diff --git a/fleet_packages.json b/fleet_packages.json
index 3657057ad3431..69fd83f12037c 100644
--- a/fleet_packages.json
+++ b/fleet_packages.json
@@ -12,4 +12,25 @@
   in order to verify package integrity.
 */
 
-[]
+[
+  {
+    "name": "apm",
+    "version": "8.1.0"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "elastic_agent",
+    "version": "1.3.0"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "endpoint",
+    "version": "1.5.0"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "fleet_server",
+    "version": "1.1.0"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "synthetics",
+    "version": "0.9.2"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/index.ts
index fe34b36f7781f..d04855480dd62 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface FleetConfigType {
   developer?: {
     disableRegistryVersionCheck?: boolean;
     allowAgentUpgradeSourceUri?: boolean;
+    bundledPackageLocation?: string;
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/epm.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/epm.ts
index 1c7e09a51c5da..39650bfed5da8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/epm.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/epm.ts
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ export enum RegistryDataStreamKeys {
 }
 
 export interface RegistryDataStream {
+  [key: string]: any;
   [RegistryDataStreamKeys.type]: string;
   [RegistryDataStreamKeys.ilm_policy]?: string;
   [RegistryDataStreamKeys.hidden]?: boolean;
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ export interface RegistryElasticsearch {
   privileges?: RegistryDataStreamPrivileges;
   'index_template.settings'?: estypes.IndicesIndexSettings;
   'index_template.mappings'?: estypes.MappingTypeMapping;
+  'ingest_pipeline.name'?: string;
 }
 
 export interface RegistryDataStreamPrivileges {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/package_spec.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/package_spec.ts
index 57aaa0230e647..f4021b087912a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/package_spec.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/package_spec.ts
@@ -70,4 +70,5 @@ export interface PackageSpecScreenshot {
   title: string;
   size?: string;
   type?: string;
+  path?: string;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/index.ts
index 550d6acaffc7e..47b94103c65fa 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
+import path from 'path';
+
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import type { TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import type { PluginConfigDescriptor, PluginInitializerContext } from 'src/core/server';
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ export type {
 } from './types';
 export { AgentNotFoundError, FleetUnauthorizedError } from './errors';
 
+const DEFAULT_BUNDLED_PACKAGE_LOCATION = path.join(__dirname, '../target/bundled_packages');
+
 export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor = {
   exposeToBrowser: {
     epm: true,
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor = {
     developer: schema.object({
       disableRegistryVersionCheck: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
       allowAgentUpgradeSourceUri: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
+      bundledPackageLocation: schema.string({ defaultValue: DEFAULT_BUNDLED_PACKAGE_LOCATION }),
     }),
   }),
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/__snapshots__/cloud_preconfiguration.test.ts.snap b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/__snapshots__/cloud_preconfiguration.test.ts.snap
index 80f2c39abe988..a4ba6b0c04c8a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/__snapshots__/cloud_preconfiguration.test.ts.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/__snapshots__/cloud_preconfiguration.test.ts.snap
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Object {
       "meta": Object {
         "package": Object {
           "name": "apm",
-          "version": "8.2.0-dev3",
+          "version": "8.2.0-dev4",
         },
       },
       "name": "Elastic APM",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/helpers/docker_registry_helper.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/helpers/docker_registry_helper.ts
index 7dd58a546aef0..04d75f15c7f81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/helpers/docker_registry_helper.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/helpers/docker_registry_helper.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function useDockerRegistry() {
 
   let dockerProcess: ChildProcess | undefined;
   async function startDockerRegistryServer() {
-    const dockerImage = `docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:8b4ce36ecdf86e6cfdf781d9df8d564a014add9afc9aec21cf2c5a68ff82d3ab`;
+    const dockerImage = `docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:b3dfc6a11ff7dce82ba8689ea9eeb54e353c6b4bfd2d28127b20ef72fd8883e9`;
 
