSets.test.output
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:common').sourceSets.test.output
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml'
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'io.micrometer:micrometer-registry-cloudwatch2'
     implementation 'javax.ws.rs:javax.ws.rs-api:2.1.1'
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:cloudwatch'
-    implementation 'org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:8.0.1.Final'
     implementation platform('org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.22.1')
     implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core'
     implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl'
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryIT.java b/data-prepper-core/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryIT.java
similarity index 95%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryIT.java
rename to data-prepper-core/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryIT.java
index 24a6082b11..ea0654563a 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryIT.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryIT.java
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PipelinesDataFlowModel;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.InvalidPluginConfigurationException;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.model.DataPrepperConfiguration;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestObjectPlugin;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestPlugin;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test.TestPlugin;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ class DefaultPluginFactoryIT {
     @Mock
     private PipelinesDataFlowModel pipelinesDataFlowModel;
     @Mock
-    private DataPrepperConfiguration dataPrepperConfiguration;
+    private ExtensionsConfiguration extensionsConfiguration;
     private String pluginName;
     private String objectPluginName;
     private String pipelineName;
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ private DefaultPluginFactory createObjectUnderTest() {
         coreContext.scan(DefaultAcknowledgementSetManager.class.getPackage().getName());
         coreContext.scan(DefaultPluginFactory.class.getPackage().getName());
         coreContext.register(PluginBeanFactoryProvider.class);
-        coreContext.registerBean(DataPrepperConfiguration.class, () -> dataPrepperConfiguration);
+        coreContext.registerBean(ExtensionsConfiguration.class, () -> extensionsConfiguration);
         coreContext.registerBean(PipelinesDataFlowModel.class, () -> pipelinesDataFlowModel);
         coreContext.refresh();
 
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsIT.java b/data-prepper-core/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/ExtensionsIT.java
similarity index 96%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsIT.java
rename to data-prepper-core/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/ExtensionsIT.java
index c5e44016ec..176e11c4b2 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsIT.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/ExtensionsIT.java
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin;
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.config.PipelineParserConfiguration;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.peerforwarder.PeerForwarderProvider;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.router.RouterFactory;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestPluginUsingExtension;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestPluginUsingExtensionWithConfig;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin.DefaultPluginFactory;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin.ObjectMapperConfiguration;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin.TestPluggableInterface;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test.TestExtension;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.sourcecoordination.SourceCoordinatorFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ void tearDown() {
 
