diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/cross_encoders.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/cross_encoders.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7872daab213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/cross_encoders.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Cross Encoder interface."""
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+
+class BaseCrossEncoder(ABC):
+    """Interface for cross encoder models."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def score(self, text_pairs: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> list[float]:
+        """Score pairs' similarity.
+
+        Args:
+            text_pairs: List of pairs of texts.
+
+        Returns:
+            List of scores.
+        """
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain_classic/retrievers/document_compressors/cross_encoder.py b/libs/langchain/langchain_classic/retrievers/document_compressors/cross_encoder.py
index 7a26ceb5d4f..f8391d0188e 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain_classic/retrievers/document_compressors/cross_encoder.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain_classic/retrievers/document_compressors/cross_encoder.py
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from langchain_core.cross_encoders import BaseCrossEncoder
 
-
-class BaseCrossEncoder(ABC):
-    """Interface for cross encoder models."""
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def score(self, text_pairs: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> list[float]:
-        """Score pairs' similarity.
-
-        Args:
-            text_pairs: List of pairs of texts.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of scores.
-        """
+__all__ = ["BaseCrossEncoder"]