diff --git a/checkstyle/import-control-metadata.xml b/checkstyle/import-control-metadata.xml
index d5b787ce24f..773635cec8e 100644
--- a/checkstyle/import-control-metadata.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/import-control-metadata.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
         <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.common.config" />
         <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.common.message" />
         <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.common.metadata" />
+        <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.common.network" />
         <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.common.protocol" />
         <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.common.quota" />
         <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.common.record" />
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/raft/RaftManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftManager.scala
similarity index 89%
rename from core/src/main/scala/kafka/raft/RaftManager.scala
rename to core/src/main/scala/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftManager.scala
index 9e8ea38f8fd..86950e1ce25 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/raft/RaftManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftManager.scala
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@ import java.io.File
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Paths
-import java.util.OptionalInt
+import java.util.{OptionalInt, Collection => JCollection, Map => JMap}
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
-import java.util.{Map => JMap}
-import java.util.{Collection => JCollection}
 import kafka.server.KafkaConfig
 import kafka.utils.CoreUtils
 import kafka.utils.Logging
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.{ApiVersions, ManualMetadataUpdater, MetadataRecoveryStrategy, NetworkClient}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException
-import org.apache.kafka.common.Node
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition
 import org.apache.kafka.common.Uuid
 import org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.Metrics
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.RequestHeader
 import org.apache.kafka.common.security.JaasContext
 import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.SecurityProtocol
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.{LogContext, Time, Utils}
-import org.apache.kafka.raft.{Endpoints, ExternalKRaftMetrics, FileQuorumStateStore, KafkaNetworkChannel, KafkaRaftClient, KafkaRaftClientDriver, LeaderAndEpoch, MetadataLogConfig, QuorumConfig, RaftClient, ReplicatedLog, TimingWheelExpirationService}
+import org.apache.kafka.raft.{Endpoints, ExternalKRaftMetrics, FileQuorumStateStore, KafkaNetworkChannel, KafkaRaftClient, KafkaRaftClientDriver, MetadataLogConfig, QuorumConfig, RaftManager, ReplicatedLog, TimingWheelExpirationService}
 import org.apache.kafka.server.ProcessRole
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.Feature
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.serialization.RecordSerde
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ import org.apache.kafka.server.util.timer.SystemTimer
 import org.apache.kafka.storage.internals.log.{LogManager, UnifiedLog}
 
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
-import scala.jdk.OptionConverters._
 
 object KafkaRaftManager {
   private def createLogDirectory(logDir: File, logDirName: String): File = {
@@ -85,29 +81,6 @@ object KafkaRaftManager {
   }
 }
 
-trait RaftManager[T] {
-  def handleRequest(
-    context: RequestContext,
-    header: RequestHeader,
-    request: ApiMessage,
-    createdTimeMs: Long
-  ): CompletableFuture[ApiMessage]
-
-  def register(
-    listener: RaftClient.Listener[T]
-  ): Unit
-
-  def leaderAndEpoch: LeaderAndEpoch
-
-  def client: RaftClient[T]
-
-  def replicatedLog: ReplicatedLog
-
-  def voterNode(id: Int, listener: ListenerName): Option[Node]
-
-  def recordSerde: RecordSerde[T]
-}
-
 class KafkaRaftManager[T](
   clusterId: String,
   config: KafkaConfig,
@@ -178,12 +151,6 @@ class KafkaRaftManager[T](
     CoreUtils.swallow(dataDirLock.foreach(_.destroy()), this)
   }
 
-  override def register(
-    listener: RaftClient.Listener[T]
-  ): Unit = {
-    client.register(listener)
-  }
-
   override def handleRequest(
     context: RequestContext,
     header: RequestHeader,
@@ -292,13 +259,5 @@ class KafkaRaftManager[T](
     (controllerListenerName, networkClient)
   }
 