     @Test
     void applyExtensions_creates_a_single_instance_of_the_extension() {
-        assertThat(TestExtension.getConstructedInstances(), equalTo(1));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(TestExtension.getConstructedInstances(), equalTo(1));
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/config/DataPrepperAppConfiguration.java b/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/config/DataPrepperAppConfiguration.java
index 19a5229e6e..e3783cfd88 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/config/DataPrepperAppConfiguration.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/config/DataPrepperAppConfiguration.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginModel;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.types.ByteCount;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.model.DataPrepperConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/DataPrepperConfiguration.java b/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/DataPrepperConfiguration.java
index 9ddaf10eeb..a8006a1aea 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/DataPrepperConfiguration.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/DataPrepperConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.config.MetricTagFilter;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.peerforwarder.PeerForwarderConfiguration;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.PipelineShutdownOption;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin.ExtensionsConfiguration;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 /**
  * Class to hold configuration for DataPrepper, including server port and Log4j settings
  */
-public class DataPrepperConfiguration {
+public class DataPrepperConfiguration implements ExtensionsConfiguration {
     static final Duration DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_DURATION = Duration.ofSeconds(30L);
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_SOURCE_COORDINATION_STORE = "in_memory";
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ public PipelineShutdownOption getPipelineShutdown() {
         return pipelineShutdown;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public PipelineExtensions getPipelineExtensions() {
         return pipelineExtensions;
     }
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/TestDataProvider.java b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/TestDataProvider.java
index c9ddcfa702..7792c170fa 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/TestDataProvider.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/TestDataProvider.java
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ public class TestDataProvider {
     public static final String VALID_PEER_FORWARDER_WITH_ACM_SSL_CONFIG_FILE = "src/test/resources/valid_peer_forwarder_config_with_acm_ssl.yml";
     public static final String VALID_DATA_PREPPER_CONFIG_WITH_METRIC_FILTER = "src/test/resources/valid_data_prepper_config_with_metric_filter.yml";
     public static final String INVALID_DATA_PREPPER_CONFIG_WITH_METRIC_FILTER = "src/test/resources/invalid_data_prepper_config_with_metric_filter.yml";
-
-
-
-
     public static Set<String> VALID_MULTIPLE_PIPELINE_NAMES = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("test-pipeline-1",
             "test-pipeline-2", "test-pipeline-3"));
 }
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/DataPrepperConfigurationTests.java b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/DataPrepperConfigurationTests.java
index c0ffc81ad1..e0fe6a7d6e 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/DataPrepperConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/DataPrepperConfigurationTests.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.TestDataProvider;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.types.ByteCount;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.peerforwarder.PeerForwarderConfiguration;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/HeapCircuitBreakerConfigTest.java b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/HeapCircuitBreakerConfigTest.java
index 5d0057a753..8db9044210 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/HeapCircuitBreakerConfigTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/model/HeapCircuitBreakerConfigTest.java
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.types.ByteCount;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/peerforwarder/PeerForwarderConfigurationTest.java b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/peerforwarder/PeerForwarderConfigurationTest.java
index e3559b87e8..4c6d22609b 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/peerforwarder/PeerForwarderConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/peerforwarder/PeerForwarderConfigurationTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.TestDataProvider;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.peerforwarder.discovery.DiscoveryMode;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.ValueInstantiationException;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/PipelineTests.java b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/PipelineTests.java
index 75c1154baa..5c0a9a974e 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/PipelineTests.java
+++ b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/PipelineTests.java
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.router.Router;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.router.RouterCopyRecordStrategy;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.router.RouterGetRecordStrategy;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestSink;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestSource;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test.TestSink;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test.TestSource;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestSourceWithCoordination;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestSourceWithEnhancedCoordination;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.buffer.blockingbuffer.BlockingBuffer;
diff --git a/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/build.gradle b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/build.gradle
index 944dcff73d..8b6c53354e 100644
--- a/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':data-prepper-api')
     implementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:blocking-buffer')
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/ByteCountDeserializer.java b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/ByteCountDeserializer.java
similarity index 95%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/ByteCountDeserializer.java
rename to data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/ByteCountDeserializer.java
index ab6e2b32a1..223821b7e0 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/ByteCountDeserializer.java
+++ b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/ByteCountDeserializer.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser;
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JacksonException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializer.java b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializer.java
similarity index 98%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializer.java
rename to data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializer.java
index c15a424021..5005eb9f96 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializer.java
+++ b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializer.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser;
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/ByteCountDeserializerTest.java b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/ByteCountDeserializerTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/ByteCountDeserializerTest.java
rename to data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/ByteCountDeserializerTest.java
index 9845b42ab1..21f0b000f3 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/ByteCountDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/ByteCountDeserializerTest.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser;
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializerTest.java b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializerTest.java
similarity index 98%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializerTest.java
rename to data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializerTest.java
index 1e1468ca11..ea147c1ccb 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/parser/DataPrepperDurationDeserializerTest.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser;
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 
 public class DataPrepperDurationDeserializerTest {
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugin-framework/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a87b5ef9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation project(':data-prepper-api')
+    implementation project(':data-prepper-pipeline-parser')
+    implementation libs.commons.lang3
+    implementation 'javax.inject:javax.inject:1'
+    implementation 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2'
+    implementation 'org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:8.0.1.Final'
+    implementation(libs.spring.core) {
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    }
+    implementation(libs.spring.context) {
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    }
+    implementation libs.reflections.core
+    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
+    testImplementation testLibs.mockito.inline
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ApplicationContextToTypedSuppliers.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ApplicationContextToTypedSuppliers.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ApplicationContextToTypedSuppliers.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ApplicationContextToTypedSuppliers.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathExtensionClassProvider.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathExtensionClassProvider.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathExtensionClassProvider.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathExtensionClassProvider.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProvider.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProvider.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProvider.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProvider.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ComponentPluginArgumentsContext.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ComponentPluginArgumentsContext.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ComponentPluginArgumentsContext.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ComponentPluginArgumentsContext.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperExtensionPoints.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperExtensionPoints.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperExtensionPoints.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperExtensionPoints.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperScalarTypeDeserializer.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperScalarTypeDeserializer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperScalarTypeDeserializer.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperScalarTypeDeserializer.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginConfigObservable.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginConfigObservable.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginConfigObservable.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginConfigObservable.java
index 5bab83ba19..4caf3ebadf 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginConfigObservable.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginConfigObservable.java
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin;
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.PluginConfigObserver;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.PluginConfigObservable;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.PluginConfigObserver;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactory.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactory.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactory.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionClassProvider.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionClassProvider.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionClassProvider.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionClassProvider.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionLoader.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionLoader.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionLoader.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionLoader.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverter.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverter.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverter.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver.java
similarity index 75%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver.java
index 1c4a58ba04..ba854d7690 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin;
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PipelinesDataFlowModel;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.model.DataPrepperConfiguration;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
@@ -21,10 +20,10 @@ public class ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver {
     private final Map<String, Object> dataPrepperConfigExtensionMap;
 
