diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
index e83b4e45fbd92..5ab15a1f52e75 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import type {
   SavedObject,
   SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject,
   SavedObjectsClientContract,
+  SavedObjectsImporter,
+  Logger,
 } from 'src/core/server';
 import type { SavedObjectsImportSuccess, SavedObjectsImportFailure } from 'src/core/server/types';
 
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@ import { KibanaAssetType, KibanaSavedObjectType } from '../../../../types';
 import type { AssetType, AssetReference, AssetParts } from '../../../../types';
 import { savedObjectTypes } from '../../packages';
 import { indexPatternTypes, getIndexPatternSavedObjects } from '../index_pattern/install';
-import { appContextService } from '../../../../services';
 
+type SavedObjectsImporterContract = Pick<SavedObjectsImporter, 'import' | 'resolveImportErrors'>;
 const formatImportErrorsForLog = (errors: SavedObjectsImportFailure[]) =>
   JSON.stringify(
     errors.map(({ type, id, error }) => ({ type, id, error })) // discard other fields
@@ -75,11 +77,12 @@ export function createSavedObjectKibanaAsset(asset: ArchiveAsset): SavedObjectTo
 }
 
 export async function installKibanaAssets(options: {
-  savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
+  savedObjectsImporter: SavedObjectsImporterContract;
+  logger: Logger;
   pkgName: string;
   kibanaAssets: Record<KibanaAssetType, ArchiveAsset[]>;
 }): Promise<SavedObjectsImportSuccess[]> {
-  const { savedObjectsClient, kibanaAssets } = options;
+  const { kibanaAssets, savedObjectsImporter, logger } = options;
   const assetsToInstall = Object.entries(kibanaAssets).flatMap(([assetType, assets]) => {
     if (!validKibanaAssetTypes.has(assetType as KibanaAssetType)) {
       return [];
@@ -107,7 +110,8 @@ export async function installKibanaAssets(options: {
   const indexPatternSavedObjects = getIndexPatternSavedObjects() as ArchiveAsset[];
 
   const installedAssets = await installKibanaSavedObjects({
-    savedObjectsClient,
+    logger,
+    savedObjectsImporter,
     kibanaAssets: [...indexPatternSavedObjects, ...assetsToInstall],
   });
 
@@ -163,11 +167,13 @@ export async function getKibanaAssets(
 }
 
 async function installKibanaSavedObjects({
-  savedObjectsClient,
+  savedObjectsImporter,
   kibanaAssets,
+  logger,
 }: {
-  savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
   kibanaAssets: ArchiveAsset[];
+  savedObjectsImporter: SavedObjectsImporterContract;
+  logger: Logger;
 }) {
   const toBeSavedObjects = await Promise.all(
     kibanaAssets.map((asset) => createSavedObjectKibanaAsset(asset))
@@ -178,10 +184,6 @@ async function installKibanaSavedObjects({
   if (toBeSavedObjects.length === 0) {
     return [];
   } else {
-    const savedObjectsImporter = appContextService
-      .getSavedObjects()
-      .createImporter(savedObjectsClient);
-
     const { successResults: importSuccessResults = [], errors: importErrors = [] } =
       await savedObjectsImporter.import({
         overwrite: true,
@@ -210,8 +212,6 @@ async function installKibanaSavedObjects({
     can still be installed, but if a warning is logged it should be reported to
     the integrations team. */
     if (referenceErrors.length) {
-      const logger = appContextService.getLogger();
-
       logger.debug(
         `Resolving ${
           referenceErrors.length
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.test.ts
index 72587d7d37200..dbec18851cfc9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.test.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ describe('_installPackage', () => {
 
     const installationPromise = _installPackage({
       savedObjectsClient: soClient,
+      // @ts-ignore
+      savedObjectsImporter: jest.fn(),
       esClient,
       logger: loggerMock.create(),
       paths: [],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.ts
index 04f936b889942..ac0c7e1729913 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type {
   Logger,
   SavedObject,
   SavedObjectsClientContract,
+  SavedObjectsImporter,
 } from 'src/core/server';
 
 import {
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ import { installMlModel } from '../elasticsearch/ml_model/';
 import { installIlmForDataStream } from '../elasticsearch/datastream_ilm/install';
 import { saveArchiveEntries } from '../archive/storage';
 import { ConcurrentInstallOperationError } from '../../../errors';
-
 import { packagePolicyService } from '../..';
 
 import { createInstallation, saveKibanaAssetsRefs, updateVersion } from './install';
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import { deleteKibanaSavedObjectsAssets } from './remove';
 
 export async function _installPackage({
   savedObjectsClient,
+  savedObjectsImporter,
   esClient,
   logger,
   installedPkg,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export async function _installPackage({
   installSource,
 }: {
   savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
+  savedObjectsImporter: Pick<SavedObjectsImporter, 'import' | 'resolveImportErrors'>;
   esClient: ElasticsearchClient;
   logger: Logger;
   installedPkg?: SavedObject<Installation>;
@@ -112,8 +114,10 @@ export async function _installPackage({
       pkgName,
       kibanaAssets
     );
+
     await installKibanaAssets({
-      savedObjectsClient,
+      logger,
+      savedObjectsImporter,
       pkgName,
       kibanaAssets,
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.test.ts
index a9bb235c22cb8..261a0d9a6d688 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ jest.mock('../../app_context', () => {
         return { error: jest.fn(), debug: jest.fn(), warn: jest.fn() };
       }),
       getTelemetryEventsSender: jest.fn(),
+      getSavedObjects: jest.fn(() => ({
+        createImporter: jest.fn(),
+      })),
     },
   };
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
index 4522b32f39616..a580248b43731 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
@@ -302,10 +302,15 @@ async function installPackageFromRegistry({
       return { error: err, installType };
     }
 
+    const savedObjectsImporter = appContextService
+      .getSavedObjects()
+      .createImporter(savedObjectsClient);
+
     // try installing the package, if there was an error, call error handler and rethrow
     // @ts-expect-error status is string instead of InstallResult.status 'installed' | 'already_installed'
     return _installPackage({
       savedObjectsClient,
+      savedObjectsImporter,
       esClient,
       logger,
       installedPkg,
@@ -406,9 +411,15 @@ async function installPackageByUpload({
       version: packageInfo.version,
       packageInfo,
     });
+
+    const savedObjectsImporter = appContextService
+      .getSavedObjects()
+      .createImporter(savedObjectsClient);
+
     // @ts-expect-error status is string instead of InstallResult.status 'installed' | 'already_installed'
     return _installPackage({
       savedObjectsClient,
+      savedObjectsImporter,
       esClient,
       logger,
       installedPkg,