diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/index.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/index.ts
index e74eadf55..f1c7cb73d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export * from './io-host';
 export * from './io-message';
 export * from './toolkit-action';
-export * from './payloads';
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private/messages.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private/messages.ts
index b0dc5c51c..07a56cc57 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private/messages.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 import type * as cxapi from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
 import * as make from './message-maker';
 import type { SpanDefinition } from './span';
-import type { DiffResult } from '../payloads';
-import type { BootstrapEnvironmentProgress } from '../payloads/bootstrap-environment-progress';
-import type { MissingContext, UpdatedContext } from '../payloads/context';
-import type { BuildAsset, DeployConfirmationRequest, PublishAsset, StackDeployProgress, SuccessfulDeployStackResult } from '../payloads/deploy';
-import type { StackDestroy, StackDestroyProgress } from '../payloads/destroy';
-import type { HotswapDeploymentDetails, HotswapDeploymentAttempt, HotswappableChange, HotswapResult } from '../payloads/hotswap';
-import type { StackDetailsPayload } from '../payloads/list';
-import type { CloudWatchLogEvent, CloudWatchLogMonitorControlEvent } from '../payloads/logs-monitor';
-import type { StackRollbackProgress } from '../payloads/rollback';
-import type { SdkTrace } from '../payloads/sdk-trace';
-import type { StackActivity, StackMonitoringControlEvent } from '../payloads/stack-activity';
-import type { StackSelectionDetails } from '../payloads/synth';
-import type { AssemblyData, ConfirmationRequest, ContextProviderMessageSource, Duration, ErrorPayload, StackAndAssemblyData } from '../payloads/types';
-import type { FileWatchEvent, WatchSettings } from '../payloads/watch';
+import type { DiffResult } from '../../../payloads';
+import type { BootstrapEnvironmentProgress } from '../../../payloads/bootstrap-environment-progress';
+import type { MissingContext, UpdatedContext } from '../../../payloads/context';
+import type { BuildAsset, DeployConfirmationRequest, PublishAsset, StackDeployProgress, SuccessfulDeployStackResult } from '../../../payloads/deploy';
+import type { StackDestroy, StackDestroyProgress } from '../../../payloads/destroy';
+import type { HotswapDeploymentDetails, HotswapDeploymentAttempt, HotswappableChange, HotswapResult } from '../../../payloads/hotswap';
+import type { StackDetailsPayload } from '../../../payloads/list';
+import type { CloudWatchLogEvent, CloudWatchLogMonitorControlEvent } from '../../../payloads/logs-monitor';
+import type { StackRollbackProgress } from '../../../payloads/rollback';
+import type { SdkTrace } from '../../../payloads/sdk-trace';
+import type { StackActivity, StackMonitoringControlEvent } from '../../../payloads/stack-activity';
+import type { StackSelectionDetails } from '../../../payloads/synth';
+import type { AssemblyData, ConfirmationRequest, ContextProviderMessageSource, Duration, ErrorPayload, StackAndAssemblyData } from '../../../payloads/types';
+import type { FileWatchEvent, WatchSettings } from '../../../payloads/watch';
 
 /**
  * We have a rough system by which we assign message codes:
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private/span.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private/span.ts
index 5aaa05afa..16bafde31 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private/span.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private/span.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import * as util from 'node:util';
 import * as uuid from 'uuid';
 import type { ActionLessMessage, IoHelper } from './io-helper';
 import type { IoMessageMaker } from './message-maker';
+import type { Duration } from '../../../payloads/types';
 import { formatTime } from '../../../util';
-import type { Duration } from '../payloads/types';
 
 export interface SpanEnd {
   readonly duration: number;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/index.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/index.ts
index 60985a0c7..d486784bc 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from './api';
+export * from './payloads';
 export * from './util';
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/bootstrap-environment-progress.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/bootstrap-environment-progress.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/bootstrap-environment-progress.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/bootstrap-environment-progress.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/context.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/context.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/context.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/context.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/deploy.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/deploy.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/deploy.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/deploy.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/destroy.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/destroy.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/destroy.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/destroy.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/diff.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/diff.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/diff.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/diff.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap.ts
index d232829e8..a25e02220 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { PropertyDifference, Resource } from '@aws-cdk/cloudformation-diff';
 import type * as cxapi from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
 import type { Duration } from './types';
-import type { ResourceMetadata } from '../../resource-metadata/resource-metadata';
+import type { ResourceMetadata } from '../api/resource-metadata/resource-metadata';
 
