diff --git a/drivers/rust/Cargo.lock b/drivers/rust/Cargo.lock
index d5712404..80b90892 100644
--- a/drivers/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/drivers/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -369,6 +369,16 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "524cbf6897b527295dff137cec09ecf3a05f4fddffd7dfcd1585403449e74198"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "driver_pact_tests"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "env_logger",
+ "expectest",
+ "pact-plugin-driver 0.1.5",
+ "pact_consumer",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -1142,7 +1152,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "maplit",
  "md5",
  "os_info",
- "pact_consumer",
  "pact_models 0.4.0",
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
diff --git a/drivers/rust/Cargo.toml b/drivers/rust/Cargo.toml
index 26508d6e..7885af07 100644
--- a/drivers/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/drivers/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 members = [
     "driver",
     "driver_ffi",
+    "driver_pact_tests"
 ]
diff --git a/drivers/rust/driver/Cargo.toml b/drivers/rust/driver/Cargo.toml
index 9ccbf819..ceccdad8 100644
--- a/drivers/rust/driver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/drivers/rust/driver/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ features = ["rustls-tls", "rustls-tls-native-roots", "json", "gzip", "deflate"]
 [dev-dependencies]
 expectest = "0.12.0"
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
-pact_consumer = "0.9.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.6.2"
diff --git a/drivers/rust/driver_pact_tests/Cargo.toml b/drivers/rust/driver_pact_tests/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fdde7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rust/driver_pact_tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "driver_pact_tests"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+pact-plugin-driver = { version = "0.1", path = "../driver" }
+expectest = "0.12.0"
+env_logger = "0.9.0"
+pact_consumer = "0.9.1"
diff --git a/drivers/rust/driver_pact_tests/src/lib.rs b/drivers/rust/driver_pact_tests/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b4a90c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rust/driver_pact_tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        let result = 2 + 2;
+        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/drivers/rust/driver/tests/pact.rs b/drivers/rust/driver_pact_tests/tests/pact.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/rust/driver/tests/pact.rs
rename to drivers/rust/driver_pact_tests/tests/pact.rs