diff --git a/packages/payload/src/exports/uploads.ts b/packages/payload/src/exports/uploads.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e33311642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/payload/src/exports/uploads.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default as getFileByPath } from '../uploads/getFileByPath.js'
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/exports/utilities.ts b/packages/payload/src/exports/utilities.ts
index 809d4d1d7c..3b50ac14e6 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/exports/utilities.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/exports/utilities.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export { extractTranslations } from '../translations/extractTranslations.js'
 
 export { formatFilesize } from '../uploads/formatFilesize.js'
 
-export { default as getFileByPath } from '../uploads/getFileByPath.js'
 export { default as isImage } from '../uploads/isImage.js'
 
 export { combineMerge } from '../utilities/combineMerge.js'
diff --git a/test/_community/config.ts b/test/_community/config.ts
index 9d78f6d11d..cec8837f57 100644
--- a/test/_community/config.ts
+++ b/test/_community/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/utilities'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/uploads'
 
 import { buildConfigWithDefaults } from '../buildConfigWithDefaults.js'
 import { devUser } from '../credentials.js'
diff --git a/test/fields/seed.ts b/test/fields/seed.ts
index e42199b6ee..642b26c6c3 100644
--- a/test/fields/seed.ts
+++ b/test/fields/seed.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import { type Payload } from 'payload'
-import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/utilities'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/uploads'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 import { devUser } from '../credentials.js'
diff --git a/test/live-preview/int.spec.ts b/test/live-preview/int.spec.ts
index dd6854afa7..d1fd71c607 100644
--- a/test/live-preview/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/live-preview/int.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Payload } from 'payload'
 
 import path from 'path'
-import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/utilities'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/uploads'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 import type { NextRESTClient } from '../helpers/NextRESTClient.js'
diff --git a/test/plugin-seo/e2e.spec.ts b/test/plugin-seo/e2e.spec.ts
index bd8b44b63b..3aa1a80344 100644
--- a/test/plugin-seo/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/plugin-seo/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { Payload } from 'payload/types'
 
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
 import path from 'path'
-import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/utilities'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/uploads'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 import type { Page as PayloadPage } from './payload-types.js'
diff --git a/test/plugin-seo/int.spec.ts b/test/plugin-seo/int.spec.ts
index c57dc9bd6f..10f819a424 100644
--- a/test/plugin-seo/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/plugin-seo/int.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Payload } from 'payload'
 
 import path from 'path'
-import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/utilities'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/uploads'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 import { initPayloadInt } from '../helpers/initPayloadInt.js'
diff --git a/test/plugin-seo/seed/index.ts b/test/plugin-seo/seed/index.ts
index 11f1e1b279..66ca30edfe 100644
--- a/test/plugin-seo/seed/index.ts
+++ b/test/plugin-seo/seed/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Payload } from 'payload'
 import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload/types'
 
 import path from 'path'
-import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/utilities'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/uploads'
 
 import { mediaSlug } from '../shared.js'
 
diff --git a/test/uploads/config.ts b/test/uploads/config.ts
index 2ec42b3dbe..2360c8b25a 100644
--- a/test/uploads/config.ts
+++ b/test/uploads/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/utilities'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/uploads'
 
 import { buildConfigWithDefaults } from '../buildConfigWithDefaults.js'
 import { devUser } from '../credentials.js'
diff --git a/test/uploads/int.spec.ts b/test/uploads/int.spec.ts
index 62cbdc99b9..6214754469 100644
--- a/test/uploads/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/uploads/int.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import NodeFormData from 'form-data'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import { getPayload } from 'payload'
-import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/utilities'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload/uploads'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { promisify } from 'util'