diff --git a/packages/generate-loader/src/index.ts b/packages/generate-loader/src/index.ts
index 40ffcefc346..ee7a7a6fa63 100644
--- a/packages/generate-loader/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/generate-loader/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import { loaderGenerator } from '@webpack-cli/generators';
 import yeoman from 'yeoman-environment';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
+import { loaderGenerator } from '@webpack-cli/generators';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger } = utils;
 
 /**
  * Runs a yeoman generator to create a new webpack loader project
diff --git a/packages/generate-plugin/src/index.ts b/packages/generate-plugin/src/index.ts
index abc32312534..3e5d4d55568 100644
--- a/packages/generate-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/generate-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { pluginGenerator } from '@webpack-cli/generators';
 import yeoman from 'yeoman-environment';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger } = utils;
 
 /**
  * Runs a yeoman generator to create a new webpack plugin project
diff --git a/packages/generators/__tests__/addon-generator.test.ts b/packages/generators/__tests__/addon-generator.test.ts
index d8690c29f25..5c67838f3d7 100644
--- a/packages/generators/__tests__/addon-generator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/__tests__/addon-generator.test.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ jest.setMock('@webpack-cli/utils', {
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import rimraf from 'rimraf';
-import { getPackageManager } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
 import addonGenerator from '../src/addon-generator';
 
+const { getPackageManager } = utils;
+
 // TODO: enable after jest release
 describe.skip('addon generator', () => {
     let gen, installMock, packageMock;
diff --git a/packages/generators/src/addon-generator.ts b/packages/generators/src/addon-generator.ts
index 538c837df20..37e99297852 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/addon-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/addon-generator.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import Generator from 'yeoman-generator';
 import { generatorCopy, generatorCopyTpl } from '@webpack-cli/utils';
-import { getPackageManager } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager';
+
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger, getPackageManager } = utils;
 
 /**
  * Creates a Yeoman Generator that generates a project conforming
diff --git a/packages/generators/src/init-generator.ts b/packages/generators/src/init-generator.ts
index 3cc7fa85021..e77fdc3cb5a 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/init-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/init-generator.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { blue, green, bold } from 'colorette';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
 import logSymbols from 'log-symbols';
 import path from 'path';
-import { getPackageManager } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager';
 import { Confirm, Input, List } from '@webpack-cli/webpack-scaffold';
 
 import {
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ import {
 } from './utils';
 import { CustomGenerator } from './types';
 
+const { logger, getPackageManager } = utils;
+
 /**
  *
  * Generator for initializing a webpack config
diff --git a/packages/info/src/index.ts b/packages/info/src/index.ts
index 91502a51c23..fc8e0c23eab 100644
--- a/packages/info/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/info/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import envinfo from 'envinfo';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
-import { commands } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags';
 import WebpackCLI from 'webpack-cli';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger, commands } = utils;
 
 interface Information {
     Binaries?: string[];
diff --git a/packages/migrate/src/index.ts b/packages/migrate/src/index.ts
index cb499c0d832..1a14eccc127 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/migrate/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { green, red } from 'colorette';
 import { Change, diffLines } from 'diff';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import inquirer from 'inquirer';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
 import Listr from 'listr';
 import pLazy = require('p-lazy');
 import path from 'path';
@@ -11,6 +10,9 @@ import { runPrettier } from '@webpack-cli/utils';
 import { transformations } from './migrate';
 import { Node } from './types/NodePath';
 import jscodeshift from 'jscodeshift';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger } = utils;
 
 declare let process: {
     cwd: Function;
diff --git a/packages/migrate/src/removeDeprecatedPlugins/removeDeprecatedPlugins.ts b/packages/migrate/src/removeDeprecatedPlugins/removeDeprecatedPlugins.ts
index 9e48d1b6d52..12d270e48e8 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/src/removeDeprecatedPlugins/removeDeprecatedPlugins.ts
+++ b/packages/migrate/src/removeDeprecatedPlugins/removeDeprecatedPlugins.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { red, underline } from 'colorette';
 
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
-
 import { findPluginsByName, isType, safeTraverse } from '@webpack-cli/utils';
 
 import { JSCodeshift, Node } from '../types/NodePath';
 
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger } = utils;
+
 /**
  *
  * Find deprecated plugins and remove them from the `plugins` array, if possible.
diff --git a/packages/serve/src/parseArgs.ts b/packages/serve/src/parseArgs.ts
index ff4cb7ddf63..b42f902f95e 100644
--- a/packages/serve/src/parseArgs.ts
+++ b/packages/serve/src/parseArgs.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger } = utils;
 
 type WebpackCLIType = {
     getCoreFlags: Function;
diff --git a/packages/utils/__tests__/global-packages-path.test.ts b/packages/utils/__tests__/global-packages-path.test.ts
index 467057d4657..5aa77543595 100644
--- a/packages/utils/__tests__/global-packages-path.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/__tests__/global-packages-path.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
-jest.setMock('webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager', {
-    getPackageManager: jest.fn(),
-});
+jest.setMock('webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager', jest.fn());
 