-  override def leaderAndEpoch: LeaderAndEpoch = {
-    client.leaderAndEpoch
-  }
-
-  override def voterNode(id: Int, listener: ListenerName): Option[Node] = {
-    client.voterNode(id, listener).toScala
-  }
-
   override def recordSerde: RecordSerde[T] = serde
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/ControllerApis.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/ControllerApis.scala
index cc9a12c9aa3..ac9a2d9eff1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/ControllerApis.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/ControllerApis.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
 import java.util.function.Consumer
 import kafka.network.RequestChannel
-import kafka.raft.RaftManager
 import kafka.server.QuotaFactory.QuotaManagers
 import kafka.server.logger.RuntimeLoggerManager
 import kafka.server.metadata.KRaftMetadataCache
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.image.publisher.ControllerRegistrationsPublisher
 import org.apache.kafka.metadata.{BrokerHeartbeatReply, BrokerRegistrationReply}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.KafkaPrincipal
 import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.SecurityProtocol
+import org.apache.kafka.raft.RaftManager
 import org.apache.kafka.server.{ApiVersionManager, DelegationTokenManager, ProcessRole}
 import org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer.Authorizer
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.{ApiMessageAndVersion, RequestLocal}
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ class ControllerApis(
       EndpointType.CONTROLLER,
       clusterId,
       () => registrationsPublisher.describeClusterControllers(request.context.listenerName()),
-      () => raftManager.leaderAndEpoch.leaderId().orElse(-1)
+      () => raftManager.client.leaderAndEpoch.leaderId().orElse(-1)
     )
     requestHelper.sendResponseMaybeThrottle(request, requestThrottleMs =>
       new DescribeClusterResponse(response.setThrottleTimeMs(requestThrottleMs)))
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/NodeToControllerChannelManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/NodeToControllerChannelManager.scala
index cd6b8e1d134..0caa03ec052 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/NodeToControllerChannelManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/NodeToControllerChannelManager.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package kafka.server
 
-import kafka.raft.RaftManager
 import kafka.utils.Logging
 import org.apache.kafka.clients._
 import org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.Metrics
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.security.JaasContext
 import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.SecurityProtocol
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.{LogContext, Time}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.{Node, Reconfigurable}
+import org.apache.kafka.raft.RaftManager
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.{ApiMessageAndVersion, ControllerRequestCompletionHandler, NodeToControllerChannelManager}
 import org.apache.kafka.server.util.{InterBrokerSendThread, RequestAndCompletionHandler}
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingDeque
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
 import scala.collection.Seq
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
-import scala.jdk.OptionConverters.{RichOption, RichOptionalInt}
+import scala.jdk.OptionConverters.{RichOption, RichOptional, RichOptionalInt}
 
 case class ControllerInformation(
   node: Option[Node],
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ class RaftControllerNodeProvider(
   val saslMechanism: String
 ) extends ControllerNodeProvider with Logging {
 
-  private def idToNode(id: Int): Option[Node] = raftManager.voterNode(id, listenerName)
+  private def idToNode(id: Int): Option[Node] = raftManager.client.voterNode(id, listenerName).toScala
 
   override def getControllerInfo(): ControllerInformation =
-    ControllerInformation(raftManager.leaderAndEpoch.leaderId.toScala.flatMap(idToNode),
+    ControllerInformation(raftManager.client.leaderAndEpoch.leaderId.toScala.flatMap(idToNode),
       listenerName, securityProtocol, saslMechanism)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/SharedServer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/SharedServer.scala
index 03f1c9b929e..aba9035cb7e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/SharedServer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/SharedServer.scala
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class SharedServer(
             throw new RuntimeException("Unable to install metadata publishers.", t)
           }
         }
-        _raftManager.register(loader)
+        _raftManager.client.register(loader)
         debug("Completed SharedServer startup.")
         started = true
       } catch {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/TestRaftRequestHandler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/TestRaftRequestHandler.scala
index 2e9d8e2bb8a..081fbec3c95 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/TestRaftRequestHandler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/TestRaftRequestHandler.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package kafka.tools
 
