diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df87b0b4..29ce30f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Version 2.0.0-beta
 
 ### Feature updates
-* `ensure_binary`, `ensure_str`, `ensure_text` and `assert_regex` utility methods have been migrated from `six.py` to `splunklib/__init__.py`
+* `ensure_binary`, `ensure_str`, `ensure_text` and `assert_regex` utility methods have been migrated from `six.py` to `splunklib/utils.py`
 
 ### Major changes
 * Removed Code specific to Python2
diff --git a/splunklib/__init__.py b/splunklib/__init__.py
index 90d93921..035e0f81 100644
--- a/splunklib/__init__.py
+++ b/splunklib/__init__.py
@@ -30,49 +30,5 @@ def setup_logging(level, log_format=DEFAULT_LOG_FORMAT, date_format=DEFAULT_DATE
                         datefmt=date_format)
 
 
-def ensure_binary(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
-    """
-      - `str` -> encoded to `bytes`
-      - `bytes` -> `bytes`
-    """
-    if isinstance(s, str):
-        return s.encode(encoding, errors)
-
-    if isinstance(s, bytes):
-        return s
-
-    raise TypeError(f"not expecting type '{type(s)}'")
-
-
-def ensure_str(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
-    """
-      - `str` -> `str`
-      - `bytes` -> decoded to `str`
-    """
-    if isinstance(s, bytes):
-        return s.decode(encoding, errors)
-
-    if isinstance(s, str):
-        return s
-
-    raise TypeError(f"not expecting type '{type(s)}'")
-
-
-def ensure_text(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
-    """
-      - `str` -> `str`
-      - `bytes` -> decoded to `str`
-    """
-    if isinstance(s, bytes):
-        return s.decode(encoding, errors)
-    if isinstance(s, str):
-        return s
-    raise TypeError(f"not expecting type '{type(s)}'")
-
-
-def assertRegex(self, *args, **kwargs):
-    return getattr(self, "assertRegex")(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
 __version_info__ = (2, 0, 0)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, __version_info__))
diff --git a/splunklib/modularinput/event.py b/splunklib/modularinput/event.py
index 1ad738b8..2e398cfa 100644
--- a/splunklib/modularinput/event.py
+++ b/splunklib/modularinput/event.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from io import TextIOBase
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
-from splunklib import ensure_text
+from splunklib.utils import ensure_text
 
 
 class Event:
diff --git a/splunklib/modularinput/event_writer.py b/splunklib/modularinput/event_writer.py
index adc9195e..cfff8721 100644
--- a/splunklib/modularinput/event_writer.py
+++ b/splunklib/modularinput/event_writer.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-from splunklib import ensure_str
+from splunklib.utils import ensure_str
 from .event import ET
 
 
diff --git a/splunklib/searchcommands/search_command.py b/splunklib/searchcommands/search_command.py
index 47504ed9..ab8be07c 100644
--- a/splunklib/searchcommands/search_command.py
+++ b/splunklib/searchcommands/search_command.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 from warnings import warn
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
+from splunklib.utils import ensure_str
+
 
 # Relative imports
 import splunklib
@@ -888,7 +890,7 @@ def _read_chunk(istream):
         if not header:
             return None
 
-        match = SearchCommand._header.match(splunklib.ensure_str(header))
+        match = SearchCommand._header.match(ensure_str(header))
 
         if match is None:
             raise RuntimeError(f'Failed to parse transport header: {header}')
@@ -905,7 +907,7 @@ def _read_chunk(istream):
         decoder = MetadataDecoder()
 
         try:
-            metadata = decoder.decode(splunklib.ensure_str(metadata))
+            metadata = decoder.decode(ensure_str(metadata))
         except Exception as error:
             raise RuntimeError(f'Failed to parse metadata of length {metadata_length}: {error}')
 
@@ -919,7 +921,7 @@ def _read_chunk(istream):
         except Exception as error:
             raise RuntimeError(f'Failed to read body of length {body_length}: {error}')
 
-        return metadata, splunklib.ensure_str(body,errors="replace")
+        return metadata, ensure_str(body,errors="replace")
 
     _header = re.compile(r'chunked\s+1.0\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*\n')
 
diff --git a/splunklib/utils.py b/splunklib/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bb80ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/splunklib/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Copyright © 2011-2023 Splunk, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"): you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+"""The **splunklib.utils** File for utility functions.
+"""
+
+
+def ensure_binary(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
+    """
+      - `str` -> encoded to `bytes`
+      - `bytes` -> `bytes`
+    """
+    if isinstance(s, str):
+        return s.encode(encoding, errors)
+
+    if isinstance(s, bytes):
+        return s
+
+    raise TypeError(f"not expecting type '{type(s)}'")
+
+
+def ensure_str(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
+    """
+      - `str` -> `str`
+      - `bytes` -> decoded to `str`
+    """
+    if isinstance(s, bytes):
+        return s.decode(encoding, errors)
+
+    if isinstance(s, str):
+        return s
+
+    raise TypeError(f"not expecting type '{type(s)}'")
+
+
+def ensure_text(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
+    """
+      - `str` -> `str`
+      - `bytes` -> decoded to `str`
+    """
+    if isinstance(s, bytes):
+        return s.decode(encoding, errors)
+    if isinstance(s, str):
+        return s
+    raise TypeError(f"not expecting type '{type(s)}'")
+
+
+def assertRegex(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    return getattr(self, "assertRegex")(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/searchcommands/test_search_command.py b/tests/searchcommands/test_search_command.py
index ace24be1..8ecb3fd7 100755
--- a/tests/searchcommands/test_search_command.py
+++ b/tests/searchcommands/test_search_command.py
@@ -32,15 +32,16 @@
 from splunklib.searchcommands.decorators import ConfigurationSetting, Option
 from splunklib.searchcommands.search_command import SearchCommand
 from splunklib.client import Service
+from splunklib.utils import ensure_binary
 
 from io import StringIO, BytesIO
 
 
 def build_command_input(getinfo_metadata, execute_metadata, execute_body):
-    input = (f'chunked 1.0,{len(splunklib.ensure_binary(getinfo_metadata))},0\n{getinfo_metadata}' +
-             f'chunked 1.0,{len(splunklib.ensure_binary(execute_metadata))},{len(splunklib.ensure_binary(execute_body))}\n{execute_metadata}{execute_body}')
+    input = (f'chunked 1.0,{len(ensure_binary(getinfo_metadata))},0\n{getinfo_metadata}' +
+             f'chunked 1.0,{len(ensure_binary(execute_metadata))},{len(ensure_binary(execute_body))}\n{execute_metadata}{execute_body}')
 
-    ifile = BytesIO(splunklib.ensure_binary(input))
+    ifile = BytesIO(ensure_binary(input))
 
     ifile = TextIOWrapper(ifile)