diff --git a/e2e/go.mod b/e2e/go.mod
index 6fe70016..7ef9d9c3 100644
--- a/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/e2e/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ module github.com/fasterci/rules_gitops/e2e
 
 go 1.20
 
-require github.com/fasterci/rules_gitops v0.18.0
+require github.com/fasterci/rules_gitops/testing/it_sidecar/client v0.31.8
+
+replace github.com/fasterci/rules_gitops/testing/it_sidecar/client => ../testing/it_sidecar/client
diff --git a/e2e/go.sum b/e2e/go.sum
index 1823bd57..e69de29b 100644
--- a/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/e2e/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-github.com/fasterci/rules_gitops v0.18.0 h1:VXG5WNHCA26pA72aqcyeUjXYkBXDyAQxS33QFs4czHw=
-github.com/fasterci/rules_gitops v0.18.0/go.mod h1:vdARypk35U3M/1EAmFRptiSbzXg9FMQPe8D33Am7rHY=
diff --git a/testing/it_sidecar/client/go.mod b/testing/it_sidecar/client/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4aa6e695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/it_sidecar/client/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/fasterci/rules_gitops/testing/it_sidecar/client
+
+go 1.20