diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2abba7c24ab..059e20219a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
   # Otherwise, set variable to the commit of your branch on
   # opentelemetry-python-contrib which is compatible with these Core repo
   # changes.
-  CONTRIB_REPO_SHA: a7c054b257225948c68a9dccb3f2973537d9b4ec
+  CONTRIB_REPO_SHA: f5b91a305ffcd747d70e4d9ebbc582634d6955df
   # This is needed because we do not clone the core repo in contrib builds anymore.
   # When running contrib builds as part of core builds, we use actions/checkout@v2 which
   # does not set an environment variable (simply just runs tox), which is different when
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aba1ba1f006..a7451a55f0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2242](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2242))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk` Sanitize env var resource attribute pairs
   ([#2256](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2256))
+- `opentelemetry-test` start releasing to pypi.org
+  ([#2269](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2269))
 
 ## [1.6.2-0.25b2](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.6.2-0.25b2) - 2021-10-19
 
diff --git a/eachdist.ini b/eachdist.ini
index e239102e27a..524bb3891a8 100644
--- a/eachdist.ini
+++ b/eachdist.ini
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sortfirst=
     opentelemetry-sdk
     opentelemetry-proto
     opentelemetry-distro
-    tests/util
+    tests/opentelemetry-test
     exporter/*
 
 [stable]
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 63faa001bc3..f317b840a0b 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DISTDIR=dist
   mkdir -p $DISTDIR
   rm -rf $DISTDIR/*
 
- for d in opentelemetry-api/ opentelemetry-sdk/ opentelemetry-proto/ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/ exporter/*/ shim/*/ propagator/*/; do
+ for d in opentelemetry-api/ opentelemetry-sdk/ opentelemetry-proto/ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/ exporter/*/ shim/*/ propagator/*/ tests/opentelemetry-test/; do
    (
      echo "building $d"
      cd "$d"
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-test/README.rst b/tests/opentelemetry-test/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..774669cb8b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-test/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+OpenTelemetry Test Utilities
+============================
+
+This package provides internal testing utilities for the OpenTelemetry Python project and provides no stability or quality guarantees.
+Please do not use it for anything other than writing or running tests for the OpenTelemetry Python project (github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python).
+
+
+References
+----------
+* `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
diff --git a/tests/util/setup.cfg b/tests/opentelemetry-test/setup.cfg
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/util/setup.cfg
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/setup.cfg
index 5274a2d876e..591b787ada0 100644
--- a/tests/util/setup.cfg
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-test/setup.cfg
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ name = opentelemetry-test
 description = Test utilities for OpenTelemetry unit tests
 author = OpenTelemetry Authors
 author_email = cncf-opentelemetry-contributors@lists.cncf.io
-url = https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/tests/util
+url = https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/tests/opentelemetry-test
 platforms = any
 license = Apache-2.0
 classifiers =
diff --git a/tests/util/setup.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/setup.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/setup.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/setup.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/asgitestutil.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/asgitestutil.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/asgitestutil.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/asgitestutil.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/concurrency_test.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/concurrency_test.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/concurrency_test.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/concurrency_test.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/globals_test.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/globals_test.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/globals_test.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/globals_test.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/httptest.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/httptest.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/httptest.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/httptest.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/mock_textmap.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/mock_textmap.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/mock_textmap.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/mock_textmap.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/spantestutil.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/spantestutil.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/spantestutil.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/spantestutil.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/test_base.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/test_base.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/test_base.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/test_base.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/version.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/version.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/version.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/version.py
diff --git a/tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/wsgitestutil.py b/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/wsgitestutil.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/util/src/opentelemetry/test/wsgitestutil.py
rename to tests/opentelemetry-test/src/opentelemetry/test/wsgitestutil.py
diff --git a/tests/util/README.rst b/tests/util/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 58a75149bd7..00000000000
--- a/tests/util/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-OpenTelemetry Test Utilities
-============================
-
-Test utilities for OpenTelemetry unit tests
-
-
-References
-----------
-* `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 38da9cac543..a0632c8387d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ setenv =
   ; i.e: CONTRIB_REPO_SHA=dde62cebffe519c35875af6d06fae053b3be65ec tox -e <env to test>
   CONTRIB_REPO_SHA={env:CONTRIB_REPO_SHA:"main"}
   CONTRIB_REPO="git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib.git@{env:CONTRIB_REPO_SHA}"
-  mypy: MYPYPATH={toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api/src/:{toxinidir}/tests/util/src/
+  mypy: MYPYPATH={toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api/src/:{toxinidir}/tests/opentelemetry-test/src/
 
 changedir =
   api: opentelemetry-api/tests
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ commands_pre =
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}: python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
 ; Install common packages for all the tests. These are not needed in all the
 ; cases but it saves a lot of boilerplate in this file.
-  opentelemetry: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk {toxinidir}/tests/util
+  opentelemetry: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk {toxinidir}/tests/opentelemetry-test
 
   protobuf: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ commands_pre =
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto[test]
-  python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/tests/util[test]
+  python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/tests/opentelemetry-test[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-thrift[test]
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ commands_pre =
   pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api \
               -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions \
               -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk \
-              -e {toxinidir}/tests/util \
+              -e {toxinidir}/tests/opentelemetry-test \
               -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-opencensus \
               -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto \
               -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc \