diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-bpmn2-compiler/pom.xml b/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-bpmn2-compiler/pom.xml
index 12a419d59e8..fc95ee21aa7 100644
--- a/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-bpmn2-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-bpmn2-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
             <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
             <artifactId>jbpm-usertask</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jbpm-usertask-workitem</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-compiler/pom.xml b/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-compiler/pom.xml
index 549fe524212..dc1c82939e6 100644
--- a/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
             <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
             <artifactId>jbpm-usertask</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jbpm-usertask-workitem</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-engine/pom.xml b/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-engine/pom.xml
index 95c51d1b808..49de8b3f4a1 100644
--- a/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/jbpm/jbpm-deps-groups/jbpm-deps-group-engine/pom.xml
@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@
             <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
             <artifactId>process-workitems</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
             <artifactId>jbpm-usertask</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jbpm-usertask-workitem</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/pom.xml b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..871c19ffccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>jbpm</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+        <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>jbpm-usertask-workitem</artifactId>
+
+
+    <name>Kogito :: jBPM :: User Task WorkItem</name>
+    <description>jBPM User Task WorkItem Handler</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <java.module.name>org.kie.kogito.jbpm.usertask.workitem</java.module.name>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kogito-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jbpm-usertask</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>process-workitems</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kogito-kie-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/Policies.java b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/Policies.java
similarity index 100%
rename from jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/Policies.java
rename to jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/Policies.java
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandler.java b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandler.java
similarity index 100%
rename from jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandler.java
rename to jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandler.java
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerFactory.java b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerFactory.java
rename to jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerFactory.java
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener.java b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener.java
similarity index 100%
rename from jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener.java
rename to jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener.java
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.kie.kogito.internal.process.workitem.KogitoWorkItemHandlerFactory b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.kie.kogito.internal.process.workitem.KogitoWorkItemHandlerFactory
similarity index 100%
rename from jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.kie.kogito.internal.process.workitem.KogitoWorkItemHandlerFactory
rename to jbpm/jbpm-usertask-workitem/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.kie.kogito.internal.process.workitem.KogitoWorkItemHandlerFactory
diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/pom.xml b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/pom.xml
index 3adb16a9ff0..29975eebb3f 100644
--- a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/pom.xml
+++ b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/pom.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
             <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
             <artifactId>kogito-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>process-workitems</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
             <artifactId>kogito-services</artifactId>
diff --git a/jbpm/pom.xml b/jbpm/pom.xml
index b53bf127c7c..92f53bb73da 100755
--- a/jbpm/pom.xml
+++ b/jbpm/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     <module>process-serialization-protobuf</module>
     <module>process-workitems</module>
     <module>jbpm-usertask</module>
+    <module>jbpm-usertask-workitem</module>
     <module>jbpm-tools</module>
     <module>jbpm-deps-groups</module>
   </modules>
diff --git a/kogito-bom/pom.xml b/kogito-bom/pom.xml
index bc9fba78c45..6e4af07c46d 100755
--- a/kogito-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-bom/pom.xml
@@ -1898,6 +1898,11 @@
         <artifactId>jbpm-usertask</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jbpm-usertask-workitem</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
         <artifactId>jbpm-flow-migration</artifactId>