diff --git a/build-tools-internal/build.gradle b/build-tools-internal/build.gradle
index 13fd5dcd51c3..cf2dcf6856cb 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/build.gradle
+++ b/build-tools-internal/build.gradle
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ gradlePlugin {
       implementationClass = 'org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.precommit.ValidateRestSpecPlugin'
     }
     yamlRestTest {
-      id = 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
-      implementationClass = 'org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.YamlRestTestPlugin'
+      id = 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
+      implementationClass = 'org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.InternalYamlRestTestPlugin'
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy b/build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/InternalYamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy
similarity index 93%
rename from build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy
rename to build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/InternalYamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy
index 19f723d07da0..527cd6277c72 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy
+++ b/build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/InternalYamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ package org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.fixtures.AbstractRestResourcesFuncTest
 import org.gradle.testkit.runner.TaskOutcome
 
-class YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest extends AbstractRestResourcesFuncTest {
+class InternalYamlRestTestPluginFuncTest extends AbstractRestResourcesFuncTest {
 
     def "yamlRestTest does nothing when there are no tests"() {
         given:
         buildFile << """
         plugins {
-          id 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+          id 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
         }
         """
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest extends AbstractRestResourcesFuncTest {
         given:
         internalBuild()
         buildFile << """
-            apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+            apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
             dependencies {
                yamlRestTestImplementation "junit:junit:4.12"
diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/YamlRestTestPlugin.java b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/InternalYamlRestTestPlugin.java
similarity index 97%
rename from build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/YamlRestTestPlugin.java
rename to build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/InternalYamlRestTestPlugin.java
index e06a103a5ab1..5f4186b50aa2 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/YamlRestTestPlugin.java
+++ b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/test/rest/InternalYamlRestTestPlugin.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.RestTestUtil.setupTest
 /**
  * Apply this plugin to run the YAML based REST tests.
  */
-public class YamlRestTestPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
+public class InternalYamlRestTestPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
     public static final String SOURCE_SET_NAME = "yamlRestTest";
 
