diff --git a/its/plugin/plugins/eslint-custom-rules-plugin/pom.xml b/its/plugin/plugins/eslint-custom-rules-plugin/pom.xml
index a4e21004a38..51fa4e6fcb5 100644
--- a/its/plugin/plugins/eslint-custom-rules-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/its/plugin/plugins/eslint-custom-rules-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.sonarsource.javascript</groupId>
-      <artifactId>sonar-javascript-plugin</artifactId>
-      <type>sonar-plugin</type>
+      <artifactId>api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e7e689b0768..1f5180c416f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@
     <dependencies>
 
       <!-- Default dependencies (compile) -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
         <artifactId>bridge</artifactId>
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/api/pom.xml b/sonar-plugin/api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7b257132d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-plugin/api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.sonarsource.javascript</groupId>
+    <artifactId>sonar-plugin</artifactId>
+    <version>10.15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+
+  <name>SonarQube JavaScript :: API</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonarsource.api.plugin</groupId>
+      <artifactId>sonar-plugin-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepository.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepository.java
similarity index 98%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepository.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepository.java
index c3a16637cce..eef3c38e036 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepository.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepository.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  */
 @ScannerSide
 @SonarLintSide
-@Deprecated
+@Deprecated(since = "6.0")
 public interface CustomRuleRepository {
   enum Language {
     JAVASCRIPT,
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/EslintBasedCheck.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/EslintBasedCheck.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/EslintBasedCheck.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/EslintBasedCheck.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/JavaScriptCheck.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/JavaScriptCheck.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/JavaScriptCheck.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/JavaScriptCheck.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/JavaScriptRule.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/JavaScriptRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/JavaScriptRule.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/JavaScriptRule.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/RulesBundle.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/RulesBundle.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/RulesBundle.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/RulesBundle.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/TestFileCheck.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/TestFileCheck.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/TestFileCheck.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/TestFileCheck.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/TypeScriptRule.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/TypeScriptRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/TypeScriptRule.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/TypeScriptRule.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/package-info.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/package-info.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/package-info.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/package-info.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepositoryTest.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepositoryTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepositoryTest.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/CustomRuleRepositoryTest.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/EslintBasedCheckTest.java b/sonar-plugin/api/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/EslintBasedCheckTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/EslintBasedCheckTest.java
rename to sonar-plugin/api/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/api/EslintBasedCheckTest.java
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/bridge/pom.xml b/sonar-plugin/bridge/pom.xml
index 08f0e99e5c0..edc289707d7 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin/bridge/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-plugin/bridge/pom.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <!-- TODO this should be replaced by new API module -->
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javascript-checks</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.sonarsource.api.plugin</groupId>
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/pom.xml b/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/pom.xml
index b87269f4f02..7d53dad16e7 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-plugin/javascript-checks/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
   <name>SonarQube JavaScript :: Checks</name>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.sonarsource.api.plugin</groupId>
       <artifactId>sonar-plugin-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/pom.xml b/sonar-plugin/pom.xml
index 4094c5a996f..21b1f3da624 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 
   <modules>
+    <module>api</module>
     <module>bridge</module>
     <module>css</module>
     <module>javascript-checks</module>
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/pom.xml b/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/pom.xml
index c5c3d1f80b2..d4ba69e4466 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -26,16 +26,20 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>bridge</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javascript-checks</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>bridge</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>css</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javascript-checks</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>