diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
index 105c05a3be5..05a5582dc81 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ fun DependencyHandler.projectRuntimeJar(name: String): ProjectDependency = proje
 fun DependencyHandler.projectArchives(name: String): ProjectDependency = project(name, configuration = "archives")
 fun DependencyHandler.projectClasses(name: String): ProjectDependency = project(name, configuration = "classes-dirs")
 
-val protobufLiteProject = ":custom-dependencies:protobuf-lite"
-val protobufRelocatedProject = ":custom-dependencies:protobuf-relocated"
+val protobufLiteProject = ":custom-dependencies:protobuf:protobuf-lite"
+val protobufRelocatedProject = ":custom-dependencies:protobuf:protobuf-relocated"
+
 fun DependencyHandler.protobufLite(): ProjectDependency =
         project(protobufLiteProject, configuration = "default").apply { isTransitive = false }
 val protobufLiteTask = "$protobufLiteProject:prepare"
diff --git a/custom-dependencies/protobuf-lite/build.gradle.kts b/custom-dependencies/protobuf/protobuf-lite/build.gradle.kts
similarity index 95%
rename from custom-dependencies/protobuf-lite/build.gradle.kts
rename to custom-dependencies/protobuf/protobuf-lite/build.gradle.kts
index 4b539e4578d..8ed785c1368 100644
--- a/custom-dependencies/protobuf-lite/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/custom-dependencies/protobuf/protobuf-lite/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ val protobufJarPrefix = "protobuf-$protobufVersion"
 val outputJarPath = "$buildDir/libs/$protobufJarPrefix-lite.jar"
 
 dependencies {
-    relocatedProtobuf(project(":custom-dependencies:protobuf-relocated", configuration = "default"))
-    relocatedProtobufSources(project(":custom-dependencies:protobuf-relocated", configuration = "sources"))
+    relocatedProtobuf(project(":custom-dependencies:protobuf:protobuf-relocated", configuration = "default"))
+    relocatedProtobufSources(project(":custom-dependencies:protobuf:protobuf-relocated", configuration = "sources"))
 }
 
 task("prepare") {
diff --git a/custom-dependencies/protobuf-relocated/build.gradle.kts b/custom-dependencies/protobuf/protobuf-relocated/build.gradle.kts
similarity index 100%
rename from custom-dependencies/protobuf-relocated/build.gradle.kts
rename to custom-dependencies/protobuf/protobuf-relocated/build.gradle.kts
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 0ce7ebec63a..da0cf825aad 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ include ":kotlin-build-common",
         ":core:metadata.jvm",
         ":core:builtins",
         ":core:util.runtime",
-        ":custom-dependencies:protobuf-relocated",
-        ":custom-dependencies:protobuf-lite",
+        ":custom-dependencies:protobuf:protobuf-relocated",
+        ":custom-dependencies:protobuf:protobuf-lite",
         ":custom-dependencies:android-sdk",
         ":idea:fir-view",
         ":idea:idea-jvm",