diff --git a/acceptance-tests/build.gradle b/acceptance-tests/build.gradle
index 4f96ac73da0..03435d4068d 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/acceptance-tests/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':metrics:core')
   testImplementation project(':pantheon')
   testImplementation project(path: ':pantheon', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
-  testImplementation project(':plugins')
+  testImplementation project(':plugin-api')
   testImplementation project(':services:kvstore')
   testImplementation project(':testutil')
   testImplementation project(':util')
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5505ec56821..d433319858d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ allprojects {
 task deploy() {}
 
 tasks.register('checkPluginAPIChanges', DefaultTask) { }
-checkPluginAPIChanges.dependsOn(':plugins:checkAPIChanges')
+checkPluginAPIChanges.dependsOn(':plugin-api:checkAPIChanges')
 check.dependsOn('checkPluginAPIChanges')
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/consensus/common/build.gradle b/consensus/common/build.gradle
index 2c8eefb706a..0b30c0bb287 100644
--- a/consensus/common/build.gradle
+++ b/consensus/common/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api project(':plugins')
+  api project(':plugin-api')
 
   implementation project(':ethereum:core')
   implementation project(':ethereum:jsonrpc')
diff --git a/crypto/build.gradle b/crypto/build.gradle
index fcd259bfbea..6ee59aeabc1 100644
--- a/crypto/build.gradle
+++ b/crypto/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api project(':plugins')
+  api project(':plugin-api')
   api project(':util')
 
   api 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on'
diff --git a/ethereum/core/build.gradle b/ethereum/core/build.gradle
index e2969a4fd8f..38c82e1d295 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/build.gradle
+++ b/ethereum/core/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation project(':ethereum:rlp')
   implementation project(':ethereum:trie')
   implementation project(':metrics:core')
-  implementation project(':plugins')
+  implementation project(':plugin-api')
   implementation project(':services:kvstore')
 
   implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
diff --git a/ethereum/mock-p2p/build.gradle b/ethereum/mock-p2p/build.gradle
index 33333da44f3..f7bc9ca67ed 100644
--- a/ethereum/mock-p2p/build.gradle
+++ b/ethereum/mock-p2p/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api project(':plugins')
+  api project(':plugin-api')
 
   implementation project(':ethereum:p2p')
   implementation project(':ethereum:permissioning')
diff --git a/ethereum/rlp/build.gradle b/ethereum/rlp/build.gradle
index 966dd846a5f..08c67356efe 100644
--- a/ethereum/rlp/build.gradle
+++ b/ethereum/rlp/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api project(':plugins')
+  api project(':plugin-api')
   api project(':util')
 
   implementation 'com.google.guava:guava'
diff --git a/metrics/core/build.gradle b/metrics/core/build.gradle
index c6d0efe91b3..660384b27d5 100644
--- a/metrics/core/build.gradle
+++ b/metrics/core/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ publishing {
 
 
 dependencies {
-  implementation project(':plugins')
+  implementation project(':plugin-api')
 
   implementation 'com.google.guava:guava'
   implementation 'io.prometheus:simpleclient'
diff --git a/metrics/rocksdb/build.gradle b/metrics/rocksdb/build.gradle
index 80287125f6e..dd20bd90bf3 100644
--- a/metrics/rocksdb/build.gradle
+++ b/metrics/rocksdb/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jar {
 
 dependencies {
   implementation project(':metrics:core')
-  implementation project(':plugins')
+  implementation project(':plugin-api')
   implementation project(':services:util')
 
   implementation 'com.google.guava:guava'
diff --git a/pantheon/build.gradle b/pantheon/build.gradle
index 64cb95efdcf..d65b693df7b 100644
--- a/pantheon/build.gradle
+++ b/pantheon/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation project(':ethereum:rlp')
   implementation project(':metrics:core')
   implementation project(':nat')
-  implementation project(':plugins')
+  implementation project(':plugin-api')
   implementation project(':services:kvstore')
 
   implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
diff --git a/plugins/build.gradle b/plugin-api/build.gradle
similarity index 97%
rename from plugins/build.gradle
rename to plugin-api/build.gradle
index bea3381af49..adc58145001 100644
--- a/plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-api/build.gradle
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ check.dependsOn('checkAPIChanges')
 publishing {
   publications {
     mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
-      groupId 'tech.pegasys.pantheon.plugin-api'
+      groupId 'tech.pegasys.pantheon'
       pom {
         name = 'Pantheon Plugins Library'
         description = 'Core Plugins Libraries for Pantheon'
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/PantheonContext.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/PantheonContext.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/PantheonContext.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/PantheonContext.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/PantheonPlugin.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/PantheonPlugin.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/PantheonPlugin.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/PantheonPlugin.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/Unstable.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/Unstable.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/Unstable.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/Unstable.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Address.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Address.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Address.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Address.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/BinaryData.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/BinaryData.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/BinaryData.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/BinaryData.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/BlockHeader.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/BlockHeader.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/BlockHeader.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/BlockHeader.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Hash.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Hash.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Hash.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Hash.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Log.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Log.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Log.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Log.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Quantity.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Quantity.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Quantity.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Quantity.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Transaction.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Transaction.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Transaction.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/Transaction.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/UnformattedData.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/UnformattedData.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/UnformattedData.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/data/UnformattedData.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/MetricsSystem.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/MetricsSystem.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/MetricsSystem.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/MetricsSystem.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PantheonConfiguration.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PantheonConfiguration.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PantheonConfiguration.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PantheonConfiguration.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PantheonEvents.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PantheonEvents.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PantheonEvents.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PantheonEvents.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PicoCLIOptions.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PicoCLIOptions.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PicoCLIOptions.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/PicoCLIOptions.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/StorageService.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/StorageService.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/StorageService.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/StorageService.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/exception/StorageException.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/exception/StorageException.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/exception/StorageException.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/exception/StorageException.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/Counter.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/Counter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/Counter.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/Counter.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/LabelledMetric.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/LabelledMetric.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/LabelledMetric.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/LabelledMetric.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/MetricCategory.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/MetricCategory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/MetricCategory.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/MetricCategory.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/MetricCategoryRegistry.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/MetricCategoryRegistry.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/MetricCategoryRegistry.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/MetricCategoryRegistry.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/OperationTimer.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/OperationTimer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/OperationTimer.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/metrics/OperationTimer.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorage.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorage.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorage.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorage.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorageFactory.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorageFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorageFactory.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorageFactory.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorageTransaction.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorageTransaction.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorageTransaction.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/KeyValueStorageTransaction.java
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/SegmentIdentifier.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/SegmentIdentifier.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/SegmentIdentifier.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/plugin/services/storage/SegmentIdentifier.java
diff --git a/services/kvstore/build.gradle b/services/kvstore/build.gradle
index 030a467a43d..e45081eea8c 100644
--- a/services/kvstore/build.gradle
+++ b/services/kvstore/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api project(':plugins')
+  api project(':plugin-api')
   api project(':util')
 
   implementation project(':metrics:core')
diff --git a/services/pipeline/build.gradle b/services/pipeline/build.gradle
index ffa7bb60e45..91d2cae7e52 100644
--- a/services/pipeline/build.gradle
+++ b/services/pipeline/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jar {
 dependencies {
   api project(':util')
   implementation project(':metrics:core')
-  implementation project(':plugins')
+  implementation project(':plugin-api')
 
   implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api'
   implementation 'com.google.guava:guava'
diff --git a/services/tasks/build.gradle b/services/tasks/build.gradle
index 7fa1067f0ca..e0d0b980b8b 100644
--- a/services/tasks/build.gradle
+++ b/services/tasks/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api project(':plugins')
+  api project(':plugin-api')
   api project(':util')
 
   compileOnly 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess'
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 429facdfd74..09bfb284252 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ include 'metrics:core'
 include 'metrics:rocksdb'
 include 'nat'
 include 'pantheon'
-include 'plugins'
+include 'plugin-api'
 include 'services:kvstore'
 include 'services:pipeline'
 include 'services:tasks'
diff --git a/util/build.gradle b/util/build.gradle
index f1dd867cdc0..4cc0d49cd0c 100644
--- a/util/build.gradle
+++ b/util/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  implementation project(':plugins')
+  implementation project(':plugin-api')
   implementation 'com.google.guava:guava'
   implementation 'io.vertx:vertx-core'
   implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api'