diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/.changeset/move-drawer-to-app-defaults.md b/workspaces/app-defaults/.changeset/move-drawer-to-app-defaults.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2306b14f9de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/.changeset/move-drawer-to-app-defaults.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+'@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults': minor
+'@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react': major
+---
+
+Move `appDrawerExtension` and `appDrawerModule` from `app-react` to
+`app-defaults`.
+
+- `@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults` now exports
+  `appDrawerExtension` and `appDrawerModule` from its main entry point,
+  and adds a `./app-drawer-module` subpath that default-exports
+  `appDrawerModule` for Scalprum / module-federation dynamic loading.
+
+- **BREAKING**: `@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react` no
+  longer exports `appDrawerExtension` or `appDrawerModule`. The
+  `./app-drawer-module` subpath has been removed. Update imports:
+
+  ```diff
+  -import { appDrawerModule } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react';
+  +import { appDrawerModule } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults';
+  ```
+
+  `AppDrawerContentBlueprint`, `appDrawerContentDataRef`, `useAppDrawer`,
+  and all drawer types remain in `app-react`.
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/packages/app/package.json b/workspaces/app-defaults/packages/app/package.json
index b8071fbabce..e7f995d22b8 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/packages/app/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/packages/app/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "@mui/icons-material": "^5.18.0",
     "@mui/material": "^5.18.0",
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-auth": "workspace:^",
+    "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults": "workspace:^",
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-integrations": "workspace:^",
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react": "workspace:^",
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-global-header": "^1.21.0",
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/workspaces/app-defaults/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index bcc187c2006..3be0661f1a7 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ import catalogPlugin from '@backstage/plugin-catalog/alpha';
 import scaffolderPlugin from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder/alpha';
 import { appAuthModule } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-auth';
 import { appIntegrationsModule } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-integrations';
-import {
-  appDrawerModule,
-  templateCardModule,
-} from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react';
+import { appDrawerModule } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults';
+import { templateCardModule } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react';
 import {
   globalHeaderModule,
   globalHeaderTranslationsModule,
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/package.json b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/package.json
index 8c4eb0f1235..8db2929d4e7 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/package.json
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./src/index.ts",
+    "./app-drawer-module": "./src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts",
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "typesVersions": {
     "*": {
+      "app-drawer-module": [
+        "src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts"
+      ],
       "package.json": [
         "package.json"
       ]
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/frontend-plugin-api": "^0.17.2",
+    "@backstage/plugin-app-react": "^0.2.4",
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react": "workspace:^"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/report-app-drawer-module.api.md b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/report-app-drawer-module.api.md
similarity index 96%
rename from workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/report-app-drawer-module.api.md
rename to workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/report-app-drawer-module.api.md
index f25a8faed46..03a95b0cd7e 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/report-app-drawer-module.api.md
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/report-app-drawer-module.api.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## API Report File for "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react"
+## API Report File for "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults"
 
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/report.api.md b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/report.api.md
index 5463d2b2442..66a5d645a25 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/report.api.md
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/report.api.md
@@ -3,10 +3,46 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
+import { AppDrawerContent } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react';
+import { ConfigurableExtensionDataRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
+import { ExtensionDataRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
+import { ExtensionInput } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { FrontendModule } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
+import { OverridableExtensionDefinition } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
+import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 
 // @public
 const appDefaultsModule: FrontendModule;
 export { appDefaultsModule };
 export default appDefaultsModule;
+
+// @public
+export const appDrawerExtension: OverridableExtensionDefinition<{
+  config: {};
+  configInput: {};
+  output: ExtensionDataRef<
+    (props: { children: ReactNode }) => JSX.Element | null,
+    'app.root.wrapper',
+    {}
+  >;
+  inputs: {
+    drawers: ExtensionInput<
+      ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<AppDrawerContent, 'app.drawer.content', {}>,
+      {
+        singleton: false;
+        optional: false;
+        internal: false;
+      }
+    >;
+  };
+  kind: 'app-root-wrapper';
+  name: 'drawer';
+  params: {
+    Component?: [error: 'Use the `component` parameter instead'];
+    component: (props: { children: ReactNode }) => JSX.Element | null;
+  };
+}>;
+
+// @public
+export const appDrawerModule: FrontendModule;
 ```
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDefaultsModule.ts b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDefaultsModule.ts
index 68185ed1d07..0041721ff53 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDefaultsModule.ts
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDefaultsModule.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
  */
 
 import { createFrontendModule } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
-import {
-  appDrawerExtension,
-  templateCardExtension,
-} from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react';
+import { templateCardExtension } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react';
+
+import { appDrawerExtension } from './appDrawerModule';
 
 /**
  * RHDH app module for `pluginId: 'app'`.
