diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
index 29d74a70e71..6f5197ca92c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	tracingapi "k8s.io/component-base/tracing/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images"
+	imagepullmanager "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 	utiltaints "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints"
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func ValidateKubeletConfiguration(kc *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration, featur
 
 		if len(kc.PreloadedImagesVerificationAllowlist) > 0 && kc.ImagePullCredentialsVerificationPolicy != string(kubeletconfig.NeverVerifyAllowlistedImages) {
 			allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: can't set `preloadedImagesVerificationAllowlist` if `imagePullCredentialsVertificationPolicy` is not \"NeverVerifyAllowlistedImages\""))
-		} else if err := images.ValidateAllowlistImagesPatterns(kc.PreloadedImagesVerificationAllowlist); err != nil {
+		} else if err := imagepullmanager.ValidateAllowlistImagesPatterns(kc.PreloadedImagesVerificationAllowlist); err != nil {
 			allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: invalid image pattern in `preloadedImagesVerificationAllowlist`: %w", err))
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/image_manager.go
index 2dd96cd589a..b76f87d19aa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/image_manager.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	kubeletconfiginternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/metrics"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/parsers"
 )
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ type ImagePodPullingTimeRecorder interface {
 type imageManager struct {
 	recorder         record.EventRecorder
 	imageService     kubecontainer.ImageService
-	imagePullManager ImagePullManager
+	imagePullManager pullmanager.ImagePullManager
 	backOff          *flowcontrol.Backoff
 	prevPullErrMsg   sync.Map
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func NewImageManager(
 	recorder record.EventRecorder,
 	nodeKeyring credentialprovider.DockerKeyring,
 	imageService kubecontainer.ImageService,
-	imagePullManager ImagePullManager,
+	imagePullManager pullmanager.ImagePullManager,
 	imageBackOff *flowcontrol.Backoff,
 	serialized bool,
 	maxParallelImagePulls *int32,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/image_manager_test.go
index 03ab7e822b4..2f945348300 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/image_manager_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	kubeletconfiginternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 	. "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	ctest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/ktesting"
 	testingclock "k8s.io/utils/clock/testing"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
@@ -513,7 +514,7 @@ func (m *mockPodPullingTimeRecorder) reset() {
 }
 
 type mockImagePullManager struct {
-	NoopImagePullManager
+	pullmanager.NoopImagePullManager
 
 	imageAllowlist map[string]sets.Set[kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullSecret]
 	allowAll       bool
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/doc.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbce837b6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// pullmanager package keeps the implementation of the image pull manager and
+// image credential verification policies
+package pullmanager
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/fs_pullrecords.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/fs_pullrecords.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/fs_pullrecords.go
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/fs_pullrecords.go
index fa16b1efec3..6dcee5f13c4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/fs_pullrecords.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/fs_pullrecords.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package images
+package pullmanager
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_manager.go
similarity index 96%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_manager.go
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_manager.go
index 5407fb64854..6e0ee04833b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_manager.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package images
+package pullmanager
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -367,19 +367,6 @@ func (f *PullManager) getIntentCounterForImage(image string) int32 {
 	return intentNum
 }
 
-var _ ImagePullManager = &NoopImagePullManager{}
-
-type NoopImagePullManager struct{}
-
-func (m *NoopImagePullManager) RecordPullIntent(_ string) error { return nil }
-func (m *NoopImagePullManager) RecordImagePulled(_, _ string, _ *kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullCredentials) {
-}
-func (m *NoopImagePullManager) RecordImagePullFailed(image string) {}
-func (m *NoopImagePullManager) MustAttemptImagePull(_, _ string, _ []kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullSecret) bool {
-	return false
-}
-func (m *NoopImagePullManager) PruneUnknownRecords(_ []string, _ time.Time) {}
-
 // searchForExistingTagDigest loops through the `image` RepoDigests and RepoTags
 // and tries to find all image digests/tags in `inFlightPulls`, which is a map of
 // containerImage -> pulling intent path.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_manager_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_manager_test.go
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_manager_test.go
index 320375630f7..6b8a7c6ac48 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_manager_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package images
+package pullmanager
 
 import (
 	"io/fs"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_policies.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_policies.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_policies.go
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_policies.go
index fa85788ef9e..2642275a3d5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_policies.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_policies.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package images
+package pullmanager
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_policies_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_policies_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_policies_test.go
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_policies_test.go
index 718671777cf..eb8af5ee0f6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/image_pull_policies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/image_pull_policies_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package images
+package pullmanager
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/interfaces.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/interfaces.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3fc05c3a975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/interfaces.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package pullmanager
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	kubeletconfiginternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
+)
+
+// ImagePullManager keeps the state of images that were pulled and which are
+// currently still being pulled.
+// It should keep an internal state of images currently being pulled by the kubelet
+// in order to determine whether to destroy a "pulling" record should an image
+// pull fail.
+type ImagePullManager interface {
+	// RecordPullIntent records an intent to pull an image and should be called
+	// before a pull of the image occurs.
+	//
+	// RecordPullIntent() should be called before every image pull. Each call of
+	// RecordPullIntent() must match exactly one call of RecordImagePulled()/RecordImagePullFailed().
+	//
+	// `image` is the content of the pod's container `image` field.
+	RecordPullIntent(image string) error
+	// RecordImagePulled writes a record of an image being successfully pulled
+	// with ImagePullCredentials.
+	//
+	// `credentials` must not be nil and must contain either exactly one Kubernetes
+	// Secret coordinates in the `.KubernetesSecrets` slice or set `.NodePodsAccessible`
+	// to `true`.
+	//
+	// `image` is the content of the pod's container `image` field.
+	RecordImagePulled(image, imageRef string, credentials *kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullCredentials)
+	// RecordImagePullFailed should be called if an image failed to pull.
+	//
+	// Internally, it lowers its reference counter for the given image. If the
+	// counter reaches zero, the pull intent record for the image is removed.
+	//
+	// `image` is the content of the pod's container `image` field.
+	RecordImagePullFailed(image string)
+	// MustAttemptImagePull evaluates the policy for the image specified in
+	// `image` and if the policy demands verification, it checks the internal
+	// cache to see if there's a record of pulling the image with the presented
+	// set of credentials or if the image can be accessed by any of the node's pods.
+	//
+	// Returns true if the policy demands verification and no record of the pull
+	// was found in the cache.
+	//
+	// `image` is the content of the pod's container `image` field.
+	MustAttemptImagePull(image, imageRef string, credentials []kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullSecret) bool
+	// PruneUnknownRecords deletes all of the cache ImagePulledRecords for each of the images
+	// whose imageRef does not appear in the `imageList` iff such an record was last updated
+	// _before_ the `until` timestamp.
+	//
+	// This method is only expected to be called by the kubelet's image garbage collector.
+	// `until` is a timestamp created _before_ the `imageList` was requested from the CRI.
+	PruneUnknownRecords(imageList []string, until time.Time)
+}
+
+// PullRecordsAccessor allows unified access to ImagePullIntents/ImagePulledRecords
+// irregardless of the backing database implementation
+type PullRecordsAccessor interface {
+	// ListImagePullIntents lists all the ImagePullIntents in the database.
+	// ImagePullIntents that cannot be decoded will not appear in the list.
+	// Returns nil and an error if there was a problem reading from the database.
+	//
+	// This method may return partial success in case there were errors listing
+	// the results. A list of records that were successfully read and an aggregated
+	// error is returned in that case.
+	ListImagePullIntents() ([]*kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullIntent, error)
+	// ImagePullIntentExists returns whether a valid ImagePullIntent is present
+	// for the given image.
+	ImagePullIntentExists(image string) (bool, error)
+	// WriteImagePullIntent writes a an intent record for the image into the database
+	WriteImagePullIntent(image string) error
+	// DeleteImagePullIntent removes an `image` intent record from the database
+	DeleteImagePullIntent(image string) error
+
+	// ListImagePulledRecords lists the database ImagePulledRecords.
+	// Records that cannot be decoded will be ignored.
+	// Returns an error if there was a problem reading from the database.
+	//
+	// This method may return partial success in case there were errors listing
+	// the results. A list of records that were successfully read and an aggregated
+	// error is returned in that case.
+	ListImagePulledRecords() ([]*kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePulledRecord, error)
+	// GetImagePulledRecord fetches an ImagePulledRecord for the given `imageRef`.
+	// If a file for the `imageRef` is present but the contents cannot be decoded,
+	// it returns a exists=true with err equal to the decoding error.
+	GetImagePulledRecord(imageRef string) (record *kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePulledRecord, exists bool, err error)
+	// WriteImagePulledRecord writes an ImagePulledRecord into the database.
+	WriteImagePulledRecord(record *kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePulledRecord) error
+	// DeleteImagePulledRecord removes an ImagePulledRecord for `imageRef` from the
+	// database.
+	DeleteImagePulledRecord(imageRef string) error
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/locks.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/locks.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/locks.go
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/locks.go
index c60c09f24cb..a1cae9c64b3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/locks.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/locks.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package images
+package pullmanager
 
