diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/exception/load.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/exception/load.go
index bdda414252..53feded338 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"
-	resourceloader "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/resource/convert"
+	resourceloader "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/resource/loader"
 	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 4bfc70bd60..3dc68b05db 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"
-	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"
+	resourceloader "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/resource/loader"
 	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 9fbc64ba49..6069709b77 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/loader"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/resource/convert"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/ext/resource/loader"
 )
 
 func Load[T any](l loader.Loader, content []byte) (*T, error) {
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader/loader.go b/ext/resource/loader/loader.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader/loader.go
rename to ext/resource/loader/loader.go
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader/loader_test.go b/ext/resource/loader/loader_test.go
similarity index 93%
rename from cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader/loader_test.go
rename to ext/resource/loader/loader_test.go
index 5ee78c0944..53a5fc5ab1 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader/loader_test.go
+++ b/ext/resource/loader/loader_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func Test_loader_Load(t *testing.T) {
 	}, {
 		name:     "unknown GVK",
 		loader:   newLoader(openapiclient.NewLocalCRDFiles(data.Crds(), "crds")),
-		document: loadFile("../../_testdata/resources/namespace.yaml"),
+		document: loadFile("../../../cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/_testdata/resources/namespace.yaml"),
 		wantErr:  true,
 	}, {
 		name:   "bad schema",
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ func Test_loader_Load(t *testing.T) {
 	}, {
 		name:     "ok",
 		loader:   newLoader(openapiclient.NewHardcodedBuiltins("1.27")),
-		document: loadFile("../../_testdata/resources/namespace.yaml"),
-		want:     toUnstructured(loadFile("../../_testdata/resources/namespace.yaml")),
+		document: loadFile("../../../cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/_testdata/resources/namespace.yaml"),
+		want:     toUnstructured(loadFile("../../../cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/_testdata/resources/namespace.yaml")),
 	}}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {