diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index 04f0cfd8..339cb9fe 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "openssl",
  "openssl-sys",
- "pv",
+ "pv_core",
  "rand",
  "regex",
  "serde",
diff --git a/rust/pvapconfig/Cargo.toml b/rust/pvapconfig/Cargo.toml
index 1d617821..ce3bf8d8 100644
--- a/rust/pvapconfig/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/pvapconfig/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ clap = { version ="4.1", features = ["derive", "wrap_help"]}
 lazy_static = "1.1"
 openssl = { version = "0.10" }
 openssl-sys = { version = "0.9" }
-pv = { path = "../pv" }
+pv_core = { path = "../pv_core"}
 rand = "0.8"
 regex = "1"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/rust/pvapconfig/src/ap.rs b/rust/pvapconfig/src/ap.rs
index 0b882359..89846113 100644
--- a/rust/pvapconfig/src/ap.rs
+++ b/rust/pvapconfig/src/ap.rs
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ impl ApqnList {
                 'P' => ApqnMode::Ep11,
                 _ => panic!("Code inconsistence between regex RE_CARD_TYPE and evaluation code."),
             };
-            if pv::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
+            if pv_core::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
                 // the UV blocks requests to CCA cards within SE guest with
                 // AP pass-through support. However, filter out CCA cards as these
                 // cards cause hangs during information gathering.
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ impl ApqnList {
                 // is not bound, temporarily bind it here until the info has
                 // been retrieved.
                 let mut tempbound = false;
-                if pv::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
+                if pv_core::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
                     let cbs = match get_apqn_bind_state(card, dom) {
                         Ok(bs) => bs,
                         Err(err) => {
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ mod tests {
             // if we are inside a secure execution guest the
             // apsb check should succeed. Outside an SE guest
             // the check should fail.
-            if pv::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
+            if pv_core::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
                 assert!(ap_bus_has_apsb_support().is_ok());
             } else {
                 assert!(ap_bus_has_apsb_support().is_err());
diff --git a/rust/pvapconfig/src/main.rs b/rust/pvapconfig/src/main.rs
index 07899cd9..170c9142 100644
--- a/rust/pvapconfig/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/pvapconfig/src/main.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use ap::{Apqn, ApqnList};
 use cli::ARGS;
 use config::{ApConfigEntry, ApConfigList};
 use helper::{LockFile, PATH_PVAPCONFIG_LOCK};
-use pv::uv::{ListableSecretType, SecretList};
+use pv_core::uv::{ListableSecretType, SecretList};
 use std::process::ExitCode;
 use utils::release_string;
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
 
     // UV check
     info!("Checking UV support and environment...\n");
-    if !pv::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
+    if !pv_core::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
         println_and_exit_failure!("Failure: this is not a SE guest.");
     }
     let r = uv::has_list_secrets_facility();
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
     use helper::hexstring_to_u8;
-    use pv::uv::SecretEntry;
+    use pv_core::uv::SecretEntry;
 
     // This is more or less only a test for the do_ap_config() function
     // However, this is THE main functionality of the whole application.
diff --git a/rust/pvapconfig/src/uv.rs b/rust/pvapconfig/src/uv.rs
index 2f98bd5e..202d2b4d 100644
--- a/rust/pvapconfig/src/uv.rs
+++ b/rust/pvapconfig/src/uv.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //! UV related functions for pvapconfig
 //
 
-use pv::uv::{ListCmd, SecretList, UvDevice, UvcSuccess};
+use pv_core::uv::{ListCmd, SecretList, UvDevice, UvcSuccess};
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::path::Path;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_has_list_secrets_facility() {
         let r = has_list_secrets_facility();
-        if pv::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
+        if pv_core::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
             assert!(r.is_ok());
         } else {
             assert!(r.is_err());
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_list_secrets() {
         let r = gather_secrets();
-        if pv::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
+        if pv_core::misc::pv_guest_bit_set() {
             assert!(r.is_ok());
         } else {
             assert!(r.is_err());