 import (
 	"hash/fnv"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/noop_pull_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/noop_pull_manager.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51838d79163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/noop_pull_manager.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package pullmanager
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	kubeletconfiginternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
+)
+
+var _ ImagePullManager = &NoopImagePullManager{}
+
+type NoopImagePullManager struct{}
+
+func (m *NoopImagePullManager) RecordPullIntent(_ string) error { return nil }
+func (m *NoopImagePullManager) RecordImagePulled(_, _ string, _ *kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullCredentials) {
+}
+func (m *NoopImagePullManager) RecordImagePullFailed(image string) {}
+func (m *NoopImagePullManager) MustAttemptImagePull(_, _ string, _ []kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullSecret) bool {
+	return false
+}
+func (m *NoopImagePullManager) PruneUnknownRecords(_ []string, _ time.Time) {}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulled/sha256-38a8906435c4dd5f4258899d46621bfd8eea3ad6ff494ee3c2f17ef0321625bd b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulled/sha256-38a8906435c4dd5f4258899d46621bfd8eea3ad6ff494ee3c2f17ef0321625bd
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulled/sha256-38a8906435c4dd5f4258899d46621bfd8eea3ad6ff494ee3c2f17ef0321625bd
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulled/sha256-38a8906435c4dd5f4258899d46621bfd8eea3ad6ff494ee3c2f17ef0321625bd
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulled/sha256-a2eace2182b24cdbbb730798e47b10709b9ef5e0f0c1624a3bc06c8ca987727a b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulled/sha256-a2eace2182b24cdbbb730798e47b10709b9ef5e0f0c1624a3bc06c8ca987727a
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulled/sha256-a2eace2182b24cdbbb730798e47b10709b9ef5e0f0c1624a3bc06c8ca987727a
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulled/sha256-a2eace2182b24cdbbb730798e47b10709b9ef5e0f0c1624a3bc06c8ca987727a
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulled/sha256-b3c0cc4278800b03a308ceb2611161430df571ca733122f0a40ac8b9792a9064 b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulled/sha256-b3c0cc4278800b03a308ceb2611161430df571ca733122f0a40ac8b9792a9064
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulled/sha256-b3c0cc4278800b03a308ceb2611161430df571ca733122f0a40ac8b9792a9064
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulled/sha256-b3c0cc4278800b03a308ceb2611161430df571ca733122f0a40ac8b9792a9064
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulled/sha256-f8778b6393eaf39315e767a58cbeacf2c4b270d94b4d6926ee993d9e49444991 b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulled/sha256-f8778b6393eaf39315e767a58cbeacf2c4b270d94b4d6926ee993d9e49444991
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulled/sha256-f8778b6393eaf39315e767a58cbeacf2c4b270d94b4d6926ee993d9e49444991
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulled/sha256-f8778b6393eaf39315e767a58cbeacf2c4b270d94b4d6926ee993d9e49444991
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulling/sha256-aef2af226629a35d5f3ef0fdbb29fdbebf038d0acd8850590e8c48e1e283aa56 b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulling/sha256-aef2af226629a35d5f3ef0fdbb29fdbebf038d0acd8850590e8c48e1e283aa56
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulling/sha256-aef2af226629a35d5f3ef0fdbb29fdbebf038d0acd8850590e8c48e1e283aa56
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulling/sha256-aef2af226629a35d5f3ef0fdbb29fdbebf038d0acd8850590e8c48e1e283aa56
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulling/sha256-ee81caca15454863449fb55a1d942904d56d5ed9f9b20a7cb3453944ea2c7e11 b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulling/sha256-ee81caca15454863449fb55a1d942904d56d5ed9f9b20a7cb3453944ea2c7e11
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulling/sha256-ee81caca15454863449fb55a1d942904d56d5ed9f9b20a7cb3453944ea2c7e11
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulling/sha256-ee81caca15454863449fb55a1d942904d56d5ed9f9b20a7cb3453944ea2c7e11
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulling/sha256-f24acc752be18b93b0504c86312bbaf482c9efb0c45e925bbccb0a591cebd7af b/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulling/sha256-f24acc752be18b93b0504c86312bbaf482c9efb0c45e925bbccb0a591cebd7af
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubelet/images/testdata/pulling/sha256-f24acc752be18b93b0504c86312bbaf482c9efb0c45e925bbccb0a591cebd7af
rename to pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager/testdata/pulling/sha256-f24acc752be18b93b0504c86312bbaf482c9efb0c45e925bbccb0a591cebd7af
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/images/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/images/types.go
index aa6f179d542..244451cf5fc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/images/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/images/types.go
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ package images
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"time"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	runtimeapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
-	kubeletconfiginternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -54,90 +52,3 @@ type ImageManager interface {
 