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/drawer/extensions/appDrawerModule.tsx b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDrawerModule.tsx
similarity index 91%
rename from workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/drawer/extensions/appDrawerModule.tsx
rename to workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDrawerModule.tsx
index 8981b56e4fe..9b16da6b051 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/drawer/extensions/appDrawerModule.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDrawerModule.tsx
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ import {
   createFrontendModule,
 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { AppRootWrapperBlueprint } from '@backstage/plugin-app-react';
-
-import { ApplicationDrawer } from '../../legacy/ApplicationDrawer';
-import { appDrawerContentDataRef } from './appDrawerContentDataRef';
+import { appDrawerContentDataRef } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react';
+import { ApplicationDrawer } from '@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react/legacy';
 
 /**
  * Wrapper extension that renders the ApplicationDrawer around the app content.
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts
similarity index 90%
rename from workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts
rename to workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts
index cbce1675ca4..0fcd614232b 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export { appDrawerModule as default } from './drawer';
+export { appDrawerModule as default } from './appDrawerModule';
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/index.ts b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/index.ts
index 1ec5454f7e6..9198d2f80f9 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/index.ts
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-defaults/src/index.ts
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
  */
 
 export { appDefaultsModule } from './appDefaultsModule';
+export { appDrawerExtension, appDrawerModule } from './appDrawerModule';
 
 export { appDefaultsModule as default } from './appDefaultsModule';
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/package.json b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/package.json
index ccc6afe82ea..6d423c563a6 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./src/index.ts",
     "./legacy": "./src/legacy/index.ts",
-    "./app-drawer-module": "./src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts",
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "typesVersions": {
@@ -16,9 +15,6 @@
       "legacy": [
         "src/legacy/index.ts"
       ],
-      "app-drawer-module": [
-        "src/appDrawerModuleExport.ts"
-      ],
       "package.json": [
         "package.json"
       ]
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/report.api.md b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/report.api.md
index b2365ae0b2d..fcdac61449c 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/report.api.md
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/report.api.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { ExtensionDataRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { ExtensionInput } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { FrontendModule } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { OverridableExtensionDefinition } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
-import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { SwappableComponentRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 
 // @public
@@ -71,36 +70,6 @@ export const appDrawerContentDataRef: ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<
   {}
 >;
 
-// @public
-export const appDrawerExtension: OverridableExtensionDefinition<{
-  config: {};
-  configInput: {};
-  output: ExtensionDataRef<
-    (props: { children: ReactNode }) => JSX.Element | null,
-    'app.root.wrapper',
-    {}
-  >;
-  inputs: {
-    drawers: ExtensionInput<
-      ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<AppDrawerContent, 'app.drawer.content', {}>,
-      {
-        singleton: false;
-        optional: false;
-        internal: false;
-      }
-    >;
-  };
-  kind: 'app-root-wrapper';
-  name: 'drawer';
-  params: {
-    Component?: [error: 'Use the `component` parameter instead'];
-    component: (props: { children: ReactNode }) => JSX.Element | null;
-  };
-}>;
-
-// @public
-export const appDrawerModule: FrontendModule;
-
 // @public
 export interface ApplicationDrawerProps {
   children: React.ReactNode;
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/drawer/index.ts b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/drawer/index.ts
index d316ca04a8f..43479079c39 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/drawer/index.ts
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/drawer/index.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ export { DrawerPanel } from '../legacy/DrawerPanel';
 
 export { appDrawerContentDataRef } from './extensions/appDrawerContentDataRef';
 export { AppDrawerContentBlueprint } from './extensions/AppDrawerContentBlueprint';
-export {
-  appDrawerExtension,
-  appDrawerModule,
-} from './extensions/appDrawerModule';
 
 export type { ApplicationDrawerProps } from '../legacy/ApplicationDrawer';
 export type { DrawerPanelProps } from '../legacy/DrawerPanel';
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/index.ts b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/index.ts
index 189a5f03614..1028249c1a0 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/plugins/app-react/src/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 export { AppDrawerContentBlueprint } from './drawer';
 export { appDrawerContentDataRef } from './drawer';
-export { appDrawerExtension, appDrawerModule } from './drawer';
 
 export { useAppDrawer } from './drawer';
 export type { AppDrawerContent, AppDrawerApi } from './drawer';
diff --git a/workspaces/app-defaults/yarn.lock b/workspaces/app-defaults/yarn.lock
index 75cee91ba64..b4b4b4b0ca6 100644
--- a/workspaces/app-defaults/yarn.lock
+++ b/workspaces/app-defaults/yarn.lock
@@ -9481,12 +9481,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults@workspace:plugins/app-defaults":
+"@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults@workspace:^, @red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults@workspace:plugins/app-defaults":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults@workspace:plugins/app-defaults"
   dependencies:
     "@backstage/cli": "npm:^0.36.3"
     "@backstage/frontend-plugin-api": "npm:^0.17.2"
+    "@backstage/plugin-app-react": "npm:^0.2.4"
     "@backstage/test-utils": "npm:^1.7.19"
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react": "workspace:^"
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "npm:^6.0.0"
@@ -14283,6 +14284,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@mui/material": "npm:^5.18.0"
     "@playwright/test": "npm:1.62.1"
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-auth": "workspace:^"
+    "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-defaults": "workspace:^"
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-integrations": "workspace:^"
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-app-react": "workspace:^"
     "@red-hat-developer-hub/backstage-plugin-global-header": "npm:^1.21.0"