     const args = ['run', '--rm', '-p', `${packageRegistryPort}:8080`, dockerImage];
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/validate_bundled_packages.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/validate_bundled_packages.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fa7f8b2275dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/integration_tests/validate_bundled_packages.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+
+import JSON5 from 'json5';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
+
+import * as Registry from '../services/epm/registry';
+import { generatePackageInfoFromArchiveBuffer } from '../services/epm/archive';
+
+import { createAppContextStartContractMock } from '../mocks';
+import { appContextService } from '../services';
+
+import { useDockerRegistry } from './helpers';
+
+describe('validate bundled packages', () => {
+  const registryUrl = useDockerRegistry();
+  let mockContract: ReturnType<typeof createAppContextStartContractMock>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockContract = createAppContextStartContractMock({ registryUrl });
+    appContextService.start(mockContract);
+  });
+
+  async function getBundledPackageEntries() {
+    const configFilePath = path.resolve(REPO_ROOT, 'fleet_packages.json');
+    const configFile = await fs.readFile(configFilePath, 'utf8');
+    const bundledPackages = JSON5.parse(configFile);
+
+    return bundledPackages as Array<{ name: string; version: string }>;
+  }
+
+  async function setupPackageObjects() {
+    const bundledPackages = await getBundledPackageEntries();
+
+    const packageObjects = await Promise.all(
+      bundledPackages.map(async (bundledPackage) => {
+        const registryPackage = await Registry.getRegistryPackage(
+          bundledPackage.name,
+          bundledPackage.version
+        );
+
+        const packageArchive = await Registry.fetchArchiveBuffer(
+          bundledPackage.name,
+          bundledPackage.version
+        );
+
+        return { registryPackage, packageArchive };
+      })
+    );
+
+    return packageObjects;
+  }
+
+  it('generates matching package info objects for uploaded and registry packages', async () => {
+    const packageObjects = await setupPackageObjects();
+
+    for (const packageObject of packageObjects) {
+      const { registryPackage, packageArchive } = packageObject;
+
+      const archivePackageInfo = await generatePackageInfoFromArchiveBuffer(
+        packageArchive.archiveBuffer,
+        'application/zip'
+      );
+
+      expect(archivePackageInfo.packageInfo.data_streams).toEqual(
+        registryPackage.packageInfo.data_streams
+      );
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/mocks/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/mocks/index.ts
index 8e6155e6bf7c2..b229677a4ded9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/mocks/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/mocks/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type { PackagePolicyServiceInterface } from '../services/package_policy';
 import type { AgentPolicyServiceInterface } from '../services';
 import type { FleetAppContext } from '../plugin';
 import { createMockTelemetryEventsSender } from '../telemetry/__mocks__';
+import type { FleetConfigType } from '../../common';
 import { createFleetAuthzMock } from '../../common';
 import { agentServiceMock } from '../services/agents/agent_service.mock';
 import type { FleetRequestHandlerContext } from '../types';
@@ -39,11 +40,14 @@ export interface MockedFleetAppContext extends FleetAppContext {
   logger: ReturnType<ReturnType<typeof loggingSystemMock.create>['get']>;
 }
 
-export const createAppContextStartContractMock = (): MockedFleetAppContext => {
+export const createAppContextStartContractMock = (
+  configOverrides: Partial<FleetConfigType> = {}
+): MockedFleetAppContext => {
   const config = {
     agents: { enabled: true, elasticsearch: {} },
     enabled: true,
     agentIdVerificationEnabled: true,
+    ...configOverrides,
   };
 
   const config$ = of(config);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/index.ts
index 7c590eb1bcd39..e7e43d3d932b7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { getBufferExtractor } from './extract';
 
 export * from './cache';
 export { getBufferExtractor, untarBuffer, unzipBuffer } from './extract';
-export { parseAndVerifyArchiveBuffer as parseAndVerifyArchiveEntries } from './validation';
+export { generatePackageInfoFromArchiveBuffer } from './parse';
 
 export interface ArchiveEntry {
   path: string;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/validation.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/parse.ts
similarity index 69%
rename from x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/validation.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/parse.ts
index 5fdbdc5b17332..828a31b3ab03e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/validation.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/parse.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
+import { merge } from '@kbn/std';
 import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import { pick, uniq } from 'lodash';
 
@@ -32,6 +33,45 @@ import { unpackBufferEntries } from './index';
 const MANIFESTS: Record<string, Buffer> = {};
 const MANIFEST_NAME = 'manifest.yml';
 