     @Inject
-    public ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver(final DataPrepperConfiguration dataPrepperConfiguration,
+    public ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver(final ExtensionsConfiguration extensionsConfiguration,
                                                 final PipelinesDataFlowModel pipelinesDataFlowModel) {
-        this.dataPrepperConfigExtensionMap = dataPrepperConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions() == null?
-                new HashMap<>() : new HashMap<>(dataPrepperConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions().getExtensionMap());
+        this.dataPrepperConfigExtensionMap = extensionsConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions() == null?
+                new HashMap<>() : new HashMap<>(extensionsConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions().getExtensionMap());
         combinedExtensionMap = new HashMap<>(dataPrepperConfigExtensionMap);
         if (pipelinesDataFlowModel.getPipelineExtensions() != null) {
             combinedExtensionMap.putAll(pipelinesDataFlowModel.getPipelineExtensions().getExtensionMap());
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsApplier.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsApplier.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsApplier.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsApplier.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsConfiguration.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b73d3db226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin;
+
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PipelineExtensions;
+
+public interface ExtensionsConfiguration {
+    PipelineExtensions getPipelineExtensions();
+}
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfiguration.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfiguration.java
similarity index 93%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfiguration.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfiguration.java
index e905d640f7..5865d5b29a 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfiguration.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfiguration.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategies;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.types.ByteCount;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 
 import javax.inject.Named;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginArgumentsContext.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginArgumentsContext.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginArgumentsContext.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginArgumentsContext.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginBeanFactoryProvider.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginBeanFactoryProvider.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginBeanFactoryProvider.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginBeanFactoryProvider.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverter.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverter.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverter.java
index d11b3f6e78..27822e06e4 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverter.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverter.java
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.InvalidPluginConfigurationException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolation;
 import jakarta.validation.Validator;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.InvalidPluginConfigurationException;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.DependsOn;
 
 import javax.inject.Named;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableFactory.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableFactory.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableFactory.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableRegister.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableRegister.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableRegister.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableRegister.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreator.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreator.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreator.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreator.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreatorContext.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreatorContext.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreatorContext.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreatorContext.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginPackagesSupplier.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginPackagesSupplier.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginPackagesSupplier.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginPackagesSupplier.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProvider.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProvider.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProvider.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProvider.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProviderLoader.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProviderLoader.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProviderLoader.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProviderLoader.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/SupportSecretString.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/SupportSecretString.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/SupportSecretString.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/SupportSecretString.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ValidatorConfiguration.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ValidatorConfiguration.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ValidatorConfiguration.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ValidatorConfiguration.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/VariableExpander.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/VariableExpander.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/VariableExpander.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/VariableExpander.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ApplicationContextToTypedSuppliersTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ApplicationContextToTypedSuppliersTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ApplicationContextToTypedSuppliersTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ApplicationContextToTypedSuppliersTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathExtensionClassProviderTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathExtensionClassProviderTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathExtensionClassProviderTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathExtensionClassProviderTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProviderTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProviderTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProviderTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProviderTest.java
index d42bc3e191..88763164dd 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProviderTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ClasspathPluginProviderTest.java
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin;
 
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.Sink;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.Source;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestSink;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestSource;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.Sink;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.Source;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test.TestSink;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test.TestSource;
 import org.reflections.Reflections;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ComponentPluginArgumentsContextTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ComponentPluginArgumentsContextTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ComponentPluginArgumentsContextTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ComponentPluginArgumentsContextTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperExtensionPointsTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperExtensionPointsTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperExtensionPointsTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperExtensionPointsTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperScalarTypeDeserializerTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperScalarTypeDeserializerTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperScalarTypeDeserializerTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DataPrepperScalarTypeDeserializerTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryTest.java
similarity index 98%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryTest.java
index f66230a7b2..64b053a924 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/DefaultPluginFactoryTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugin;
 
