diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/exception/load.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/exception/load.go
index 4412fd978a..bdda414252 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/exception/load.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/exception/load.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	kyvernov2alpha1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v2alpha1"
 	kyvernov2beta1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v2beta1"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/data"
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert"
 	resourceloader "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/resource/convert"
 	yamlutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/yaml"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate/pkg/openapiclient"
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/policy/load.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/policy/load.go
index b6b7883901..4bfc70bd60 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/policy/load.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/policy/load.go
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import (
 	kyvernov2beta1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v2beta1"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/data"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/experimental"
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert"
 	resourceloader "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/source"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/resource/convert"
 	extyaml "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/yaml"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/git"
 	yamlutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/yaml"
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load.go
index 26864c170b..9fbc64ba49 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package resource
 
 import (
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/resource/convert"
 )
 
 func Load[T any](l loader.Loader, content []byte) (*T, error) {
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert/convert.go b/ext/resource/convert/convert.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert/convert.go
rename to ext/resource/convert/convert.go
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert/convert_test.go b/ext/resource/convert/convert_test.go
similarity index 79%
rename from cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert/convert_test.go
rename to ext/resource/convert/convert_test.go
index 1b7a9d9db1..b11889b3a7 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert/convert_test.go
+++ b/ext/resource/convert/convert_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestTo(t *testing.T) {
 	{
-		data, err := os.ReadFile("../../_testdata/policies/check-image.yaml")
+		data, err := os.ReadFile("../../../cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/_testdata/policies/check-image.yaml")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		json, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(data)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestTo(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Error(t, err)
 	}
 	{
-		data, err := os.ReadFile("../../_testdata/resources/namespace.yaml")
+		data, err := os.ReadFile("../../../cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/_testdata/resources/namespace.yaml")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		json, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(data)