diff --git a/pulsar-client-admin-api/pom.xml b/pulsar-client-admin-api/pom.xml
index 505c234850dd1..af2ed6f00232e 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-admin-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client-admin-api/pom.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
             <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>pulsar-package-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pulsar-package-management/core/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/common/PackageMetadata.java b/pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/common/PackageMetadata.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pulsar-package-management/core/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/common/PackageMetadata.java
rename to pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/common/PackageMetadata.java
diff --git a/pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/common/package-info.java b/pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/common/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..12302ebdf53f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/common/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Packages management general classes.
+ */
+package org.apache.pulsar.packages.management.core.common;
diff --git a/pulsar-package-management/core/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/exceptions/PackagesManagementException.java b/pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/exceptions/PackagesManagementException.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pulsar-package-management/core/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/exceptions/PackagesManagementException.java
rename to pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/exceptions/PackagesManagementException.java
diff --git a/pulsar-package-management/core/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/exceptions/package-info.java b/pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/exceptions/package-info.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pulsar-package-management/core/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/exceptions/package-info.java
rename to pulsar-client-admin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/packages/management/core/exceptions/package-info.java
diff --git a/pulsar-package-management/core/pom.xml b/pulsar-package-management/core/pom.xml
index 52efa8cc0b380..ef1b19defb781 100644
--- a/pulsar-package-management/core/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-package-management/core/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
     <name>Apache Pulsar :: Package Management :: Core</name>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pulsar-client-admin-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>