diff --git a/build-tools/build.gradle b/build-tools/build.gradle
index 21a4b0d09e61..772beae1747a 100644
--- a/build-tools/build.gradle
+++ b/build-tools/build.gradle
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ gradlePlugin {
             id = 'elasticsearch.test-gradle-policy'
             implementationClass = 'org.elasticsearch.gradle.test.GradleTestPolicySetupPlugin'
         }
+        yamlTests {
+            id = 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+            implementationClass = 'org.elasticsearch.gradle.test.YamlRestTestPlugin'
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/build-tools/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy b/build-tools/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f46fd3701751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.gradle.test
+
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.VersionProperties
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.fixtures.AbstractGradleFuncTest
+import org.gradle.testkit.runner.TaskOutcome
+
+class YamlRestTestPluginFuncTest extends AbstractGradleFuncTest {
+
+    def "declares default dependencies"() {
+        given:
+        buildFile << """
+        plugins {
+          id 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+        }
+        """
+
+        when:
+        def output = gradleRunner("dependencies").build().output
+        then:
+        output.contains("""
+restTestSpecs
+/--- org.elasticsearch:rest-api-spec:${VersionProperties.elasticsearch} FAILED""")
+        output.contains(normalized("""
+yamlRestTestImplementation - Implementation only dependencies for source set 'yaml rest test'. (n)
+/--- org.elasticsearch.test:framework:${VersionProperties.elasticsearch} (n)"""))
+    }
+
+    def "yamlRestTest does nothing when there are no tests"() {
+        given:
+        buildFile << """
+        plugins {
+          id 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+        }
+        
+        repositories {
+            mavenCentral()
+        }
+   
+        dependencies {
+            yamlRestTestImplementation "org.elasticsearch.test:framework:7.14.0"
+            restTestSpecs "org.elasticsearch:rest-api-spec:7.14.0"
+        }
+        """
+
+        when:
+        def result = gradleRunner("yamlRestTest").build()
+        then:
+        result.task(':compileYamlRestTestJava').outcome == TaskOutcome.NO_SOURCE
+        result.task(':processYamlRestTestResources').outcome == TaskOutcome.NO_SOURCE
+        result.task(':yamlRestTest').outcome == TaskOutcome.NO_SOURCE
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/PluginBuildPlugin.java b/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/PluginBuildPlugin.java
index 0ca2aaa32f66..10651083fd45 100644
--- a/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/PluginBuildPlugin.java
+++ b/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/PluginBuildPlugin.java
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
  * Encapsulates build configuration for an Elasticsearch plugin.
  */
 public class PluginBuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
+
+    public static final String BUNDLE_PLUGIN_TASK_NAME = "bundlePlugin";
+
     @Override
     public void apply(final Project project) {
         project.getPluginManager().apply(JavaPlugin.class);
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ public class PluginBuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
         project.getTasks().register("run", RunTask.class, runTask -> {
             runTask.useCluster(runCluster);
-            runTask.dependsOn(project.getTasks().named("bundlePlugin"));
+            runTask.dependsOn(project.getTasks().named(BUNDLE_PLUGIN_TASK_NAME));
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/YamlRestTestPlugin.java b/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/YamlRestTestPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ce03787a075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/YamlRestTestPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.gradle.test;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.VersionProperties;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.plugin.PluginBuildPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.testclusters.ElasticsearchCluster;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.testclusters.StandaloneRestIntegTestTask;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.testclusters.TestClustersPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.transform.UnzipTransform;
+import org.gradle.api.Action;
+import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer;
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
+import org.gradle.api.Project;
+import org.gradle.api.Task;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ConfigurationContainer;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyHandler;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.type.ArtifactTypeDefinition;
+import org.gradle.api.attributes.Attribute;
+import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ArtifactAttributes;
+import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaBasePlugin;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSetContainer;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.gradle.plugin.PluginBuildPlugin.BUNDLE_PLUGIN_TASK_NAME;
+
+public class YamlRestTestPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
+
+    public static final String REST_TEST_SPECS_CONFIGURATION_NAME = "restTestSpecs";
+    public static final String YAML_REST_TEST = "yamlRestTest";
+
+    @Override
+    public void apply(Project project) {
+        project.getPluginManager().apply(GradleTestPolicySetupPlugin.class);
+        project.getPluginManager().apply(TestClustersPlugin.class);
+        project.getPluginManager().apply(JavaBasePlugin.class);
+
+        Attribute<Boolean> restAttribute = Attribute.of("restSpecs", Boolean.class);
+        project.getDependencies().getAttributesSchema().attribute(restAttribute);
+        project.getDependencies().getArtifactTypes().maybeCreate(ArtifactTypeDefinition.JAR_TYPE);
+        project.getDependencies().registerTransform(UnzipTransform.class, transformSpec -> {
+            transformSpec.getFrom()
+                .attribute(ArtifactAttributes.ARTIFACT_FORMAT, ArtifactTypeDefinition.JAR_TYPE)
+                .attribute(restAttribute, true);
+            transformSpec.getTo()
+                .attribute(ArtifactAttributes.ARTIFACT_FORMAT, ArtifactTypeDefinition.DIRECTORY_TYPE)
+                .attribute(restAttribute, true);
+        });
+
+        ConfigurationContainer configurations = project.getConfigurations();
+        Configuration restTestSpecs = configurations.create(REST_TEST_SPECS_CONFIGURATION_NAME);
+        restTestSpecs.getAttributes().attribute(ArtifactAttributes.ARTIFACT_FORMAT, ArtifactTypeDefinition.DIRECTORY_TYPE);
+        restTestSpecs.getAttributes().attribute(restAttribute, true);
+
+        TaskProvider<Copy> copyRestTestSpecs = project.getTasks().register("copyRestTestSpecs", Copy.class, t -> {
+            t.from(restTestSpecs);
+            t.into(new File(project.getBuildDir(), "restResources/restspec"));
+        });
+
+        var sourceSets = project.getExtensions().getByType(SourceSetContainer.class);
+        var testSourceSet = sourceSets.maybeCreate(YAML_REST_TEST);
+        NamedDomainObjectContainer<ElasticsearchCluster> testClusters = (NamedDomainObjectContainer<ElasticsearchCluster>) project
+            .getExtensions()
+            .getByName(TestClustersPlugin.EXTENSION_NAME);
+
+        testSourceSet.getOutput().dir(copyRestTestSpecs.map(Task::getOutputs));
+        Configuration yamlRestTestImplementation = configurations.getByName(testSourceSet.getImplementationConfigurationName());
+        setupDefaultDependencies(project.getDependencies(), restTestSpecs, yamlRestTestImplementation);
+        var cluster = testClusters.maybeCreate(YAML_REST_TEST);
+        TaskProvider<StandaloneRestIntegTestTask> yamlRestTestTask = setupTestTask(project, testSourceSet, cluster);
+        project.getPlugins().withType(PluginBuildPlugin.class, p -> {
+            TaskProvider<Zip> bundle = project.getTasks().withType(Zip.class).named(BUNDLE_PLUGIN_TASK_NAME);
+            cluster.plugin(bundle.flatMap(Zip::getArchiveFile));
+            yamlRestTestTask.configure(t -> t.dependsOn(bundle));
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static void setupDefaultDependencies(
+        DependencyHandler dependencyHandler,
+        Configuration restTestSpecs,
+        Configuration yamlRestTestImplementation
+    ) {
+        String elasticsearchVersion = VersionProperties.getElasticsearch();
+        yamlRestTestImplementation.defaultDependencies(
+            deps -> deps.add(dependencyHandler.create("org.elasticsearch.test:framework:" + elasticsearchVersion))
+        );
+
+        restTestSpecs.defaultDependencies(
+            deps -> deps.add(dependencyHandler.create("org.elasticsearch:rest-api-spec:" + elasticsearchVersion))
+        );
+    }
+
+    private TaskProvider<StandaloneRestIntegTestTask> setupTestTask(
+        Project project,
+        SourceSet testSourceSet,
+        ElasticsearchCluster cluster
+    ) {
+        return project.getTasks().register("yamlRestTest", StandaloneRestIntegTestTask.class, task -> {
+            task.useCluster(cluster);
+            task.setTestClassesDirs(testSourceSet.getOutput().getClassesDirs());
+            task.setClasspath(testSourceSet.getRuntimeClasspath());
+
+            var nonInputProperties = new SystemPropertyCommandLineArgumentProvider();
+            nonInputProperties.systemProperty("tests.rest.cluster", () -> String.join(",", cluster.getAllHttpSocketURI()));
+            nonInputProperties.systemProperty("tests.cluster", () -> String.join(",", cluster.getAllTransportPortURI()));
+            nonInputProperties.systemProperty("tests.clustername", () -> cluster.getName());
+            task.getJvmArgumentProviders().add(nonInputProperties);
+            task.systemProperty("tests.rest.load_packaged", Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+        });
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/build.gradle b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/build.gradle
index f8e7ffbe74bc..77397a1d1f08 100644
--- a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'Adds aggregations whose input are a list of numeric fields and output includes a matrix.'
diff --git a/modules/analysis-common/build.gradle b/modules/analysis-common/build.gradle
index 29d06492554b..b9f2d3a21446 100644
--- a/modules/analysis-common/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/analysis-common/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/build.gradle b/modules/ingest-common/build.gradle
index bef34f797016..6750898c2c9e 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/build.gradle b/modules/ingest-geoip/build.gradle
index 785221178927..bd800d32b6bf 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/modules/ingest-user-agent/build.gradle b/modules/ingest-user-agent/build.gradle
index 76cdcde873a2..ed25bd109340 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-user-agent/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/ingest-user-agent/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'Ingest processor that extracts information from a user agent'
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ restResources {
 testClusters.all {
   extraConfigFile 'ingest-user-agent/test-regexes.yml', file('src/test/test-regexes.yml')
 }
-
diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/build.gradle b/modules/lang-expression/build.gradle
index 8952364c4df5..5e5a1cf3458d 100644
--- a/modules/lang-expression/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/lang-expression/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
@@ -30,4 +30,3 @@ tasks.named("dependencyLicenses").configure {
   mapping from: /lucene-.*/, to: 'lucene'
   mapping from: /asm-.*/, to: 'asm'
 }
-
diff --git a/modules/lang-mustache/build.gradle b/modules/lang-mustache/build.gradle
index 01492c7e244b..3caee1bfb78b 100644
--- a/modules/lang-mustache/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/lang-mustache/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/build.gradle b/modules/lang-painless/build.gradle
index d12528b9dec4..50be7c16cf36 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.testclusters.DefaultTestClustersTask;
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.validate-rest-spec'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'An easy, safe and fast scripting language for Elasticsearch'
@@ -312,4 +312,4 @@ tasks.register("regenSuggest") {
             patternset(includes: 'Suggest*.java')
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/mapper-extras/build.gradle b/modules/mapper-extras/build.gradle
index 5f23342f528c..665ef19b16b7 100644
--- a/modules/mapper-extras/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mapper-extras/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/modules/parent-join/build.gradle b/modules/parent-join/build.gradle
index ef49fe4516b3..a8c175892d61 100644
--- a/modules/parent-join/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/parent-join/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/modules/percolator/build.gradle b/modules/percolator/build.gradle
index 8fc1ad55b313..0070032f9afb 100644
--- a/modules/percolator/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/percolator/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/modules/rank-eval/build.gradle b/modules/rank-eval/build.gradle
index ba22fcc18afc..cefd934f23f3 100644
--- a/modules/rank-eval/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/rank-eval/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/modules/reindex/build.gradle b/modules/reindex/build.gradle
index e0f64a5996e6..2e9523e5a883 100644
--- a/modules/reindex/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/reindex/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.AntFixture
 
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.test-with-dependencies'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.jdk-download'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
diff --git a/modules/repository-url/build.gradle b/modules/repository-url/build.gradle
index 11d7d9dda452..30434465d392 100644
--- a/modules/repository-url/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/repository-url/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.PropertyNormalization
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.test.fixtures'
 
diff --git a/modules/runtime-fields-common/build.gradle b/modules/runtime-fields-common/build.gradle
index 69c5f599d1e3..9caa152f4e9d 100644
--- a/modules/runtime-fields-common/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/runtime-fields-common/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.validate-rest-spec'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'Module for runtime fields features and extensions that have large dependencies'
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle b/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
index ab3712a46d7e..3ac0c4eee248 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.RestIntegTestTask
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.JavaRestTestPlugin
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.InternalClusterTestPlugin
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-icu/build.gradle b/plugins/analysis-icu/build.gradle
index 36ed62dd5a4e..6721844c640b 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-icu/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/analysis-icu/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis.gradle.CheckForbiddenApis
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/build.gradle b/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/build.gradle
index 9dc92eeaf8b0..1a888fe910ea 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'The Japanese (kuromoji) Analysis plugin integrates Lucene kuromoji analysis module into elasticsearch.'
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-nori/build.gradle b/plugins/analysis-nori/build.gradle
index bb3c6dff14ae..765ebae25558 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-nori/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/analysis-nori/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'The Korean (nori) Analysis plugin integrates Lucene nori analysis module into elasticsearch.'
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-phonetic/build.gradle b/plugins/analysis-phonetic/build.gradle
index f96fd78f9dfb..26dd9909453d 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-phonetic/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/analysis-phonetic/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'The Phonetic Analysis plugin integrates phonetic token filter analysis with elasticsearch.'
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-smartcn/build.gradle b/plugins/analysis-smartcn/build.gradle
index 7a6dc259c79e..1f821c2aaca0 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-smartcn/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/analysis-smartcn/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'Smart Chinese Analysis plugin integrates Lucene Smart Chinese analysis module into elasticsearch.'
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ tasks.named('splitPackagesAudit').configure {
   ignoreClasses 'org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.SmartChineseAnalyzerProvider',
     'org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.SmartChineseNoOpTokenFilterFactory',
     'org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.SmartChineseStopTokenFilterFactory',
-    'org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.SmartChineseTokenizerTokenizerFactory' 
+    'org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.SmartChineseTokenizerTokenizerFactory'
 }
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-stempel/build.gradle b/plugins/analysis-stempel/build.gradle
index 05f451e7a0a8..115a3a050fda 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-stempel/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/analysis-stempel/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'The Stempel (Polish) Analysis plugin integrates Lucene stempel (polish) analysis module into elasticsearch.'
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-ukrainian/build.gradle b/plugins/analysis-ukrainian/build.gradle
index c457d8a0182e..a85cccac2486 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-ukrainian/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/analysis-ukrainian/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'The Ukrainian Analysis plugin integrates the Lucene UkrainianMorfologikAnalyzer into elasticsearch.'
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/build.gradle b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/build.gradle
index 80afe45ea7f3..aa1e80d84112 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/build.gradle b/plugins/discovery-ec2/build.gradle
index 070714216106..d4a57d83e4db 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/qa/amazon-ec2/build.gradle b/plugins/discovery-ec2/qa/amazon-ec2/build.gradle
index 5d87ad59fef1..e8afba63970c 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/qa/amazon-ec2/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/qa/amazon-ec2/build.gradle
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.AntFixture
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.RestIntegTestTask
-import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.YamlRestTestPlugin
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.InternalYamlRestTestPlugin
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.gradle.PropertyNormalization.IGNORE_VALUE
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation project(':plugins:discovery-ec2')
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ tasks.named("yamlRestTest").configure { enabled = false }
   def yamlRestTestTask = tasks.register("yamlRestTest${action}", RestIntegTestTask) {
     dependsOn fixture
     SourceSetContainer sourceSets = project.getExtensions().getByType(SourceSetContainer.class);
-    SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(YamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
+    SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(InternalYamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
     testClassesDirs = yamlRestTestSourceSet.getOutput().getClassesDirs()
     classpath = yamlRestTestSourceSet.getRuntimeClasspath()
   }
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-gce/build.gradle b/plugins/discovery-gce/build.gradle
index 738929e6f2b2..b936669d4ee2 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-gce/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/discovery-gce/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-gce/qa/gce/build.gradle b/plugins/discovery-gce/qa/gce/build.gradle
index 86fbf3096346..c2cd26c2e928 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-gce/qa/gce/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/discovery-gce/qa/gce/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.AntFixture
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.gradle.PropertyNormalization.IGNORE_VALUE
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 final int gceNumberOfNodes = 3
 
diff --git a/plugins/examples/build.gradle b/plugins/examples/build.gradle
index c96ed3f5a059..511eb340f098 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/examples/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 // Subprojects aren't published so do not assemble
 gradle.projectsEvaluated {
-  subprojects {
-    project.tasks.matching { it.name.equals('assemble') }.configureEach {
+  subprojects { p ->
+    p.tasks.matching { it.name.equals('assemble') }.configureEach {
       enabled = false
     }
     // Disable example project testing with FIPS JVM
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ gradle.projectsEvaluated {
         BuildParams.inFipsJvm == false
       }
     }
+
+    // configure project dependencies for yaml rest test plugin.
+    // plugin defaults to external available artifacts
+    p.getPluginManager().withPlugin("elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test", new Action<AppliedPlugin>() {
+      @Override
+      void execute(AppliedPlugin appliedPlugin) {
+          p.dependencies.add("yamlRestTestImplementation", project(":test:framework"))
+          p.dependencies.add("restTestSpecs", p.dependencies.project(path:':rest-api-spec', configuration:'basicRestSpecs'))
+      }
+    })
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/ingest-attachment/build.gradle b/plugins/ingest-attachment/build.gradle
index 30ba56e8380a..2f62e7269dcd 100644
--- a/plugins/ingest-attachment/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/ingest-attachment/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'Ingest processor that uses Apache Tika to extract contents'
diff --git a/plugins/mapper-annotated-text/build.gradle b/plugins/mapper-annotated-text/build.gradle
index 57db2c02b979..6c67f9fcab2a 100644
--- a/plugins/mapper-annotated-text/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/mapper-annotated-text/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/plugins/mapper-murmur3/build.gradle b/plugins/mapper-murmur3/build.gradle
index 7ad343829780..d80c4b0970df 100644
--- a/plugins/mapper-murmur3/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/mapper-murmur3/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   description 'The Mapper Murmur3 plugin allows to compute hashes of a field\'s values at index-time and to store them in the index.'
diff --git a/plugins/mapper-size/build.gradle b/plugins/mapper-size/build.gradle
index a840a4be88dc..50280b31abe0 100644
--- a/plugins/mapper-size/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/mapper-size/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
index 389226a14510..e633db8eca61 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.gradle.PropertyNormalization.IGNORE_VALUE
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-test-artifact-base'
 
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
index b64d911d0663..6bd792096b02 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.RestIntegTestTask
-import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.YamlRestTestPlugin
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.InternalYamlRestTestPlugin
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.InternalClusterTestPlugin
 
 import java.nio.file.Files
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.gradle.PropertyNormalization.IGNORE_VALUE
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-test-artifact-base'
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def largeBlobYamlRestTest = tasks.register("largeBlobYamlRestTest", RestIntegTes
     dependsOn "createServiceAccountFile"
   }
   SourceSetContainer sourceSets = project.getExtensions().getByType(SourceSetContainer.class);
-  SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(YamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
+  SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(InternalYamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
   setTestClassesDirs(yamlRestTestSourceSet.getOutput().getClassesDirs())
   setClasspath(yamlRestTestSourceSet.getRuntimeClasspath())
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ if (useFixture) {
   tasks.register("yamlRestTestApplicationDefaultCredentials", RestIntegTestTask.class) {
     dependsOn('bundlePlugin')
     SourceSetContainer sourceSets = project.getExtensions().getByType(SourceSetContainer.class);
-    SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(YamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
+    SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(InternalYamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
     setTestClassesDirs(yamlRestTestSourceSet.getOutput().getClassesDirs())
     setClasspath(yamlRestTestSourceSet.getRuntimeClasspath())
   }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-s3/build.gradle
index a04a8914213c..4aaf0e0fbc39 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.RestIntegTestTask
-import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.YamlRestTestPlugin
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.rest.InternalYamlRestTestPlugin
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.test.InternalClusterTestPlugin
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.gradle.PropertyNormalization.IGNORE_VALUE
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.gradle.PropertyNormalization.IGNORE_VALUE
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-test-artifact-base'
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ if (useFixture) {
     description = "Runs REST tests using the Minio repository."
     dependsOn tasks.named("bundlePlugin")
     SourceSetContainer sourceSets = project.getExtensions().getByType(SourceSetContainer.class);
-    SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(YamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
+    SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(InternalYamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
     setTestClassesDirs(yamlRestTestSourceSet.getOutput().getClassesDirs())
     setClasspath(yamlRestTestSourceSet.getRuntimeClasspath())
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ if (useFixture) {
     description = "Runs tests using the ECS repository."
     dependsOn('bundlePlugin')
     SourceSetContainer sourceSets = project.getExtensions().getByType(SourceSetContainer.class);
-    SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(YamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
+    SourceSet yamlRestTestSourceSet = sourceSets.getByName(InternalYamlRestTestPlugin.SOURCE_SET_NAME)
     setTestClassesDirs(yamlRestTestSourceSet.getOutput().getClassesDirs())
     setClasspath(yamlRestTestSourceSet.getRuntimeClasspath())
     systemProperty 'tests.rest.blacklist', [
diff --git a/plugins/store-smb/build.gradle b/plugins/store-smb/build.gradle
index 728e9642d9c2..91c7dcadf022 100644
--- a/plugins/store-smb/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/store-smb/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 
 esplugin {
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/build.gradle b/rest-api-spec/build.gradle
index a7a5d7075cdd..7f1c3ae92ab8 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/build.gradle
+++ b/rest-api-spec/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.build'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.publish'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.rest-resources'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.validate-rest-spec'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 restResources {
   restTests {
@@ -14,7 +14,18 @@ restResources {
 ext.projectLicenses.set(['The Apache Software License, Version 2.0': 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'])
 ext.licenseFile = rootProject.file('licenses/APACHE-LICENSE-2.0.txt')
 
+configurations {
+  // configuration to make use by external yaml rest test plugin in our examples
+  // easy and efficient
+  basicRestSpecs {
+    attributes {
+      attribute(org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ArtifactAttributes.ARTIFACT_FORMAT, ArtifactTypeDefinition.DIRECTORY_TYPE)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 artifacts {
+  basicRestSpecs(new File(projectDir, "src/main/resources"))
   restSpecs(new File(projectDir, "src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api"))
   restTests(new File(projectDir, "src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test"))
 }
diff --git a/test/external-modules/build.gradle b/test/external-modules/build.gradle
index 396ecf5eb618..68408b1f585d 100644
--- a/test/external-modules/build.gradle
+++ b/test/external-modules/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams;
 
 subprojects {
   apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-es-plugin'
-  apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+  apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
   esplugin {
     name it.name
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/async-search/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/async-search/qa/rest/build.gradle
index d38279b840c2..251d7751084a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/async-search/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/async-search/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-es-plugin'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   name 'x-pack-test-deprecated-query'
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/qa/rest/build.gradle
index 24ab26a58683..78527aa27cbf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/build.gradle
index 3f9ad93ff6cd..fc3e1a3b8254 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.LoggedExec
 
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.util.GradleUtils
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.validate-rest-spec'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-test-artifact'
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/rest/build.gradle
index ef736299a775..45ffb2e395ca 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 restResources {
   restApi {
@@ -22,4 +22,3 @@ testClusters.all {
   // TODO: reduce the need for superuser here
   user username: 'ccr-user', password: 'ccr-user-password', role: 'superuser'
 }
-
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/core/build.gradle
index 2de92a8804d1..1b73e3816123 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-es-plugin'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.publish'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-test-artifact'
 
 archivesBaseName = 'x-pack-core'
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/data-streams/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/data-streams/qa/rest/build.gradle
index 3fb19b8ef6f8..b7ddf86066a9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/data-streams/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/data-streams/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 restResources {
   restApi {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/enrich/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/enrich/qa/rest/build.gradle
index c61e6f656ed7..a1dddf52a320 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/enrich/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/enrich/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/rest/build.gradle
index e0eed9a16201..dd92d1072569 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/fleet/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/fleet/qa/rest/build.gradle
index b4d566a54bfd..a5e8c02f22be 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/fleet/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/fleet/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/graph/qa/with-security/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/graph/qa/with-security/build.gradle
index 8109160f1950..065ac82c8efb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/graph/qa/with-security/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/graph/qa/with-security/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation project(":x-pack:plugin:core")
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/rest/build.gradle
index 1fca134025de..11129f307f3a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/ml-with-security/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/ml-with-security/build.gradle
index 6c5e75fd74cb..b9e75add3553 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/ml-with-security/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/ml-with-security/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/qa/rest/build.gradle
index e3cb2b9722e6..d7f98a26f570 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
  */
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
-
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation project(path: xpackModule('rollup'))
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/qa/rest/build.gradle
index edd31024502b..8d55e58500c3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   javaRestTestImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('searchable-snapshots'))))
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/spatial/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/spatial/build.gradle
index 7cd2344f0cd0..fbe2797d5e21 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/spatial/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/spatial/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-es-plugin'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 esplugin {
   name 'spatial'
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/stack/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/stack/qa/rest/build.gradle
index 5ba076462ecd..96f2e8c0a4e9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/stack/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/stack/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/text-structure/qa/text-structure-with-security/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/text-structure/qa/text-structure-with-security/build.gradle
index d56ccd5837a7..219ce40562c3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/text-structure/qa/text-structure-with-security/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/text-structure/qa/text-structure-with-security/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/build.gradle
index 9a79397e69cc..cdd781c4979a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.info.BuildParams
 
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation project(path: ':x-pack:plugin:watcher:qa:common')
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/with-security/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/with-security/build.gradle
index b755225e4f5e..45c6470448ba 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/with-security/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/with-security/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java-rest-test'
+apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   yamlRestTestImplementation project(path: ':x-pack:plugin:watcher:qa:common')
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/runtime-fields/build.gradle b/x-pack/qa/runtime-fields/build.gradle
index 8529b43f3c52..568bd577ed17 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/runtime-fields/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/qa/runtime-fields/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tasks.named("test").configure { enabled = false }
 
 subprojects {
   if (project.name.startsWith('core-with-')) {
-    apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.yaml-rest-test'
+    apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-yaml-rest-test'
 
     dependencies {
       yamlRestTestImplementation xpackProject(":x-pack:qa:runtime-fields")