 /**
  * A resource affected by a change
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/index.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/index.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/list.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/list.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/list.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/list.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/logs-monitor.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/logs-monitor.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/logs-monitor.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/logs-monitor.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/progress.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/progress.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/progress.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/progress.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/rollback.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/rollback.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/rollback.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/rollback.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/sdk-trace.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/sdk-trace.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/sdk-trace.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/sdk-trace.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/stack-activity.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/stack-activity.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/stack-activity.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/stack-activity.ts
index 690abfbcf..247a7fa39 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/stack-activity.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/stack-activity.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { CloudFormationStackArtifact } from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
 import type { StackEvent } from '@aws-sdk/client-cloudformation';
 import type { StackProgress } from './progress';
-import type { ResourceMetadata } from '../../resource-metadata/resource-metadata';
+import type { ResourceMetadata } from '../api/resource-metadata/resource-metadata';
 
 /**
  * Payload when stack monitoring is starting or stopping for a given stack deployment.
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/stack-details.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/stack-details.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/stack-details.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/stack-details.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/synth.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/synth.ts
similarity index 62%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/synth.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/synth.ts
index fbe368722..99f20defb 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/synth.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/synth.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { StackSelector } from '../../cloud-assembly/stack-selector';
+import type { StackSelector } from '../api/cloud-assembly/stack-selector';
 
 export interface StackSelectionDetails {
   /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/types.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/types.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/types.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/watch.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/watch.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/watch.ts
rename to packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/watch.ts
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/base.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/base.ts
index 9d89e82e1..bce9c0877 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/base.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/base.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { CloudFormationStackArtifact } from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
 import type { IoMessage } from '../../api/io';
-import { type StackActivity, type StackProgress } from '../../api/io/payloads';
 import { IO } from '../../api/io/private';
+import { type StackActivity, type StackProgress } from '../../payloads';
 import { maxResourceTypeLength, stackEventHasErrorMessage } from '../../util';
 
 export interface IActivityPrinter {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/current.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/current.ts
index 119ebbd6f..cb8174bd4 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/current.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/current.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 import type { ActivityPrinterProps } from './base';
 import { ActivityPrinterBase } from './base';
 import { RewritableBlock } from './display';
-import type { StackActivity } from '../../api/io/payloads';
+import type { StackActivity } from '../../payloads';
 import { padLeft, padRight, stackEventHasErrorMessage } from '../../util';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/history.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/history.ts
index 8a2ff7495..3e7831307 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/history.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/private/activity-printer/history.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as util from 'util';
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 import type { ActivityPrinterProps } from './base';
 import { ActivityPrinterBase } from './base';
-import type { StackActivity } from '../../api/io/payloads';
+import type { StackActivity } from '../../payloads';
 import { padRight } from '../../util';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/shared-public.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/shared-public.ts
index dd7a51382..d8ef33362 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/shared-public.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/shared-public.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/no-restricted-paths */
 