 	// TODO(ronl): consolidating image managing and deleting operation in this interface
 }
-
-// ImagePullManager keeps the state of images that were pulled and which are
-// currently still being pulled.
-// It should keep an internal state of images currently being pulled by the kubelet
-// in order to determine whether to destroy a "pulling" record should an image
-// pull fail.
-type ImagePullManager interface {
-	// RecordPullIntent records an intent to pull an image and should be called
-	// before a pull of the image occurs.
-	//
-	// RecordPullIntent() should be called before every image pull. Each call of
-	// RecordPullIntent() must match exactly one call of RecordImagePulled()/RecordImagePullFailed().
-	//
-	// `image` is the content of the pod's container `image` field.
-	RecordPullIntent(image string) error
-	// RecordImagePulled writes a record of an image being successfully pulled
-	// with ImagePullCredentials.
-	//
-	// `credentials` must not be nil and must contain either exactly one Kubernetes
-	// Secret coordinates in the `.KubernetesSecrets` slice or set `.NodePodsAccessible`
-	// to `true`.
-	//
-	// `image` is the content of the pod's container `image` field.
-	RecordImagePulled(image, imageRef string, credentials *kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullCredentials)
-	// RecordImagePullFailed should be called if an image failed to pull.
-	//
-	// Internally, it lowers its reference counter for the given image. If the
-	// counter reaches zero, the pull intent record for the image is removed.
-	//
-	// `image` is the content of the pod's container `image` field.
-	RecordImagePullFailed(image string)
-	// MustAttemptImagePull evaluates the policy for the image specified in
-	// `image` and if the policy demands verification, it checks the internal
-	// cache to see if there's a record of pulling the image with the presented
-	// set of credentials or if the image can be accessed by any of the node's pods.
-	//
-	// Returns true if the policy demands verification and no record of the pull
-	// was found in the cache.
-	//
-	// `image` is the content of the pod's container `image` field.
-	MustAttemptImagePull(image, imageRef string, credentials []kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullSecret) bool
-	// PruneUnknownRecords deletes all of the cache ImagePulledRecords for each of the images
-	// whose imageRef does not appear in the `imageList` iff such an record was last updated
-	// _before_ the `until` timestamp.
-	//
-	// This method is only expected to be called by the kubelet's image garbage collector.
-	// `until` is a timestamp created _before_ the `imageList` was requested from the CRI.
-	PruneUnknownRecords(imageList []string, until time.Time)
-}
-
-// PullRecordsAccessor allows unified access to ImagePullIntents/ImagePulledRecords
-// irregardless of the backing database implementation
-type PullRecordsAccessor interface {
-	// ListImagePullIntents lists all the ImagePullIntents in the database.
-	// ImagePullIntents that cannot be decoded will not appear in the list.
-	// Returns nil and an error if there was a problem reading from the database.
-	//
-	// This method may return partial success in case there were errors listing
-	// the results. A list of records that were successfully read and an aggregated
-	// error is returned in that case.
-	ListImagePullIntents() ([]*kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullIntent, error)
-	// ImagePullIntentExists returns whether a valid ImagePullIntent is present
-	// for the given image.
-	ImagePullIntentExists(image string) (bool, error)
-	// WriteImagePullIntent writes a an intent record for the image into the database
-	WriteImagePullIntent(image string) error
-	// DeleteImagePullIntent removes an `image` intent record from the database
-	DeleteImagePullIntent(image string) error
-
-	// ListImagePulledRecords lists the database ImagePulledRecords.
-	// Records that cannot be decoded will be ignored.
-	// Returns an error if there was a problem reading from the database.
-	//
-	// This method may return partial success in case there were errors listing
-	// the results. A list of records that were successfully read and an aggregated
-	// error is returned in that case.
-	ListImagePulledRecords() ([]*kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePulledRecord, error)
-	// GetImagePulledRecord fetches an ImagePulledRecord for the given `imageRef`.
-	// If a file for the `imageRef` is present but the contents cannot be decoded,
-	// it returns a exists=true with err equal to the decoding error.
-	GetImagePulledRecord(imageRef string) (record *kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePulledRecord, exists bool, err error)
-	// WriteImagePulledRecord writes an ImagePulledRecord into the database.
-	WriteImagePulledRecord(record *kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePulledRecord) error
-	// DeleteImagePulledRecord removes an ImagePulledRecord for `imageRef` from the
-	// database.
-	DeleteImagePulledRecord(imageRef string) error
-}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/fake_kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/fake_kuberuntime_manager.go
index d16420a4845..6d41de84a90 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/fake_kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/fake_kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images"
+	imagepullmanager "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/logs"
 	proberesults "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/prober/results"
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ func newFakeKubeRuntimeManager(runtimeService internalapi.RuntimeService, imageS
 		kubecontainer.FilterEventRecorder(recorder),
 		&credentialprovider.BasicDockerKeyring{},
 		kubeRuntimeManager,
-		&images.NoopImagePullManager{},
+		&imagepullmanager.NoopImagePullManager{},
 		flowcontrol.NewBackOff(time.Second, 300*time.Second),
 		false,
 		ptr.To[int32](0), // No limit on max parallel image pulls,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_image_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_image_test.go
index 18b16a2744a..6368cf113d2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_image_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_image_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/credentialprovider"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images"
+	imagepullmanager "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
@@ -311,12 +312,12 @@ func TestPullWithSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 		_, fakeImageService, fakeManager, err := createTestRuntimeManager()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		fsRecordAccessor, err := images.NewFSPullRecordsAccessor(t.TempDir())
+		fsRecordAccessor, err := imagepullmanager.NewFSPullRecordsAccessor(t.TempDir())
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("failed to setup an file pull records accessor")
 		}
 