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PipelineDescription;
@@ -12,12 +18,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.NoPluginFoundException;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.PluginConfigObservable;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.Sink;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.TestSink;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test.TestSink;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ void loadPlugin_should_create_a_new_instance_of_the_first_plugin_found_with_corr
                     .willReturn(expectedInstance);
 
             assertThat(createObjectUnderTest().loadPlugin(baseClass, pluginSetting), equalTo(expectedInstance));
-            assertThat(expectedInstance.getClass().getAnnotation(DataPrepperPlugin.class).deprecatedName(), equalTo(TEST_SINK_DEPRECATED_NAME));
+            MatcherAssert.assertThat(expectedInstance.getClass().getAnnotation(DataPrepperPlugin.class).deprecatedName(), equalTo(TEST_SINK_DEPRECATED_NAME));
             verify(beanFactoryProvider).get();
         }
     }
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionLoaderTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionLoaderTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionLoaderTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionLoaderTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverterTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverterTest.java
similarity index 95%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverterTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverterTest.java
index 1524b2c1d7..5926aa520f 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverterTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationConverterTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolation;
 import jakarta.validation.Path;
 import jakarta.validation.Validator;
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ void convert_with_test_extension_with_config_allowed_in_pipeline_configurations(
         ));
         final Object testExtensionConfig = objectUnderTest.convert(true, TestExtensionConfig.class, "/" + rootKey);
         assertThat(testExtensionConfig, instanceOf(TestExtensionConfig.class));
-        assertThat(((TestExtensionConfig) testExtensionConfig).getTestAttribute(), equalTo(testValue));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(((TestExtensionConfig) testExtensionConfig).getTestAttribute(), equalTo(testValue));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ void convert_with_test_extension_with_config_not_allowed_in_pipeline_configurati
         ));
         final Object testExtensionConfig = objectUnderTest.convert(false, TestExtensionConfig.class, "/" + rootKey);
         assertThat(testExtensionConfig, instanceOf(TestExtensionConfig.class));
-        assertThat(((TestExtensionConfig) testExtensionConfig).getTestAttribute(), equalTo(testValue));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(((TestExtensionConfig) testExtensionConfig).getTestAttribute(), equalTo(testValue));
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolverTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolverTest.java
similarity index 82%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolverTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolverTest.java
index 27220a4b58..ff9ff02be9 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolverTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolverTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PipelineExtensions;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PipelinesDataFlowModel;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.model.DataPrepperConfiguration;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 class ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolverTest {
     @Mock
-    private DataPrepperConfiguration dataPrepperConfiguration;
+    private ExtensionsConfiguration extensionsConfiguration;
     @Mock
     private PipelinesDataFlowModel pipelinesDataFlowModel;
     @Mock
@@ -32,28 +31,28 @@ class ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolverTest {
     private ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver objectUnderTest;
 
     @Test
-    void testGetExtensionMap_defined_in_dataPrepperConfiguration_only() {
-        when(dataPrepperConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions()).thenReturn(pipelineExtensions);
+    void testGetExtensionMap_defined_in_extensionsConfiguration_only() {
+        when(extensionsConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions()).thenReturn(pipelineExtensions);
         final Map<String, Object> extensionMap = Map.of("test_extension", Map.of("test_key", "test_value"));
         when(pipelineExtensions.getExtensionMap()).thenReturn(extensionMap);
         when(pipelinesDataFlowModel.getPipelineExtensions()).thenReturn(null);
-        objectUnderTest = new ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver(dataPrepperConfiguration, pipelinesDataFlowModel);
+        objectUnderTest = new ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver(extensionsConfiguration, pipelinesDataFlowModel);
         assertThat(objectUnderTest.getCombinedExtensionMap(), equalTo(extensionMap));
     }
 
     @Test
     void testGetExtensionMap_defined_in_pipelinesDataFlowModel_only() {
-        when(dataPrepperConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions()).thenReturn(null);
+        when(extensionsConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions()).thenReturn(null);
         when(pipelinesDataFlowModel.getPipelineExtensions()).thenReturn(pipelineExtensions);
         final Map<String, Object> extensionMap = Map.of("test_extension", Map.of("test_key", "test_value"));
         when(pipelineExtensions.getExtensionMap()).thenReturn(extensionMap);
-        objectUnderTest = new ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver(dataPrepperConfiguration, pipelinesDataFlowModel);
+        objectUnderTest = new ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver(extensionsConfiguration, pipelinesDataFlowModel);
         assertThat(objectUnderTest.getCombinedExtensionMap(), equalTo(extensionMap));
     }
 
