diff --git a/services/ponder/src/tests/__mocks__/ponder-registry.ts b/services/ponder/tests/__mocks__/ponder-registry.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from services/ponder/src/tests/__mocks__/ponder-registry.ts
rename to services/ponder/tests/__mocks__/ponder-registry.ts
diff --git a/services/ponder/src/tests/__mocks__/ponder-schema.ts b/services/ponder/tests/__mocks__/ponder-schema.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from services/ponder/src/tests/__mocks__/ponder-schema.ts
rename to services/ponder/tests/__mocks__/ponder-schema.ts
diff --git a/services/ponder/src/tests/abi.test.ts b/services/ponder/tests/abi.test.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from services/ponder/src/tests/abi.test.ts
rename to services/ponder/tests/abi.test.ts
index 67375db..76de666 100644
--- a/services/ponder/src/tests/abi.test.ts
+++ b/services/ponder/tests/abi.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { validateAbi, validateContractAbi } from '../helpers/abi.js';
+import { validateAbi, validateContractAbi } from '../src/helpers/abi.js';
 import type { Abi } from 'viem';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/services/ponder/src/tests/stats.test.ts b/services/ponder/tests/stats.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from services/ponder/src/tests/stats.test.ts
rename to services/ponder/tests/stats.test.ts
index c9541e4..22009d5 100644
--- a/services/ponder/src/tests/stats.test.ts
+++ b/services/ponder/tests/stats.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   RING_BUFFER_SEGMENTS,
   MINIMUM_BLOCKS_FOR_RINGBUFFER,
   type StatsContext,
-} from '../helpers/stats.js';
+} from '../src/helpers/stats.js';
 
 // Constants duplicated from the mock so tests don't re-import ponder:schema
 const HOURS = 168;
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ describe('getStakeTotalSupply', () => {
 
   it('reads totalSupply from contract when cache is cold', async () => {
     // Fresh import to reset module-level cache
-    const { getStakeTotalSupply: freshGet } = await import('../helpers/stats.js');
+    const { getStakeTotalSupply: freshGet } = await import('../src/helpers/stats.js');
     const row = emptyStatsRow({ stakeTotalSupply: 0n });
     const ctx = createMockContext(row);
     (ctx as unknown as { client: { readContract: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> } }).client.readContract
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ describe('getStakeTotalSupply', () => {
 
   it('returns cached value without calling readContract on second call', async () => {
     // Fresh import to get a clean module with null cache
-    const { getStakeTotalSupply: freshGet } = await import('../helpers/stats.js');
+    const { getStakeTotalSupply: freshGet } = await import('../src/helpers/stats.js');
     const row = emptyStatsRow({ stakeTotalSupply: 0n });
     const readContractMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(777n);
     const ctx = createMockContext(row);
diff --git a/services/ponder/src/tests/version.test.ts b/services/ponder/tests/version.test.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from services/ponder/src/tests/version.test.ts
rename to services/ponder/tests/version.test.ts
index 97af459..807a4f1 100644
--- a/services/ponder/src/tests/version.test.ts
+++ b/services/ponder/tests/version.test.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe('validateContractVersion', () => {
   });
 
   it('logs success and upserts metadata on compatible version', async () => {
-    const { validateContractVersion } = await import('../helpers/version.js');
+    const { validateContractVersion } = await import('../src/helpers/version.js');
 
     const setFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     const ctx = {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('validateContractVersion', () => {
   });
 
   it('calls process.exit on incompatible contract version', async () => {
-    const { validateContractVersion } = await import('../helpers/version.js');
+    const { validateContractVersion } = await import('../src/helpers/version.js');
 
     const ctx = {
       client: {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe('validateContractVersion', () => {
   });
 
   it('calls process.exit when readContract throws', async () => {
-    const { validateContractVersion } = await import('../helpers/version.js');
+    const { validateContractVersion } = await import('../src/helpers/version.js');
 
     const ctx = {
       client: {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe('validateContractVersion', () => {
   });
 
   it('updates existing metadata when a row already exists', async () => {
-    const { validateContractVersion } = await import('../helpers/version.js');
+    const { validateContractVersion } = await import('../src/helpers/version.js');
 
     const setFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     const existingMeta = { id: 'stack-meta', contractVersion: 1 };
diff --git a/services/ponder/tsconfig.json b/services/ponder/tsconfig.json
index 0f8824a..7015f12 100644
--- a/services/ponder/tsconfig.json
+++ b/services/ponder/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
       "ponder/virtual": ["./node_modules/ponder/src/types.d.ts"]
     }
   },
-  "include": ["src/**/*", "ponder.config.ts", "ponder.schema.ts", "ponder-env.d.ts", "vitest.config.ts"],
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "tests/**/*", "ponder.config.ts", "ponder.schema.ts", "ponder-env.d.ts", "vitest.config.ts"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", ".ponder"]
 }
diff --git a/services/ponder/vitest.config.ts b/services/ponder/vitest.config.ts
index 503b932..7883db2 100644
--- a/services/ponder/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/services/ponder/vitest.config.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
   resolve: {
     alias: {
-      'ponder:schema': resolve(rootDir, 'src/tests/__mocks__/ponder-schema.ts'),
-      'ponder:registry': resolve(rootDir, 'src/tests/__mocks__/ponder-registry.ts'),
+      'ponder:schema': resolve(rootDir, 'tests/__mocks__/ponder-schema.ts'),
+      'ponder:registry': resolve(rootDir, 'tests/__mocks__/ponder-registry.ts'),
       'kraiken-lib/version': resolve(rootDir, '../../kraiken-lib/src/version.ts'),
     },
   },