-		imagePullManager, err := images.NewImagePullManager(context.Background(), fsRecordAccessor, images.AlwaysVerifyImagePullPolicy(), fakeManager, 10)
+		imagePullManager, err := imagepullmanager.NewImagePullManager(context.Background(), fsRecordAccessor, imagepullmanager.AlwaysVerifyImagePullPolicy(), fakeManager, 10)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("failed to setup an image pull manager")
 		}
@@ -385,12 +386,12 @@ func TestPullWithSecretsWithError(t *testing.T) {
 				fakeImageService.InjectError("PullImage", fmt.Errorf("test-error"))
 			}
 
-			fsRecordAccessor, err := images.NewFSPullRecordsAccessor(t.TempDir())
+			fsRecordAccessor, err := imagepullmanager.NewFSPullRecordsAccessor(t.TempDir())
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal("failed to setup an file pull records accessor")
 			}
 
-			imagePullManager, err := images.NewImagePullManager(context.Background(), fsRecordAccessor, images.AlwaysVerifyImagePullPolicy(), fakeManager, 10)
+			imagePullManager, err := imagepullmanager.NewImagePullManager(context.Background(), fsRecordAccessor, imagepullmanager.AlwaysVerifyImagePullPolicy(), fakeManager, 10)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal("failed to setup an image pull manager")
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index c616cb56940..3f92bc10c66 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import (
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images"
+	imagepullmanager "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/images/pullmanager"
 	runtimeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/logs"
@@ -288,9 +289,9 @@ func NewKubeGenericRuntimeManager(
 	}
 
 	var imageGCHooks []images.PostImageGCHook
-	var imagePullManager images.ImagePullManager = &images.NoopImagePullManager{}
+	var imagePullManager imagepullmanager.ImagePullManager = &imagepullmanager.NoopImagePullManager{}
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.KubeletEnsureSecretPulledImages) {
-		imagePullCredentialsVerificationPolicy, err := images.NewImagePullCredentialVerificationPolicy(
+		imagePullCredentialsVerificationPolicy, err := imagepullmanager.NewImagePullCredentialVerificationPolicy(
 			kubeletconfiginternal.ImagePullCredentialsVerificationPolicy(imagePullsCredentialVerificationPolicy),
 			preloadedImagesCredentialVerificationWhitelist)
 
@@ -298,12 +299,12 @@ func NewKubeGenericRuntimeManager(
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 
-		fsRecordAccessor, err := images.NewFSPullRecordsAccessor(rootDirectory)
+		fsRecordAccessor, err := imagepullmanager.NewFSPullRecordsAccessor(rootDirectory)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to setup the FSPullRecordsAccessor: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		imagePullManager, err = images.NewImagePullManager(ctx, fsRecordAccessor, imagePullCredentialsVerificationPolicy, kubeRuntimeManager, ptr.Deref(maxParallelImagePulls, 0))
+		imagePullManager, err = imagepullmanager.NewImagePullManager(ctx, fsRecordAccessor, imagePullCredentialsVerificationPolicy, kubeRuntimeManager, ptr.Deref(maxParallelImagePulls, 0))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create image pull manager: %w", err)
 		}