     @Test
     void testGetExtensionMap_defined_in_both() {
-        when(dataPrepperConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions()).thenReturn(pipelineExtensions);
+        when(extensionsConfiguration.getPipelineExtensions()).thenReturn(pipelineExtensions);
         final Map<String, Object> dataPrepperConfigurationExtensionMap = Map.of(
                 "test_extension1", Map.of("test_key1", "test_value1"),
                 "test_extension2", Map.of("test_key1", "test_value1")
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ void testGetExtensionMap_defined_in_both() {
                 "test_extension1", Map.of("test_key2", "test_value2")
         );
         when(pipelineExtensions1.getExtensionMap()).thenReturn(pipelinesDataFlowModelExtensionMap);
-        objectUnderTest = new ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver(dataPrepperConfiguration, pipelinesDataFlowModel);
+        objectUnderTest = new ExtensionPluginConfigurationResolver(extensionsConfiguration, pipelinesDataFlowModel);
         final Map<String, Object> expectedExtensionMap = Map.of(
                 "test_extension1", Map.of("test_key2", "test_value2"),
                 "test_extension2", Map.of("test_key1", "test_value1")
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsApplierTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsApplierTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsApplierTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ExtensionsApplierTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfigurationTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfigurationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfigurationTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/ObjectMapperConfigurationTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginBeanFactoryProviderTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginBeanFactoryProviderTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginBeanFactoryProviderTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginBeanFactoryProviderTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigObservableFactoryTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigObservableFactoryTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigObservableFactoryTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigObservableFactoryTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverterTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverterTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverterTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationConverterTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableRegisterTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableRegisterTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableRegisterTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginConfigurationObservableRegisterTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreatorTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreatorTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreatorTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginCreatorTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginPackagesSupplierTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginPackagesSupplierTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginPackagesSupplierTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginPackagesSupplierTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProviderLoaderTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProviderLoaderTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProviderLoaderTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/PluginProviderLoaderTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/TestPluggableInterface.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/TestPluggableInterface.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/TestPluggableInterface.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/TestPluggableInterface.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/TestPluginConfiguration.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/TestPluginConfiguration.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/TestPluginConfiguration.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/TestPluginConfiguration.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/VariableExpanderTest.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/VariableExpanderTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/VariableExpanderTest.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugin/VariableExpanderTest.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtension.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtension.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtension.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtension.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtensionConfig.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtensionConfig.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtensionConfig.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtensionConfig.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtensionWithConfig.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtensionWithConfig.java
similarity index 100%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtensionWithConfig.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestExtensionWithConfig.java
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestPlugin.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestPlugin.java
similarity index 95%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestPlugin.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestPlugin.java
index 6d6ac8aa37..8e02ed769f 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestPlugin.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestPlugin.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins;
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test;
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPluginConstructor;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestSink.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestSink.java
similarity index 97%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestSink.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestSink.java
index 88facea689..fc54428ba2 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestSink.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestSink.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins;
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test;
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestSource.java b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestSource.java
similarity index 97%
rename from data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestSource.java
rename to data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestSource.java
index 7f4328ea33..9a7192a370 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/TestSource.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugin-framework/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/test/TestSource.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins;
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.test;
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.buffer.Buffer;
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/build.gradle
index 21056e0e2d..da09a39e64 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.armeria.core
 
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-core')
+    testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugin-framework')
+    testImplementation project(':data-prepper-pipeline-parser')
     testImplementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310'
     testImplementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml'
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-test-common')
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/geoip/extension/GeoIpServiceConfigTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/geoip/extension/GeoIpServiceConfigTest.java
index 9f27af3435..b8d28392db 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/geoip/extension/GeoIpServiceConfigTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/geoip/extension/GeoIpServiceConfigTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.model.DataPrepperConfiguration;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
index 6fef7fe27a..8a9e202260 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-test-common')
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:blocking-buffer')
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-core')
+    testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugin-framework')
+    testImplementation project(':data-prepper-pipeline-parser')
     testImplementation testLibs.mockito.inline
     testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.6.1'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.6.1:test'
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/extension/KafkaClusterConfigTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/extension/KafkaClusterConfigTest.java
index 58fc6a5d6f..bd71634a7a 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/extension/KafkaClusterConfigTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/extension/KafkaClusterConfigTest.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.types.ByteCount;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.ByteCountDeserializer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline.parser.DataPrepperDurationDeserializer;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.parser.model.DataPrepperConfiguration;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.kafka.configuration.AwsIamAuthConfig;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.kafka.configuration.EncryptionType;
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 1c04dd9320..85727b0f81 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ include 'data-prepper-test-event'
 include 'data-prepper-core'
 include 'data-prepper-main'
 include 'data-prepper-pipeline-parser'
+include 'data-prepper-plugin-framework'
 include 'data-prepper-plugins:common'
 include 'data-prepper-plugins:armeria-common'
 include 'data-prepper-plugins:anomaly-detector-processor'