diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/build.gradle
index c2fde7efc861d..a6962d4fa3f75 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies {
   api project(':test:framework')
   api project(path: xpackModule('core'))
   api(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
-  api project(xpackModule('ql:test'))
+  api project(xpackModule('ql:test-fixtures'))
 
   // TOML parser for EqlActionIT tests
   api 'io.ous:jtoml:2.0.0'
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/correctness/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/correctness/build.gradle
index 37ef226933078..00078b324fba2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/correctness/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/correctness/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.info.BuildParams
 dependencies {
   javaRestTestImplementation project(':test:framework')
   javaRestTestImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
-  javaRestTestImplementation project(xpackModule('ql:test'))
+  javaRestTestImplementation project(xpackModule('ql:test-fixtures'))
   javaRestTestImplementation 'io.ous:jtoml:2.0.0'
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/mixed-node/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/mixed-node/build.gradle
index 5e041a2aa5f2d..56196d10af594 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/mixed-node/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/mixed-node/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.testclusters.StandaloneRestIntegTestTask
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':x-pack:qa')
-  testImplementation(project(xpackModule('ql:test')))
+  testImplementation(project(xpackModule('ql:test-fixtures')))
   testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('eql'), configuration: 'default')
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ql/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ql/build.gradle
index 39af2e8ecce31..820b13e1c7747 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ql/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ql/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly project(path: xpackModule('core'))
   testImplementation project(':test:framework')
   testImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
-  testImplementation(project(xpackModule('ql:test'))) {
+  testImplementation(project(xpackModule('ql:test-fixtures'))) {
     exclude group: 'org.elasticsearch.plugin', module: 'ql'
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ql/test/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ql/test-fixtures/build.gradle
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/plugin/ql/test/build.gradle
rename to x-pack/plugin/ql/test-fixtures/build.gradle
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ql/test/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestNode.java b/x-pack/plugin/ql/test-fixtures/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestNode.java
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/plugin/ql/test/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestNode.java
rename to x-pack/plugin/ql/test-fixtures/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestNode.java
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ql/test/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestNodes.java b/x-pack/plugin/ql/test-fixtures/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestNodes.java
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/plugin/ql/test/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestNodes.java
rename to x-pack/plugin/ql/test-fixtures/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestNodes.java
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ql/test/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestUtils.java b/x-pack/plugin/ql/test-fixtures/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestUtils.java
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/plugin/ql/test/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestUtils.java
rename to x-pack/plugin/ql/test-fixtures/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ql/TestUtils.java
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/mixed-node/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/mixed-node/build.gradle
index 8a39ecc795848..ef0b27d7b351f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/mixed-node/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/mixed-node/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.testclusters.StandaloneRestIntegTestTask
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':x-pack:qa')
-  testImplementation(project(xpackModule('ql:test')))
+  testImplementation(project(xpackModule('ql:test-fixtures')))
   testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('sql'), configuration: 'default')
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/server/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/server/build.gradle
index aed41298ce3b0..7ab0c22a54602 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/server/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/server/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies {
   // JDBC testing dependencies
   api project(path: xpackModule('sql:jdbc'))
   // Common utilities from QL
-  api project(xpackModule('ql:test'))
+  api project(xpackModule('ql:test-fixtures'))
 
   api "net.sourceforge.csvjdbc:csvjdbc:${csvjdbcVersion}"
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ subprojects {
       transitive = false
     }
     testImplementation project(":test:framework")
-    testRuntimeOnly project(xpackModule('ql:test'))
+    testRuntimeOnly project(xpackModule('ql:test-fixtures'))
 
     // JDBC testing dependencies
     testRuntimeOnly "net.sourceforge.csvjdbc:csvjdbc:${csvjdbcVersion}"