diff --git a/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1/message.go b/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1/message.go
index 0adfdb20..ea68c245 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1/message.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1/message.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/syntax/message"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/core/message"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/syntax/expression/expression.go b/pkg/core/expression/expression.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/syntax/expression/expression.go
rename to pkg/core/expression/expression.go
diff --git a/pkg/syntax/expression/expression_test.go b/pkg/core/expression/expression_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/syntax/expression/expression_test.go
rename to pkg/core/expression/expression_test.go
diff --git a/pkg/syntax/message/message.go b/pkg/core/message/message.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/syntax/message/message.go
rename to pkg/core/message/message.go
diff --git a/pkg/syntax/projection/projection.go b/pkg/core/projection/projection.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/syntax/projection/projection.go
rename to pkg/core/projection/projection.go
index b1cc866a..c3fe9acf 100644
--- a/pkg/syntax/projection/projection.go
+++ b/pkg/core/projection/projection.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jmespath-community/go-jmespath/pkg/binding"
 	"github.com/jmespath-community/go-jmespath/pkg/parsing"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/core/expression"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/engine/template"
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/syntax/expression"
 	reflectutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/utils/reflect"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/syntax/projection/projection_test.go b/pkg/core/projection/projection_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/syntax/projection/projection_test.go
rename to pkg/core/projection/projection_test.go
diff --git a/pkg/engine/assert/binding.go b/pkg/engine/assert/binding.go
index 96bb5bcb..acb2b79e 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/assert/binding.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/assert/binding.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/jmespath-community/go-jmespath/pkg/binding"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/core/expression"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/engine/template"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/jp"
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/syntax/expression"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/engine/assert/parse.go b/pkg/engine/assert/parse.go
index b3e1053a..b455b810 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/assert/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/assert/parse.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jmespath-community/go-jmespath/pkg/binding"
 	"github.com/jmespath-community/go-jmespath/pkg/parsing"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/core/expression"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/core/projection"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/engine/match"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/engine/template"
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/syntax/expression"
-	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/syntax/projection"
 	reflectutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/utils/reflect"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 )