diff --git a/packages/kbn-relocate/relocate.ts b/packages/kbn-relocate/relocate.ts
index 16b2c17f4b066..a96c58629bab7 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-relocate/relocate.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-relocate/relocate.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ const moveModule = async (module: Package, log: ToolingLog) => {
 
 const relocateModules = async (toMove: Package[], log: ToolingLog): Promise<number> => {
   let relocated: number = 0;
+
+  // filter out modules that are not categorised (lacking group, visibility)
+  toMove = toMove.filter(
+    (module) => module.group && module.group !== 'common' && module.visibility
+  );
+
   for (let i = 0; i < toMove.length; ++i) {
     const module = toMove[i];
 
@@ -102,8 +108,6 @@ const findModules = ({ teams, paths, included, excluded }: FindModulesParams, lo
     modules
       // exclude devOnly modules (they will remain in /packages)
       .filter(({ manifest }) => !manifest.devOnly)
-      // exclude modules that do not specify a group
-      .filter(({ manifest }) => manifest.group)
       // explicit exclusions
       .filter(({ id }) => !EXCLUDED_MODULES.includes(id) && !excluded.includes(id))
       // we don't want to move test modules (just yet)
diff --git a/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/git.ts b/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/git.ts
index 0085e07fdd6b5..85e68dccd3f5d 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/git.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/git.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ import { safeExec } from './exec';
 
 export const findRemoteName = async (repo: string) => {
   const res = await safeExec('git remote -v', true, false);
+  repo = repo.toLowerCase();
   const remotes = res.stdout
     .trim()
     .split('\n')
     .map((line) => line.split(/\t| /).filter(Boolean))
     .filter((chunks) => chunks.length >= 2);
   return remotes.find(
-    ([, url]) => url.includes(`github.com/${repo}`) || url.includes(`github.com:${repo}`)
+    ([, url]) =>
+      url.toLowerCase().includes(`github.com/${repo}`) ||
+      url.toLowerCase().includes(`github.com:${repo}`)
   )?.[0];
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/logging.ts b/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/logging.ts
index 4aec07a1d9bf9..bd8f8fde42ae0 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/logging.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/logging.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ import {
   UPDATED_RELATIVE_PATHS,
 } from '../constants';
 
-export const createModuleTable = (entries: string[][]) => {
+export const createModuleTable = (
+  entries: string[][],
+  head: string[] = ['Id', 'Target folder']
+) => {
   const table = new Table({
-    head: ['Id', 'Target folder'],
+    head,
     colAligns: ['left', 'left'],
     style: {
+      compact: true,
       'padding-left': 2,
       'padding-right': 2,
     },
@@ -37,12 +41,12 @@ export const createModuleTable = (entries: string[][]) => {
 };
 
 export const relocatePlan = (modules: Package[], log: ToolingLog) => {
-  const plugins = modules.filter((module) => module.manifest.type === 'plugin');
-  const packages = modules.filter((module) => module.manifest.type !== 'plugin');
-
   const target = (module: Package) => calculateModuleTargetFolder(module).replace(BASE_FOLDER, '');
   writeFileSync(DESCRIPTION, GLOBAL_DESCRIPTION);
 
+  const plugins = modules.filter(
+    (module) => module.group && module.group !== 'common' && module.manifest.type === 'plugin'
+  );
   if (plugins.length) {
     const pluginList = dedent`
     \n\n#### ${plugins.length} plugin(s) are going to be relocated:\n
@@ -56,6 +60,10 @@ export const relocatePlan = (modules: Package[], log: ToolingLog) => {
     log.info(`${plugins.length} plugin(s) are going to be relocated:\n${plgTable.toString()}`);
   }
 
+  const packages = modules.filter(
+    (module) => module.group && module.group !== 'common' && module.manifest.type !== 'plugin'
+  );
+
   if (packages.length) {
     const packageList = dedent`
     \n\n#### ${packages.length} packages(s) are going to be relocated:\n
@@ -68,6 +76,20 @@ export const relocatePlan = (modules: Package[], log: ToolingLog) => {
     const pkgTable = createModuleTable(packages.map((pkg) => [pkg.id, target(pkg)]));
     log.info(`${packages.length} packages(s) are going to be relocated:\n${pkgTable.toString()}`);
   }
+
+  const uncategorised = modules.filter((module) => !module.group || module.group === 'common');
+  if (uncategorised.length) {
+    const uncategorisedTable = createModuleTable(
+      uncategorised.map(({ id, directory }) => [id, directory.replace(BASE_FOLDER, '')]),
+      ['Id', 'Current folder']
+    );
+
+    log.warning(
+      `${
+        uncategorised.length
+      } module(s) are missing "group" and/or "visibility" in the manifest, and cannot be relocated:\n${uncategorisedTable.toString()}`
+    );
+  }
 };
 
 export const appendCollapsible = (
diff --git a/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/relocate.ts b/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/relocate.ts
index 2f2b6a78379e6..233c03b84ea05 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/relocate.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-relocate/utils/relocate.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { basename, join } from 'path';
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import { orderBy } from 'lodash';
 import type { Package } from '../types';
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ export const calculateModuleTargetFolder = (module: Package): string => {
 };
 
 export const isInTargetFolder = (module: Package, log: ToolingLog): boolean => {
-  if (!module.group || !module.visibility) {
+  if (!module.group || module.group === 'common' || !module.visibility) {
     log.warning(`The module '${module.id}' is missing the group/visibility information`);
-    return true;
+    return false;
   }
 
   const baseTargetFolders = TARGET_FOLDERS[`${module.group}:${module.visibility}`];
@@ -154,9 +154,20 @@ const replaceReferencesInternal = async (
       continue;
     }
 
+    let d = dst;
+    // For .bazel references, we need to keep the original name reference if we are renaming the path
+    // For example, in the move "packages/core/base/core-base-common" to "src/core/packages/base/common",
+    // we need to keep the reference name to core-base-common by replacing it with "src/core/packages/base/common:core-base-common"
+    if (
+      file.endsWith('.bazel') &&
+      relativeDestination.startsWith('src/core/packages/') && // Only on core packages for now, since are the ones being renamed
+      basename(relativeSource) !== basename(relativeDestination)
+    ) {
+      d = `${dst}:${basename(relativeSource)}`;
+    }
     const md5Before = (await quietExec(`md5 ${file} --quiet`)).stdout.trim();
     // if we are updating packages/cloud references, we must pay attention to not update packages/cloud_defend too
-    await safeExec(`sed -i '' -E "/${src}[\-_a-zA-Z0-9]/! s/${src}/${dst}/g" ${file}`, false);
+    await safeExec(`sed -i '' -E "/${src}[\-_a-zA-Z0-9]/! s/${src}/${d}/g" ${file}`, false);
     const md5After = (await quietExec(`md5 ${file} --quiet`)).stdout.trim();
 
     if (md5Before !== md5After) {