diff --git a/.circleci/configurations/jobs.yml b/.circleci/configurations/jobs.yml
index fc15c96f7b8263..4072fd09925646 100644
--- a/.circleci/configurations/jobs.yml
+++ b/.circleci/configurations/jobs.yml
@@ -286,7 +286,10 @@ jobs:
             - packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build/
             - packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/prebuilt/
             - packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/.gradle/
-            - packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build/
+            - packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/build/
+            - packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/build/
+            - packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/build/
+            - packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/build/
             - packages/react-native-codegen/lib/
 
   # -------------------------
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/.gitignore b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/.gitignore
index 7b987dbf0c939a..8d5168254d8020 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ build/
 app-plugin/build/
 settings-plugin/build/
 shared/build/
+shared-testutil/build/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index b34e30a678630b..344ac62ef259ff 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.javapoet)
 
   testImplementation(libs.junit)
+  testImplementation(project(":shared-testutil"))
 
   testRuntimeOnly(
       files(
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/Os.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/Os.kt
index e00a793ca86d66..a741fde8e43dbd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/Os.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/Os.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.utils
 import com.facebook.react.utils.KotlinStdlibCompatUtils.lowercaseCompat
 import java.io.File
 
-internal object Os {
+object Os {
 
   fun isWindows(): Boolean =
       System.getProperty("os.name")?.lowercaseCompat()?.contains("windows") ?: false
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/TaskUtils.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/TaskUtils.kt
index df99d06e47bc26..7a8c5e2c02426c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/TaskUtils.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/TaskUtils.kt
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.utils
 
-internal fun windowsAwareCommandLine(vararg args: Any): List<Any> =
+fun windowsAwareCommandLine(vararg args: Any): List<Any> =
     windowsAwareCommandLine(args.toList())
 
-internal fun windowsAwareCommandLine(args: List<Any>): List<Any> =
+fun windowsAwareCommandLine(args: List<Any>): List<Any> =
     if (Os.isWindows()) {
       listOf("cmd", "/c") + args
     } else {
       args
     }
 
-internal fun windowsAwareBashCommandLine(
+fun windowsAwareBashCommandLine(
     vararg args: String,
     bashWindowsHome: String? = null
 ): List<String> =
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index b6687a8a04d6cc..92a44acee9267b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.javapoet)
 
   testImplementation(libs.junit)
+  testImplementation(project(":shared-testutil"))
 
   testRuntimeOnly(
       files(
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactSettingsExtension.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactSettingsExtension.kt
index 6d4f60e6fb48ca..8f2f4476d6dcae 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactSettingsExtension.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactSettingsExtension.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package com.facebook.react
 
 import com.facebook.react.utils.JsonUtils
+import com.facebook.react.utils.windowsAwareCommandLine
 import java.io.File
 import java.math.BigInteger
 import java.security.MessageDigest
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ abstract class ReactSettingsExtension @Inject constructor(val settings: Settings
   private val outputFolder =
       settings.layout.rootDirectory.file("build/generated/autolinking/").asFile
 
+  private val defaultConfigCommand: List<String> =
+      windowsAwareCommandLine(listOf("npx", "@react-native-community/cli", "config")).map {
+        it.toString()
+      }
+
   /**
    * Utility function to autolink libraries using an external command as source of truth.
    *
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ abstract class ReactSettingsExtension @Inject constructor(val settings: Settings
    */
   @JvmOverloads
   public fun autolinkLibrariesFromCommand(
-      command: List<String> = listOf("npx", "@react-native-community/cli", "config"),
+      command: List<String> = defaultConfigCommand,
       workingDirectory: File? = settings.layout.rootDirectory.dir("../").asFile,
       lockFiles: FileCollection =
           settings.layout.rootDirectory
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings.gradle.kts
index f342618821e50c..565cea4473c630 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ include(
     ":react-native-gradle-plugin",
     ":settings-plugin",
     ":shared",
+    ":shared-testutil",
 )
 
 rootProject.name = "gradle-plugins-root"
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5f447e83e6a991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+
+plugins { alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.jvm) }
+
+repositories { mavenCentral() }
+
+group = "com.facebook.react"
+
+dependencies { implementation(libs.junit) }
+
+java { targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11 }
+
+kotlin { jvmToolchain(17) }
+
+tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach {
+  kotlinOptions {
+    apiVersion = "1.6"
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+    allWarningsAsErrors = true
+  }
+}
+
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+  testLogging {
+    exceptionFormat = TestExceptionFormat.FULL
+    showExceptions = true
+    showCauses = true
+    showStackTraces = true
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tests/OsRule.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tests/OsRule.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tests/OsRule.kt
rename to packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tests/OsRule.kt
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tests/WithOs.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tests/WithOs.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tests/WithOs.kt
rename to packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tests/WithOs.kt
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/build.gradle.kts
index bccaeb47e853e7..fa76599233ef37 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.gson)
   implementation(libs.guava)
   testImplementation(libs.junit)
+  testImplementation(project(":shared-testutil"))
 }
 
 java { targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/KotlinStdlibCompatUtils.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/KotlinStdlibCompatUtils.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/KotlinStdlibCompatUtils.kt
rename to packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/KotlinStdlibCompatUtils.kt
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/KotlinStdlibCompatUtilsTest.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/KotlinStdlibCompatUtilsTest.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/KotlinStdlibCompatUtilsTest.kt
rename to packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/KotlinStdlibCompatUtilsTest.kt
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/OsTest.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/OsTest.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/OsTest.kt
rename to packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/OsTest.kt
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/TaskUtilsTest.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/TaskUtilsTest.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/TaskUtilsTest.kt
rename to packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/shared/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/TaskUtilsTest.kt