diff --git a/src/karapace/core/content_type.py b/src/karapace/api/content_type.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/karapace/core/content_type.py
rename to src/karapace/api/content_type.py
diff --git a/src/karapace/api/controller.py b/src/karapace/api/controller.py
index fe7a9e904..9257541de 100644
--- a/src/karapace/api/controller.py
+++ b/src/karapace/api/controller.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     SubjectSoftDeletedException,
     VersionNotFoundException,
 )
-from karapace.core.forward_client import ForwardClient
+from karapace.api.forward_client import ForwardClient
 from karapace.core.protobuf.exception import ProtobufUnresolvedDependencyException
 from karapace.core.schema_models import (
     ParsedTypedSchema,
diff --git a/src/karapace/api/factory.py b/src/karapace/api/factory.py
index 9b25fcc32..3e28ca1ee 100644
--- a/src/karapace/api/factory.py
+++ b/src/karapace/api/factory.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from karapace import version as karapace_version
 from karapace.core.auth import AuthenticatorAndAuthorizer
 from karapace.core.config import Config
-from karapace.core.forward_client import ForwardClient
+from karapace.api.forward_client import ForwardClient
 from karapace.core.logging_setup import configure_logging, log_config_without_secrets
 from karapace.core.statsd import StatsClient
 from karapace.api.container import SchemaRegistryContainer
diff --git a/src/karapace/core/forward_client.py b/src/karapace/api/forward_client.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/karapace/core/forward_client.py
rename to src/karapace/api/forward_client.py
diff --git a/src/karapace/api/middlewares/__init__.py b/src/karapace/api/middlewares/__init__.py
index 8a65eeea0..4eb742b35 100644
--- a/src/karapace/api/middlewares/__init__.py
+++ b/src/karapace/api/middlewares/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, Response
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
-from karapace.core.content_type import check_schema_headers
+from karapace.api.content_type import check_schema_headers
 from karapace.api.telemetry.middleware import setup_telemetry_middleware
 
 
diff --git a/src/karapace/api/routers/config.py b/src/karapace/api/routers/config.py
index 37422e7b1..6a31373f0 100644
--- a/src/karapace/api/routers/config.py
+++ b/src/karapace/api/routers/config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from dependency_injector.wiring import inject, Provide
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
 from karapace.core.auth import AuthenticatorAndAuthorizer, Operation, User
-from karapace.core.forward_client import ForwardClient
+from karapace.api.forward_client import ForwardClient
 from karapace.core.typing import Subject
 from karapace.api.container import SchemaRegistryContainer
 from karapace.api.controller import KarapaceSchemaRegistryController
diff --git a/src/karapace/api/routers/master_availability.py b/src/karapace/api/routers/master_availability.py
index 533a44f9e..d961b417b 100644
--- a/src/karapace/api/routers/master_availability.py
+++ b/src/karapace/api/routers/master_availability.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from dependency_injector.wiring import inject, Provide
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request, Response
 from karapace.core.config import Config
-from karapace.core.forward_client import ForwardClient
+from karapace.api.forward_client import ForwardClient
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from karapace.api.container import SchemaRegistryContainer
 from karapace.core.schema_registry import KarapaceSchemaRegistry
diff --git a/src/karapace/api/routers/subjects.py b/src/karapace/api/routers/subjects.py
index 14d1c6f5a..300d42657 100644
--- a/src/karapace/api/routers/subjects.py
+++ b/src/karapace/api/routers/subjects.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from dependency_injector.wiring import inject, Provide
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
 from karapace.core.auth import AuthenticatorAndAuthorizer, Operation, User
-from karapace.core.forward_client import ForwardClient
+from karapace.api.forward_client import ForwardClient
 from karapace.core.typing import Subject
 from karapace.api.container import SchemaRegistryContainer
 from karapace.api.controller import KarapaceSchemaRegistryController
diff --git a/src/karapace/core/container.py b/src/karapace/core/container.py
index cd0195fc8..144cdffde 100644
--- a/src/karapace/core/container.py
+++ b/src/karapace/core/container.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from dependency_injector import containers, providers
 from karapace.core.auth import get_authorizer, HTTPAuthorizer, NoAuthAndAuthz
 from karapace.core.config import Config
-from karapace.core.forward_client import ForwardClient
+from karapace.api.forward_client import ForwardClient
 from karapace.core.instrumentation.prometheus import PrometheusInstrumentation
 from karapace.core.statsd import StatsClient
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/test_forwarding.py b/tests/unit/api/test_forwarding.py
index 450111cb4..4d5ea1550 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/test_forwarding.py
+++ b/tests/unit/api/test_forwarding.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from fastapi import Request
 from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
-from karapace.core.forward_client import ForwardClient
+from karapace.api.forward_client import ForwardClient
 from karapace.core.typing import PrimaryInfo
 from karapace.api.controller import KarapaceSchemaRegistryController
 from karapace.core.schema_registry import KarapaceSchemaRegistry
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_forwarding_client.py b/tests/unit/test_forwarding_client.py
index 2b2dbdea9..2df140b25 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_forwarding_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_forwarding_client.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from fastapi import Request
 from fastapi.datastructures import Headers
-from karapace.core.forward_client import ForwardClient
+from karapace.api.forward_client import ForwardClient
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from starlette.datastructures import MutableHeaders
 from tests.base_testcase import BaseTestCase
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ContentTypeTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
 @pytest.fixture(name="forward_client")
 def fixture_forward_client() -> ForwardClient:
-    with patch("karapace.core.forward_client.aiohttp") as mocked_aiohttp:
+    with patch("karapace.api.forward_client.aiohttp") as mocked_aiohttp:
         mocked_aiohttp.ClientSession.return_value = Mock(
             spec=aiohttp.ClientSession, headers={"User-Agent": ForwardClient.USER_AGENT}
         )