diff --git a/cmd/containerd/builtins/builtins.go b/cmd/containerd/builtins/builtins.go
index 45a2f6d14..c2dbcdc47 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/builtins/builtins.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/builtins/builtins.go
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ package builtins
 // register containerd builtins here
 import (
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/runtime/v2"
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri/plugin"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/events"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/gc"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/imageverifier"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/leases"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/metadata"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/nri"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/restart"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/sandbox"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/services/containers"
diff --git a/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go b/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
index 8800e4a37..43528438f 100644
--- a/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
+++ b/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package fuzz
 import (
 	// base containerd imports
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/runtime/v2"
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri/plugin"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/images"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/runtime"
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/imageverifier"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/leases"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/metadata"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/nri"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/restart"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/sandbox"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/services/containers"
diff --git a/contrib/v2-migrate.sh b/contrib/v2-migrate.sh
index e045bf5de..d96a61364 100755
--- a/contrib/v2-migrate.sh
+++ b/contrib/v2-migrate.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ for GOFILE in $(find . -name "*.go" | grep -v "./vendor/" ); do
   perl -pi -e 's/([\t]|[ ]{2,8}|import )([_a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?"github\.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/pkg\/failpoint/$1$2"github.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/internal\/failpoint/g' $GOFILE
   perl -pi -e 's/([\t]|[ ]{2,8}|import )([_a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?"github\.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/pkg\/hasher/$1$2"github.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/internal\/hasher/g' $GOFILE
   perl -pi -e 's/([\t]|[ ]{2,8}|import )([_a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?"github\.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/pkg\/kmutex/$1$2"github.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/internal\/kmutex/g' $GOFILE
+  perl -pi -e 's/([\t]|[ ]{2,8}|import )([_a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?"github\.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/pkg\/nri\/plugin/$1$2"github.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/plugins\/nri/g' $GOFILE
+  perl -pi -e 's/([\t]|[ ]{2,8}|import )([_a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?"github\.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/pkg\/nri/$1$2"github.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/internal\/nri/g' $GOFILE
   perl -pi -e 's/([\t]|[ ]{2,8}|import )([_a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?"github\.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/pkg\/randutil/$1$2"github.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/internal\/randutil/g' $GOFILE
   perl -pi -e 's/([\t]|[ ]{2,8}|import )([_a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?"github\.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/pkg\/registrar/$1$2"github.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/internal\/registrar/g' $GOFILE
   perl -pi -e 's/([\t]|[ ]{2,8}|import )([_a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?"github\.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/pkg\/streaming/$1$2"github.com\/containerd\/containerd\/v2\/core\/streaming/g' $GOFILE
diff --git a/internal/cri/nri/nri_api_linux.go b/internal/cri/nri/nri_api_linux.go
index 5387415b7..c57e67fd5 100644
--- a/internal/cri/nri/nri_api_linux.go
+++ b/internal/cri/nri/nri_api_linux.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/generate"
 	cri "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/nri"
 	"github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/api"
 	nrigen "github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/runtime-tools/generate"
 )
diff --git a/internal/cri/nri/nri_api_other.go b/internal/cri/nri/nri_api_other.go
index 33ae5891b..a8b3dfedb 100644
--- a/internal/cri/nri/nri_api_other.go
+++ b/internal/cri/nri/nri_api_other.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	cri "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/cri/constants"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/nri"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/api"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/nri/config.go b/internal/nri/config.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/config.go
rename to internal/nri/config.go
diff --git a/pkg/nri/container.go b/internal/nri/container.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/container.go
rename to internal/nri/container.go
diff --git a/pkg/nri/container_linux.go b/internal/nri/container_linux.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/container_linux.go
rename to internal/nri/container_linux.go
diff --git a/pkg/nri/container_other.go b/internal/nri/container_other.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/container_other.go
rename to internal/nri/container_other.go
diff --git a/pkg/nri/domain.go b/internal/nri/domain.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/domain.go
rename to internal/nri/domain.go
diff --git a/pkg/nri/nri.go b/internal/nri/nri.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/nri.go
rename to internal/nri/nri.go
diff --git a/pkg/nri/sandbox.go b/internal/nri/sandbox.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/sandbox.go
rename to internal/nri/sandbox.go
diff --git a/pkg/nri/sandbox_linux.go b/internal/nri/sandbox_linux.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/sandbox_linux.go
rename to internal/nri/sandbox_linux.go
diff --git a/pkg/nri/sandbox_other.go b/internal/nri/sandbox_other.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/nri/sandbox_other.go
rename to internal/nri/sandbox_other.go
diff --git a/plugins/cri/cri.go b/plugins/cri/cri.go
index 4151e4393..07f174a95 100644
--- a/plugins/cri/cri.go
+++ b/plugins/cri/cri.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/cri/instrument"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/cri/nri"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/cri/server"
-	nriservice "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri"
+	nriservice "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/nri"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/services/warning"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/version"
diff --git a/pkg/nri/plugin/plugin.go b/plugins/nri/plugin.go
similarity index 94%
rename from pkg/nri/plugin/plugin.go
rename to plugins/nri/plugin.go
index a918b0917..31b60457e 100644
--- a/pkg/nri/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/nri/plugin.go
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
    limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package plugin
+package nri
 
 import (
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/nri"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins"
 	"github.com/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/plugin/registry"