 export * from '../../../tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api';
+
+export * from '../../../tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads';
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments/hotswap-deployments.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments/hotswap-deployments.ts
index e1cce6731..f0f8fc9fb 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments/hotswap-deployments.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments/hotswap-deployments.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import type { WaiterResult } from '@smithy/util-waiter';
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 import type { SuccessfulDeployStackResult } from './deployment-result';
 import { ToolkitError } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api';
-import type { AffectedResource, HotswapResult, ResourceSubject, ResourceChange, NonHotswappableChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads';
-import { NonHotswappableReason } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads';
 import type { IMessageSpan, IoHelper } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private';
 import { IO, SPAN } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private';
+import type { AffectedResource, HotswapResult, ResourceSubject, ResourceChange, NonHotswappableChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads';
+import { NonHotswappableReason } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads';
 import { formatErrorMessage } from '../../util';
 import type { SDK, SdkProvider } from '../aws-auth';
 import type { CloudFormationStack, NestedStackTemplates } from '../cloudformation';
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/appsync-mapping-templates.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/appsync-mapping-templates.ts
index eec9969d0..cc0081770 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/appsync-mapping-templates.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/appsync-mapping-templates.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   classifyChanges,
 } from './common';
 import { ToolkitError } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api';
-import type { ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
+import type { ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap';
 import { lowerCaseFirstCharacter, transformObjectKeys } from '../../util';
 import type { SDK } from '../aws-auth';
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/code-build-projects.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/code-build-projects.ts
index c240ffdc3..28f66ec29 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/code-build-projects.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/code-build-projects.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   type HotswapChange,
   classifyChanges,
 } from './common';
-import type { ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
+import type { ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap';
 import { lowerCaseFirstCharacter, transformObjectKeys } from '../../util';
 import type { SDK } from '../aws-auth';
 import type { EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate } from '../cloudformation';
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/common.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/common.ts
index c668d0b14..144b58381 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/common.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/common.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { PropertyDifference } from '@aws-cdk/cloudformation-diff';
 import { ToolkitError } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api';
-import type { HotswappableChange, NonHotswappableChange, ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
-import { NonHotswappableReason } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
+import type { HotswappableChange, NonHotswappableChange, ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap';
+import { NonHotswappableReason } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap';
 import type { SDK } from '../aws-auth';
 
 export const ICON = '✨';
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/ecs-services.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/ecs-services.ts
index 531a4260c..f5317c3ec 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/ecs-services.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/ecs-services.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   classifyChanges,
   nonHotswappableChange,
 } from './common';
-import { NonHotswappableReason, type ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
+import { NonHotswappableReason, type ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap';
 import { lowerCaseFirstCharacter, transformObjectKeys } from '../../util';
 import type { SDK } from '../aws-auth';
 import type { EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate } from '../cloudformation';
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/lambda-functions.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/lambda-functions.ts
index 554c59739..1201b481a 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/lambda-functions.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/lambda-functions.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { FunctionConfiguration, UpdateFunctionConfigurationCommandInput } f
 import type { HotswapChange } from './common';
 import { classifyChanges } from './common';
 import { ToolkitError } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api';
-import type { AffectedResource, ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
+import type { AffectedResource, ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap';
 import { flatMap } from '../../util';
 import type { ILambdaClient, SDK } from '../aws-auth';
 import { CfnEvaluationException, type EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate } from '../cloudformation';
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/s3-bucket-deployments.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/s3-bucket-deployments.ts
index e1e7a805c..4b62fafff 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/s3-bucket-deployments.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/s3-bucket-deployments.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { HotswapChange } from './common';
-import type { ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
+import type { ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap';
 import type { SDK } from '../aws-auth';
 import type { EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate } from '../cloudformation';
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/stepfunctions-state-machines.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/stepfunctions-state-machines.ts
index 48dd96856..6a70ecd5c 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/stepfunctions-state-machines.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/stepfunctions-state-machines.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { type HotswapChange, classifyChanges } from './common';
-import type { ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
+import type { ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads/hotswap';
 import type { SDK } from '../aws-auth';
 import type { EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate } from '../cloudformation';
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/logs-monitor.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/logs-monitor.ts
index 376c7e0e1..42a07de88 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/logs-monitor.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/logs-monitor.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import * as util from 'util';
 import type * as cxapi from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 import * as uuid from 'uuid';
-import type { CloudWatchLogEvent } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io';
 import type { IoHelper } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private';
 import { IO } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private';
+import type { CloudWatchLogEvent } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/payloads';
 import { flatten } from '../../util';
 import type { SDK } from '../aws-auth';