+const DEFAULT_RELEASE_VALUE = 'ga';
+
+// Ingest pipelines are specified in a `data_stream/<name>/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/` directory where a `default`
+// ingest pipeline should be specified by one of these filenames.
+const DEFAULT_INGEST_PIPELINE_VALUE = 'default';
+const DEFAULT_INGEST_PIPELINE_FILE_NAME_YML = 'default.yml';
+const DEFAULT_INGEST_PIPELINE_FILE_NAME_JSON = 'default.json';
+
+// Borrowed from https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/utils/expand_dotted.ts
+// with some alterations around non-object values. The package registry service expands some dotted fields from manifest files,
+// so we need to do the same here.
+const expandDottedField = (dottedFieldName: string, val: unknown): object => {
+  const parts = dottedFieldName.split('.');
+
+  if (parts.length === 1) {
+    return { [parts[0]]: val };
+  } else {
+    return { [parts[0]]: expandDottedField(parts.slice(1).join('.'), val) };
+  }
+};
+
+export const expandDottedObject = (dottedObj: object) => {
+  if (typeof dottedObj !== 'object' || Array.isArray(dottedObj)) {
+    return dottedObj;
+  }
+  return Object.entries(dottedObj).reduce(
+    (acc, [key, val]) => merge(acc, expandDottedField(key, val)),
+    {}
+  );
+};
+
+export const expandDottedEntries = (obj: object) => {
+  return Object.entries<any>(obj).reduce<any>((acc, [key, value]) => {
+    acc[key] = expandDottedObject(value);
+
+    return acc;
+  }, {} as Record<string, any>);
+};
+
 // not sure these are 100% correct but they do the job here
 // keeping them local until others need them
 type OptionalPropertyOf<T extends object> = Exclude<
@@ -76,10 +116,19 @@ const registryPolicyTemplateProps = Object.values(RegistryPolicyTemplateKeys);
 const registryStreamProps = Object.values(RegistryStreamKeys);
 const registryDataStreamProps = Object.values(RegistryDataStreamKeys);
 
-// TODO: everything below performs verification of manifest.yml files, and hence duplicates functionality already implemented in the
-// package registry. At some point this should probably be replaced (or enhanced) with verification based on
-// https://github.com/elastic/package-spec/
-export async function parseAndVerifyArchiveBuffer(
+/*
+  This function generates a package info object (see type `ArchivePackage`) by parsing and verifying the `manifest.yml` file as well
+  as the directory structure for the given package archive and other files adhering to the package spec: https://github.com/elastic/package-spec.
+
+  Currently, this process is duplicative of logic that's already implemented in the Package Registry codebase,
+  e.g. https://github.com/elastic/package-registry/blob/main/packages/package.go. Because of this duplication, it's likely for our parsing/verification
+  logic to fall out of sync with the registry codebase's implementation.
+
+  This should be addressed in https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/115032
+  where we'll no longer use the package registry endpoint as a source of truth for package info objects, and instead Fleet will _always_ generate
+  them in the manner implemented below.
+*/
+export async function generatePackageInfoFromArchiveBuffer(
   archiveBuffer: Buffer,
   contentType: string
 ): Promise<{ paths: string[]; packageInfo: ArchivePackage }> {
@@ -144,8 +193,13 @@ function parseAndVerifyArchive(paths: string[]): ArchivePackage {
     );
   }
 
-  parsed.data_streams = parseAndVerifyDataStreams(paths, parsed.name, parsed.version);
+  const parsedDataStreams = parseAndVerifyDataStreams(paths, parsed.name, parsed.version);
+  if (parsedDataStreams.length) {
+    parsed.data_streams = parsedDataStreams;
+  }
+
   parsed.policy_templates = parseAndVerifyPolicyTemplates(manifest);
+
   // add readme if exists
   const readme = parseAndVerifyReadme(paths, parsed.name, parsed.version);
   if (readme) {
@@ -202,11 +256,11 @@ export function parseAndVerifyDataStreams(
 