 import { getPathToGlobalPackages } from '../lib/global-packages-path';
-import { getPackageManager } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { getPackageManager } = utils;
+
 jest.mock('execa');
 jest.mock('cross-spawn');
 const globalModulesNpmValue = 'test-npm';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/global-packages-path.ts b/packages/utils/src/global-packages-path.ts
index acdc7fecc45..feac325b6d5 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/global-packages-path.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/global-packages-path.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import spawn from 'cross-spawn';
 import path from 'path';
-import { getPackageManager } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { getPackageManager } = utils;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/modify-config-helper.ts b/packages/utils/src/modify-config-helper.ts
index aba3b571725..7103b066f35 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/modify-config-helper.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/modify-config-helper.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { green } from 'colorette';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
 import path from 'path';
 import yeoman from 'yeoman-environment';
 import Generator from 'yeoman-generator';
 import { runTransform } from './scaffold';
-import { getPackageManager } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger, getPackageManager } = utils;
 
 export interface Config extends Object {
     item?: {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/recursive-parser.ts b/packages/utils/src/recursive-parser.ts
index 0bdcdf81ba0..ce8888082e8 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/recursive-parser.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/recursive-parser.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { parseTopScope, findRootNodesByName, addProperty, removeProperty, parseMerge, safeTraverse } from './ast-utils';
 import { JSCodeshift, Node, valueType } from './types/NodePath';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
 
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
+const { logger } = utils;
 
 export function recursiveTransform(j: JSCodeshift, ast: Node, key: string, value: valueType, action: string): boolean | Node {
     if (key === 'topScope') {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/resolve-packages.ts b/packages/utils/src/resolve-packages.ts
index 9fa19f2ca80..ce5eddae437 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/resolve-packages.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/resolve-packages.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { bold } from 'colorette';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
 import path from 'path';
 import { modifyHelperUtil } from './modify-config-helper';
 import { getPathToGlobalPackages } from './global-packages-path';
 import { spawnChild } from './spawn-child';
 import { isLocalPath } from './path-utils';
 import { ExecaSyncReturnValue } from 'execa';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger } = utils;
 
 interface ChildProcess {
     status: number;
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/run-prettier.ts b/packages/utils/src/run-prettier.ts
index 6de24cab637..d2612d04849 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/run-prettier.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/run-prettier.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger } = utils;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/scaffold.ts b/packages/utils/src/scaffold.ts
index 18383e30e6a..f4d21e130c6 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/scaffold.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/scaffold.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { green } from 'colorette';
 import j from 'jscodeshift';
-import logger from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/logger';
 import pEachSeries = require('p-each-series');
 import path from 'path';
-import { getPackageManager } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager';
 import { findProjectRoot } from './path-utils';
 import { Error } from './types';
 import { Config, TransformConfig } from './types';
@@ -11,6 +9,9 @@ import { PROP_TYPES } from './prop-types';
 import { recursiveTransform } from './recursive-parser';
 import { runPrettier } from './run-prettier';
 import { Node } from './types/NodePath';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { logger, getPackageManager } = utils;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/spawn-child.ts b/packages/utils/src/spawn-child.ts
index 93b10a9f79e..a26e9f24379 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/spawn-child.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/spawn-child.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { ExecaSyncReturnValue, sync } from 'execa';
 import { getPathToGlobalPackages } from './global-packages-path';
-import { getPackageManager } from 'webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager';
+import { utils } from 'webpack-cli';
+
+const { getPackageManager } = utils;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/index.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f284f9074db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const WebpackCLI = require('./webpack-cli');
+const { commands } = require('./utils/cli-flags');
+const logger = require('./utils/logger');
+const getPackageManager = require('./utils/get-package-manager');
+
+module.exports = WebpackCLI;
+
+// export additional utils used by other packages
+module.exports.utils = {
+    logger,
+    commands,
+    getPackageManager,
+};
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/__tests__/get-package-manager.test.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/__tests__/get-package-manager.test.js
index b11c0113d86..61350f3e520 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/__tests__/get-package-manager.test.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/__tests__/get-package-manager.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const syncMock = jest.fn(() => {
 jest.setMock('execa', {
     sync: syncMock,
 });
-const { getPackageManager } = require('../get-package-manager');
+const getPackageManager = require('../get-package-manager');
 
 jest.mock('cross-spawn');
 const globalModulesNpmValue = 'test-npm';
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/__tests__/prompt-installation.test.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/__tests__/prompt-installation.test.js
index 2108828c010..6a0b54e3f25 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/__tests__/prompt-installation.test.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/__tests__/prompt-installation.test.js
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ jest.setMock('../package-exists', {
     packageExists: jest.fn(),
 });
 
-jest.setMock('../get-package-manager', {
-    getPackageManager: jest.fn(),
-});
+jest.setMock('../get-package-manager', jest.fn());
 
-const { getPackageManager } = require('../get-package-manager');
+const getPackageManager = require('../get-package-manager');
 const { packageExists } = require('../package-exists');
 const { promptInstallation } = require('../prompt-installation');
 const { runCommand } = require('../run-command');
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager.js
index 7ac3efb9c07..9d6b4125604 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/get-package-manager.js
@@ -30,6 +30,4 @@ function getPackageManager() {
     return 'npm';
 }
 
-module.exports = {
-    getPackageManager,
-};
+module.exports = getPackageManager;
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/prompt-installation.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/prompt-installation.js
index 8b5b4c37800..377e58e7d3b 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/prompt-installation.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/prompt-installation.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { prompt } = require('enquirer');
 const { green } = require('colorette');
 const { runCommand } = require('./run-command');
-const { getPackageManager } = require('./get-package-manager');
+const getPackageManager = require('./get-package-manager');
 const { packageExists } = require('./package-exists');
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/package.json b/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
index 67855ac6601..a825d95a580 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "bin": {
     "webpack-cli": "./bin/cli.js"
   },
-  "main": "./lib/webpack-cli.js",
+  "main": "./lib/index.js",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10.13.0"
   },