diff --git a/.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml b/.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml
index 5c312efd07..8f9e562e0a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
       - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION:-upload-devcontainer-volume}${UPLOAD_LOCATION:+/photos}:/data
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
       - pnpm_store_server:/buildcache/pnpm-store
-      - ../plugins:/build/corePlugin
+      - ../packages/plugins:/build/corePlugin
   immich-web:
     env_file: !reset []
   immich-machine-learning:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 5a34bf4d3c..dfb876e6bd 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ services:
       - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/photos:/data
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
       - pnpm_store_server:/buildcache/pnpm-store
-      - ../plugins:/build/corePlugin
+      - ../packages/plugins:/build/corePlugin
     env_file:
       - .env
     environment:
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 768bef5222..a88e3bb2b1 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ experimental_monorepo_root = true
 
 [monorepo]
 config_roots = [
-  "plugins",
+  "packages/plugins",
   "server",
   "packages/cli",
   "deployment",
diff --git a/plugins/.gitignore b/packages/plugins/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/.gitignore
rename to packages/plugins/.gitignore
diff --git a/plugins/LICENSE b/packages/plugins/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/LICENSE
rename to packages/plugins/LICENSE
diff --git a/plugins/esbuild.js b/packages/plugins/esbuild.js
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/esbuild.js
rename to packages/plugins/esbuild.js
diff --git a/plugins/manifest.json b/packages/plugins/manifest.json
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/manifest.json
rename to packages/plugins/manifest.json
diff --git a/plugins/mise.toml b/packages/plugins/mise.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/mise.toml
rename to packages/plugins/mise.toml
diff --git a/plugins/package-lock.json b/packages/plugins/package-lock.json
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-lock.json
rename to packages/plugins/package-lock.json
diff --git a/plugins/package.json b/packages/plugins/package.json
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package.json
rename to packages/plugins/package.json
diff --git a/plugins/src/index.d.ts b/packages/plugins/src/index.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/index.d.ts
rename to packages/plugins/src/index.d.ts
diff --git a/plugins/src/index.ts b/packages/plugins/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/src/index.ts
rename to packages/plugins/src/index.ts
diff --git a/plugins/tsconfig.json b/packages/plugins/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/tsconfig.json
rename to packages/plugins/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 175217f4d8..157b0746e0 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -312,6 +312,18 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^4.20.6
         version: 4.21.0
 
+  packages/plugins:
+    devDependencies:
+      '@extism/js-pdk':
+        specifier: ^1.0.1
+        version: 1.1.1
+      esbuild:
+        specifier: ^0.28.0
+        version: 0.28.0
+      typescript:
+        specifier: ^6.0.0
+        version: 6.0.3
+
   packages/sdk:
     dependencies:
       '@oazapfts/runtime':
@@ -325,18 +337,6 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^6.0.0
         version: 6.0.3
 
-  plugins:
-    devDependencies:
-      '@extism/js-pdk':
-        specifier: ^1.0.1
-        version: 1.1.1
-      esbuild:
-        specifier: ^0.28.0
-        version: 0.28.0
-      typescript:
-        specifier: ^6.0.0
-        version: 6.0.3
-
   server:
     dependencies:
       '@extism/extism':
diff --git a/server/Dockerfile b/server/Dockerfile
index 6e20d900b2..d35d029958 100644
--- a/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/Dockerfile
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/jdx/mise:2026.3.12@sha256:0210678cbf58413806531a27adb2c7daf1c37238e56e8f7ea381d73521571775 /usr/local/bin/mise /usr/local/bin/mise
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-COPY ./plugins/mise.toml ./plugins/
-ENV MISE_TRUSTED_CONFIG_PATHS=/usr/src/app/plugins/mise.toml
+COPY ./packages/plugins/mise.toml ./packages/plugins/
+ENV MISE_TRUSTED_CONFIG_PATHS=/usr/src/app/packages/plugins/mise.toml
 ENV MISE_DATA_DIR=/buildcache/mise
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=mise-tools-${TARGETPLATFORM},target=/buildcache/mise \
-  mise install --cd plugins
+  mise install --cd packages/plugins
 
-COPY ./plugins ./plugins/
+COPY ./packages/plugins ./packages/plugins/
 # Build plugins
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-plugins,target=/buildcache/pnpm-store \
   --mount=type=bind,source=package.json,target=package.json \
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-plugins,target=/buildcache/pnpm-store \
   --mount=type=bind,source=pnpm-lock.yaml,target=pnpm-lock.yaml \
   --mount=type=bind,source=pnpm-workspace.yaml,target=pnpm-workspace.yaml \
   --mount=type=cache,id=mise-tools-${TARGETPLATFORM},target=/buildcache/mise \
-  cd plugins && mise run build
+  cd packages/plugins && mise run build
 
 FROM ghcr.io/immich-app/base-server-prod:202605051129@sha256:50f7ffe4ed31e360c90c4905bd5f6658f2a121297544e3fe9368e338b3f76bcd
 
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ ENV NODE_ENV=production \
 COPY --from=server /output/server-pruned ./server
 COPY --from=web /usr/src/app/web/build /build/www
 COPY --from=cli /output/cli-pruned ./cli
-COPY --from=plugins /usr/src/app/plugins/dist /build/corePlugin/dist
-COPY --from=plugins /usr/src/app/plugins/manifest.json /build/corePlugin/manifest.json
+COPY --from=plugins /usr/src/app/packages/plugins/dist /build/corePlugin/dist
+COPY --from=plugins /usr/src/app/packages/plugins/manifest.json /build/corePlugin/manifest.json
 RUN ln -s ../../cli/bin/immich server/bin/immich
 COPY LICENSE /licenses/LICENSE.txt
 COPY LICENSE /LICENSE