     const {
       title: dataStreamTitle,
-      release,
+      release = DEFAULT_RELEASE_VALUE,
       type,
       dataset,
-      ingest_pipeline: ingestPipeline,
       streams: manifestStreams,
+      elasticsearch,
       ...restOfProps
     } = manifest;
     if (!(dataStreamTitle && type)) {
@@ -214,28 +268,75 @@ export function parseAndVerifyDataStreams(
         `Invalid manifest for data stream '${dataStreamPath}': one or more fields missing of 'title', 'type'`
       );
     }
+
+    let ingestPipeline;
+    const ingestPipelinePaths = paths.filter((path) =>
+      path.startsWith(`${pkgKey}/data_stream/${dataStreamPath}/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline`)
+    );
+
+    if (
+      ingestPipelinePaths.length &&
+      (ingestPipelinePaths.some((ingestPipelinePath) =>
+        ingestPipelinePath.endsWith(DEFAULT_INGEST_PIPELINE_FILE_NAME_YML)
+      ) ||
+        ingestPipelinePaths.some((ingestPipelinePath) =>
+          ingestPipelinePath.endsWith(DEFAULT_INGEST_PIPELINE_FILE_NAME_JSON)
+        ))
+    ) {
+      ingestPipeline = DEFAULT_INGEST_PIPELINE_VALUE;
+    }
+
     const streams = parseAndVerifyStreams(manifestStreams, dataStreamPath);
 
+    const parsedElasticsearchEntry: Record<string, any> = {};
+
+    if (ingestPipeline) {
+      parsedElasticsearchEntry['ingest_pipeline.name'] = DEFAULT_INGEST_PIPELINE_VALUE;
+    }
+
+    if (elasticsearch?.privileges) {
+      parsedElasticsearchEntry.privileges = elasticsearch.privileges;
+    }
+
+    if (elasticsearch?.index_template?.mappings) {
+      parsedElasticsearchEntry['index_template.mappings'] = expandDottedEntries(
+        elasticsearch.index_template.mappings
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (elasticsearch?.index_template?.settings) {
+      parsedElasticsearchEntry['index_template.settings'] = expandDottedEntries(
+        elasticsearch.index_template.settings
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Build up the stream object here so we can conditionally insert nullable fields. The package registry omits undefined
+    // fields, so we're mimicking that behavior here.
+    const dataStreamObject: RegistryDataStream = {
+      title: dataStreamTitle,
+      release,
+      type,
+      package: pkgName,
+      dataset: dataset || `${pkgName}.${dataStreamPath}`,
+      path: dataStreamPath,
+      elasticsearch: parsedElasticsearchEntry,
+    };
+
+    if (ingestPipeline) {
+      dataStreamObject.ingest_pipeline = ingestPipeline;
+    }
+
+    if (streams.length) {
+      dataStreamObject.streams = streams;
+    }
+
     dataStreams.push(
-      Object.entries(restOfProps).reduce(
-        (validatedDataStream, [key, value]) => {
-          if (registryDataStreamProps.includes(key as RegistryDataStreamKeys)) {
-            // @ts-expect-error
-            validatedDataStream[key] = value;
-          }
-          return validatedDataStream;
-        },
-        {
-          title: dataStreamTitle,
-          release,
-          type,
-          package: pkgName,
-          dataset: dataset || `${pkgName}.${dataStreamPath}`,
-          ingest_pipeline: ingestPipeline,
-          path: dataStreamPath,
-          streams,
+      Object.entries(restOfProps).reduce((validatedDataStream, [key, value]) => {
+        if (registryDataStreamProps.includes(key as RegistryDataStreamKeys)) {
+          validatedDataStream[key] = value;
         }
-      )
+        return validatedDataStream;
+      }, dataStreamObject)
     );
   });
 
@@ -261,25 +362,27 @@ export function parseAndVerifyStreams(
           `Invalid manifest for data stream ${dataStreamPath}: stream is missing one or more fields of: input, title`
         );
       }
+
       const vars = parseAndVerifyVars(manifestVars, `data stream ${dataStreamPath}`);
 
-      // default template path name see https://github.com/elastic/package-registry/blob/master/util/dataset.go#L143
+      const streamObject: RegistryStream = {
+        input,
+        title: streamTitle,
+        template_path: templatePath || 'stream.yml.hbs',
+      };
+
+      if (vars.length) {
+        streamObject.vars = vars;
+      }
+
       streams.push(
-        Object.entries(restOfProps).reduce(
-          (validatedStream, [key, value]) => {
-            if (registryStreamProps.includes(key as RegistryStreamKeys)) {
-              // @ts-expect-error
-              validatedStream[key] = value;
-            }
-            return validatedStream;
-          },
-          {
-            input,
-            title: streamTitle,
-            vars,
-            template_path: templatePath || 'stream.yml.hbs',
-          } as RegistryStream
-        )
+        Object.entries(restOfProps).reduce((validatedStream, [key, value]) => {
+          if (registryStreamProps.includes(key as RegistryStreamKeys)) {
+            // @ts-expect-error
+            validatedStream[key] = value;
+          }
+          return validatedStream;
+        }, streamObject)
       );
     });
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/storage.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/storage.ts
index bc26388c990f3..d2a96921bf033 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/storage.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/storage.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { appContextService } from '../../app_context';
 
