diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapper.java b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/http/BackoffWrapper.java
similarity index 96%
rename from runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapper.java
rename to api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/http/BackoffWrapper.java
index 95a2bc54..7bcc8cbd 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapper.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/http/BackoffWrapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) Red Hat 2023 */
-package com.redhat.insights.core.httpclient;
+/* Copyright (C) Red Hat 2023-2024 */
+package com.redhat.insights.http;
 
 import static com.redhat.insights.InsightsErrorCode.ERROR_CLIENT_BACKOFF_RETRIES_FAILED;
 import static com.redhat.insights.InsightsErrorCode.ERROR_INTERRUPTED_THREAD;
diff --git a/runtime/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapperTest.java b/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/http/BackoffWrapperTest.java
similarity index 75%
rename from runtime/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapperTest.java
rename to api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/http/BackoffWrapperTest.java
index 4a64d62c..2623b5ba 100644
--- a/runtime/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapperTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/http/BackoffWrapperTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) Red Hat 2023 */
-package com.redhat.insights.core.httpclient;
+/* Copyright (C) Red Hat 2023-2024 */
+package com.redhat.insights.http;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ class BackoffWrapperTest {
 
   @Test
   void notFailingAction() {
-    var logger = PrintLogger.STDOUT_LOGGER;
-    var backoff = new BackoffWrapper(logger, 100L, 2L, 3, () -> {});
+    PrintLogger logger = PrintLogger.STDOUT_LOGGER;
+    BackoffWrapper backoff = new BackoffWrapper(logger, 100L, 2L, 3, () -> {});
     assertEquals(0, backoff.run());
   }
 
   @Test
   void alwaysFailingAction() {
-    var start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    var logger = PrintLogger.STDOUT_LOGGER;
-    var backoff =
+    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    PrintLogger logger = PrintLogger.STDOUT_LOGGER;
+    BackoffWrapper backoff =
         new BackoffWrapper(
             logger,
             10L,
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ void alwaysFailingAction() {
 
   @Test
   void eventuallySucceedingAction() {
-    var start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    var count = new AtomicInteger(0);
-    var logger = PrintLogger.STDOUT_LOGGER;
-    var backoff =
+    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    PrintLogger logger = PrintLogger.STDOUT_LOGGER;
+    BackoffWrapper backoff =
         new BackoffWrapper(
             logger,
             10L,
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClient.java b/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClient.java
index e1ab6519..5e95b006 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClient.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/InsightsJdkHttpClient.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import com.redhat.insights.InsightsException;
 import com.redhat.insights.config.InsightsConfiguration;
+import com.redhat.insights.http.BackoffWrapper;
 import com.redhat.insights.http.InsightsHttpClient;
 import com.redhat.insights.logging.InsightsLogger;
 import com.redhat.insights.reports.InsightsReport;