diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 30d6506..adbeb8c 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Description: add fixtures for doing things in relation to the active testing
 ID: 11
 Type: bugfix
 Title: move testing utils out of utils
-Status: in-progres
+Status: done
 Priority: high
 Created: 2025-06-20
 Description: to shorten the namespace and also indicate that testing utilities
diff --git a/src/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/__init__.py b/src/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/__init__.py
rename to src/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/decorators.py b/src/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/decorators.py
similarity index 95%
rename from src/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/decorators.py
rename to src/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/decorators.py
index bf1066b..a7d8161 100644
--- a/src/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/decorators.py
+++ b/src/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/decorators.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest import get_current_test
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest import get_current_test
 
 
 def run_in_subprocess_once():
diff --git a/src/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/fixtures.py b/src/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/fixtures.py
similarity index 93%
rename from src/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/fixtures.py
rename to src/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/fixtures.py
index 3362010..b9ca0cb 100644
--- a/src/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/fixtures.py
+++ b/src/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/fixtures.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from typing import Dict, Tuple, Union
 
 import pytest
 
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest import get_current_test
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest import get_current_test
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_.py b/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_.py
similarity index 80%
rename from tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_.py
rename to tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_.py
index 57a0410..8141015 100644
--- a/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_.py
+++ b/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import pytest
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.pytest
 
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest import get_current_test
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest.decorators import run_in_subprocess_once
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest import get_current_test
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest.decorators import run_in_subprocess_once
 
 
 class Test_get_current_test:
diff --git a/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_decorators.py b/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_decorators.py
similarity index 85%
rename from tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_decorators.py
rename to tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_decorators.py
index 7dd20fe..c906bef 100644
--- a/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_decorators.py
+++ b/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_decorators.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import pytest
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.pytest
 
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest.decorators import run_in_subprocess_once
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest.decorators import run_in_subprocess_once
 
 
 @run_in_subprocess_once()
diff --git a/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_fixtures.py b/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_fixtures.py
similarity index 78%
rename from tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_fixtures.py
rename to tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_fixtures.py
index c6b8e1f..0e0c5d9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/utils/testing/pytest/test_fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/integration/byteb4rb1e/testing/pytest/test_fixtures.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import pytest
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.pytest
 
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest.decorators import run_in_subprocess_once
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest.fixtures import current_test, mock_pkg
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest.decorators import run_in_subprocess_once
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest.fixtures import current_test, mock_pkg
 
 
 def test_current_test(current_test):
diff --git a/tests/unit/byteb4rb1e/utils/urllib/test_request.py b/tests/unit/byteb4rb1e/utils/urllib/test_request.py
index 5fdf7c0..787fb29 100644
--- a/tests/unit/byteb4rb1e/utils/urllib/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/unit/byteb4rb1e/utils/urllib/test_request.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import urllib.request
 
 import pytest
 
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest.decorators import run_in_subprocess_once
-from byteb4rb1e.utils.testing.pytest.fixtures import mock_pkg
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest.decorators import run_in_subprocess_once
+from byteb4rb1e.testing.pytest.fixtures import mock_pkg
 from byteb4rb1e.utils.urllib.request import PkgHandler