 import { getArchiveEntry, setArchiveEntry, setArchiveFilelist, setPackageInfo } from './index';
 import type { ArchiveEntry } from './index';
-import { parseAndVerifyPolicyTemplates, parseAndVerifyStreams } from './validation';
+import { parseAndVerifyPolicyTemplates, parseAndVerifyStreams } from './parse';
 
 const ONE_BYTE = 1024 * 1024;
 // could be anything, picked this from https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/issues/17
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/bundled_packages.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/bundled_packages.ts
index 77ece9e1d7787..6934134c34aca 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/bundled_packages.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/bundled_packages.ts
@@ -9,19 +9,26 @@ import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 
 import type { BundledPackage } from '../../../types';
+import { IngestManagerError } from '../../../errors';
 import { appContextService } from '../../app_context';
 import { splitPkgKey } from '../registry';
 
-const BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY = path.join(__dirname, '../../../../target/bundled_packages');
-
 export async function getBundledPackages(): Promise<BundledPackage[]> {
+  const config = appContextService.getConfig();
+
+  const bundledPackageLocation = config?.developer?.bundledPackageLocation;
+
+  if (!bundledPackageLocation) {
+    throw new IngestManagerError('xpack.fleet.developer.bundledPackageLocation is not configured');
+  }
+
   try {
-    const dirContents = await fs.readdir(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY);
+    const dirContents = await fs.readdir(bundledPackageLocation);
     const zipFiles = dirContents.filter((file) => file.endsWith('.zip'));
 
     const result = await Promise.all(
       zipFiles.map(async (zipFile) => {
-        const file = await fs.readFile(path.join(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY, zipFile));
+        const file = await fs.readFile(path.join(bundledPackageLocation, zipFile));
 
         const { pkgName, pkgVersion } = splitPkgKey(zipFile.replace(/\.zip$/, ''));
 
@@ -36,7 +43,7 @@ export async function getBundledPackages(): Promise<BundledPackage[]> {
     return result;
   } catch (err) {
     const logger = appContextService.getLogger();
-    logger.debug(`Unable to read bundled packages from ${BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY}`);
+    logger.debug(`Unable to read bundled packages from ${bundledPackageLocation}`);
 
     return [];
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.test.ts
index c803b0ff18a44..973e2624af5d9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.test.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jest.mock('../kibana/index_pattern/install', () => {
 });
 jest.mock('../archive', () => {
   return {
-    parseAndVerifyArchiveEntries: jest.fn(() =>
+    generatePackageInfoFromArchiveBuffer: jest.fn(() =>
       Promise.resolve({ packageInfo: { name: 'apache', version: '1.3.0' } })
     ),
     unpackBufferToCache: jest.fn(),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
index 23883f90d4248..8a4271c20be65 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ import type {
 } from '../../../types';
 import { appContextService } from '../../app_context';
 import * as Registry from '../registry';
-import { setPackageInfo, parseAndVerifyArchiveEntries, unpackBufferToCache } from '../archive';
+import {
+  setPackageInfo,
+  generatePackageInfoFromArchiveBuffer,
+  unpackBufferToCache,
+} from '../archive';
 import { toAssetReference } from '../kibana/assets/install';
 import type { ArchiveAsset } from '../kibana/assets/install';
 
@@ -391,7 +395,7 @@ async function installPackageByUpload({
   let installType: InstallType = 'unknown';
   const telemetryEvent: PackageUpdateEvent = getTelemetryEvent('', '');
   try {
-    const { packageInfo } = await parseAndVerifyArchiveEntries(archiveBuffer, contentType);
+    const { packageInfo } = await generatePackageInfoFromArchiveBuffer(archiveBuffer, contentType);
 
     const installedPkg = await getInstallationObject({
       savedObjectsClient,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/registry/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/registry/index.ts
index db6a324352ca1..182f20297afd5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/registry/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/registry/index.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ export async function ensureCachedArchiveInfo(
   }
 }
 
-async function fetchArchiveBuffer(
+export async function fetchArchiveBuffer(
   pkgName: string,
   pkgVersion: string
 ): Promise<{ archiveBuffer: Buffer; archivePath: string }> {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/index.js b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/index.js
index 4247be10e0792..6364b1de59fc8 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default function loadTests({ loadTestFile }) {
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./file'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./template'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./ilm'));
-    // loadTestFile(require.resolve('./install_bundled'));
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./install_bundled'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./install_by_upload'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./install_endpoint'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./install_overrides'));
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_bundled.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_bundled.ts
index c70495ea7809d..2fb227c5afc1a 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_bundled.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_bundled.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 
+import { BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIR } from '../../config';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../api_integration/ftr_provider_context';
 import { skipIfNoDockerRegistry } from '../../helpers';
 import { setupFleetAndAgents } from '../agents/services';
@@ -22,30 +23,31 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
     path.dirname(__filename),
     '../fixtures/bundled_packages'
   );
-  const BUNDLED_PACKAGES_DIR = path.join(
-    path.dirname(__filename),
-    '../../../../plugins/fleet/target/bundled_packages'
-  );
 
   const bundlePackage = async (name: string) => {
     try {
-      await fs.access(BUNDLED_PACKAGES_DIR);
+      await fs.access(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIR);
     } catch (error) {
-      await fs.mkdir(BUNDLED_PACKAGES_DIR);
+      await fs.mkdir(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIR);
     }
 
     await fs.copyFile(
       path.join(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_FIXTURES_DIR, `${name}.zip`),
-      path.join(BUNDLED_PACKAGES_DIR, `${name}.zip`)
+      path.join(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIR, `${name}.zip`)
     );
   };
 
   const removeBundledPackages = async () => {
     try {
-      const files = await fs.readdir(BUNDLED_PACKAGES_DIR);
+      const files = await fs.readdir(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIR);
 
       for (const file of files) {
-        await fs.unlink(path.join(BUNDLED_PACKAGES_DIR, file));
+        const isFixtureFile = !!(await fs.readFile(path.join(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_FIXTURES_DIR, file)));
+
+        // Only remove fixture files - leave normal bundled packages in place
+        if (isFixtureFile) {
+          await fs.unlink(path.join(BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIR, file));
+        }
       }
     } catch (error) {
       log.error('Error removing bundled packages');
@@ -63,10 +65,11 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
 
     describe('without registry', () => {
       it('installs from bundled source via api', async () => {
-        await bundlePackage('elastic_agent-1.2.0');
+        // Need to bundle a package that doesn't conflict with those listed in `fleet_packages.json
+        await bundlePackage('nginx-1.2.1');
 
         const response = await supertest
-          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/elastic_agent/1.2.0`)
+          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/nginx/1.2.1`)
           .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
           .type('application/json')
           .send({ force: true })
@@ -76,11 +79,11 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
       });
 
       it('allows for upgrading from newer bundled source when outdated package was installed from bundled source', async () => {
-        await bundlePackage('elastic_agent-1.0.0');
-        await bundlePackage('elastic_agent-1.2.0');
+        await bundlePackage('nginx-1.1.0');
+        await bundlePackage('nginx-1.2.1');
 
         const installResponse = await supertest
-          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/elastic_agent/1.0.0`)
+          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/nginx/1.1.0`)
           .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
           .type('application/json')
           .send({ force: true })
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
         expect(installResponse.body._meta.install_source).to.be('bundled');
 
         const updateResponse = await supertest
-          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/elastic_agent/1.2.0`)
+          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/nginx/1.2.1`)
           .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
           .type('application/json')
           .send({ force: true })
@@ -101,10 +104,10 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
 
     describe('with registry', () => {
       it('allows for updating from registry when outdated package is installed from bundled source', async () => {
-        await bundlePackage('elastic_agent-1.2.0');
+        await bundlePackage('nginx-1.1.0');
 
         const bundledInstallResponse = await supertest
-          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/elastic_agent/1.2.0`)
+          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/nginx/1.1.0`)
           .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
           .type('application/json')
           .send({ force: true })
@@ -112,8 +115,9 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
 
         expect(bundledInstallResponse.body._meta.install_source).to.be('bundled');
 
+        // Update to one version prior to the bundled version of nginx
         const registryUpdateResponse = await supertest
-          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/elastic_agent/1.3.0`)
+          .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/elastic_agent/1.2.0`)
           .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
           .type('application/json')
           .send({ force: true })
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_by_upload.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_by_upload.ts
index 97f0bce458791..28b68609ce15e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_by_upload.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_by_upload.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
         .type('application/gzip')
         .send(buf)
         .expect(200);
-      expect(res.body.items.length).to.be(27);
+      expect(res.body.items.length).to.be(29);
     });
 
     it('should install a zip archive correctly and package info should return correctly after validation', async function () {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
         .type('application/zip')
         .send(buf)
         .expect(200);
-      expect(res.body.items.length).to.be(27);
+      expect(res.body.items.length).to.be(29);
     });
 
     it('should throw an error if the archive is zip but content type is gzip', async function () {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/elastic_agent-1.0.0.zip b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/elastic_agent-1.0.0.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index 77961d6b14c53..0000000000000
Binary files a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/elastic_agent-1.0.0.zip and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/elastic_agent-1.2.0.zip b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/elastic_agent-1.2.0.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index a41061b7212ae..0000000000000
Binary files a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/elastic_agent-1.2.0.zip and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/nginx-1.1.0.zip b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/nginx-1.1.0.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8beb16d00edb5
Binary files /dev/null and b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/nginx-1.1.0.zip differ
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/nginx-1.2.1.zip b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/nginx-1.2.1.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..977cd4318a384
Binary files /dev/null and b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/fixtures/bundled_packages/nginx-1.2.1.zip differ
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts
index 8c91b5ce8c279..60b57dc400cce 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import { defineDockerServersConfig } from '@kbn/test';
 // example: https://beats-ci.elastic.co/blue/organizations/jenkins/Ingest-manager%2Fpackage-storage/detail/snapshot/74/pipeline/257#step-302-log-1.
 // It should be updated any time there is a new Docker image published for the Snapshot Distribution of the Package Registry.
 export const dockerImage =
-  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:8b4ce36ecdf86e6cfdf781d9df8d564a014add9afc9aec21cf2c5a68ff82d3ab';
+  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:b3dfc6a11ff7dce82ba8689ea9eeb54e353c6b4bfd2d28127b20ef72fd8883e9';
+
+export const BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIR = '/tmp/fleet_bundled_packages';
 
 export default async function ({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
   const xPackAPITestsConfig = await readConfigFile(require.resolve('../api_integration/config.ts'));
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ export default async function ({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
         `--xpack.fleet.packages.0.name=endpoint`,
         `--xpack.fleet.packages.0.version=latest`,
         ...(registryPort ? [`--xpack.fleet.registryUrl=http://localhost:${registryPort}`] : []),
+        `--xpack.fleet.developer.bundledPackageLocation=${BUNDLED_PACKAGE_DIR}`,
       ],
     },
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/config.js b/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
index 360caeeda2868..71c82b05961f0 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { pageObjects } from './page_objects';
 // example: https://beats-ci.elastic.co/blue/organizations/jenkins/Ingest-manager%2Fpackage-storage/detail/snapshot/74/pipeline/257#step-302-log-1.
 // It should be updated any time there is a new Docker image published for the Snapshot Distribution of the Package Registry.
 export const dockerImage =
-  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:8b4ce36ecdf86e6cfdf781d9df8d564a014add9afc9aec21cf2c5a68ff82d3ab';
+  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:b3dfc6a11ff7dce82ba8689ea9eeb54e353c6b4bfd2d28127b20ef72fd8883e9';
 
 // the default export of config files must be a config provider
 // that returns an object with the projects config values
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_synthetics/config.js b/x-pack/test/functional_synthetics/config.js
index 35ff84fffc06b..58a6f85196ba0 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional_synthetics/config.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_synthetics/config.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { pageObjects } from './page_objects';
 // example: https://beats-ci.elastic.co/blue/organizations/jenkins/Ingest-manager%2Fpackage-storage/detail/snapshot/74/pipeline/257#step-302-log-1.
 // It should be updated any time there is a new Docker image published for the Snapshot Distribution of the Package Registry that updates Synthetics.
 export const dockerImage =
-  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:8b4ce36ecdf86e6cfdf781d9df8d564a014add9afc9aec21cf2c5a68ff82d3ab';
+  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:b3dfc6a11ff7dce82ba8689ea9eeb54e353c6b4bfd2d28127b20ef72fd8883e9';
 
 // the default export of config files must be a config provider
 // that returns an object with the projects config values