 import kafka.network.RequestChannel
-import kafka.raft.RaftManager
 import kafka.server.ApiRequestHandler
 import kafka.utils.Logging
 import org.apache.kafka.common.internals.FatalExitError
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.message.{BeginQuorumEpochResponseData, EndQuorumE
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.{ApiKeys, ApiMessage}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.{AbstractRequest, AbstractResponse, BeginQuorumEpochResponse, EndQuorumEpochResponse, FetchResponse, FetchSnapshotResponse, VoteResponse}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Time
+import org.apache.kafka.raft.RaftManager
 import org.apache.kafka.server.ApiVersionManager
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.RequestLocal
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/TestRaftServer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/TestRaftServer.scala
index 2b3183be80b..48e101443a1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/TestRaftServer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/TestRaftServer.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.{AtomicInteger, AtomicLong}
 import java.util.concurrent.{CompletableFuture, CountDownLatch, LinkedBlockingDeque, TimeUnit}
 import joptsimple.{OptionException, OptionSpec}
 import kafka.network.SocketServer
-import kafka.raft.{DefaultExternalKRaftMetrics, KafkaRaftManager, RaftManager}
+import kafka.raft.{DefaultExternalKRaftMetrics, KafkaRaftManager}
 import kafka.server.{KafkaConfig, KafkaRequestHandlerPool}
 import kafka.utils.{CoreUtils, Logging}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.message.ApiMessageType.ListenerType
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.security.token.delegation.internals.DelegationTok
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.{Exit, Time, Utils}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.{TopicPartition, Uuid, protocol}
 import org.apache.kafka.raft.errors.NotLeaderException
-import org.apache.kafka.raft.{Batch, BatchReader, Endpoints, LeaderAndEpoch, QuorumConfig, RaftClient}
+import org.apache.kafka.raft.{Batch, BatchReader, Endpoints, LeaderAndEpoch, QuorumConfig, RaftClient, RaftManager}
 import org.apache.kafka.security.CredentialProvider
 import org.apache.kafka.server.SimpleApiVersionManager
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.{FinalizedFeatures, MetadataVersion}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class TestRaftServer(
 
     private var claimedEpoch: Option[Int] = None
 
-    raftManager.register(this)
+    raftManager.client.register(this)
 
     override def handleLeaderChange(newLeaderAndEpoch: LeaderAndEpoch): Unit = {
       if (newLeaderAndEpoch.isLeader(config.nodeId)) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/AllocateProducerIdsRequestTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/AllocateProducerIdsRequestTest.scala
index aa399985f83..16a82fdca8b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/AllocateProducerIdsRequestTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/AllocateProducerIdsRequestTest.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class AllocateProducerIdsRequestTest(cluster: ClusterInstance) {
   def testAllocateProducersIdSentToController(): Unit = {
     val sourceBroker = cluster.brokers.values().stream().findFirst().get().asInstanceOf[BrokerServer]
 
-    val controllerId = sourceBroker.raftManager.leaderAndEpoch.leaderId().getAsInt
+    val controllerId = sourceBroker.raftManager.client.leaderAndEpoch.leaderId().getAsInt
     val controllerServer = cluster.controllers.values().stream()
       .filter(_.config.nodeId == controllerId)
       .findFirst()
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class AllocateProducerIdsRequestTest(cluster: ClusterInstance) {
   def testAllocateProducersIdSentToNonController(): Unit = {
     val sourceBroker = cluster.brokers.values().stream().findFirst().get().asInstanceOf[BrokerServer]
 
-    val controllerId = sourceBroker.raftManager.leaderAndEpoch.leaderId().getAsInt
+    val controllerId = sourceBroker.raftManager.client.leaderAndEpoch.leaderId().getAsInt
     val controllerServer = cluster.controllers().values().stream()
       .filter(_.config.nodeId != controllerId)
       .findFirst()
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/ControllerApisTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/ControllerApisTest.scala
index 901dbe74356..43c7d5aecf4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/ControllerApisTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/ControllerApisTest.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package kafka.server
 
 import kafka.network.RequestChannel
-import kafka.raft.RaftManager
 import kafka.server.QuotaFactory.QuotaManagers
 import kafka.server.metadata.KRaftMetadataCache
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AlterConfigOp
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.image.publisher.ControllerRegistrationsPublisher
 import org.apache.kafka.network.SocketServerConfigs
 import org.apache.kafka.network.metrics.RequestChannelMetrics
 import org.apache.kafka.network.Session
-import org.apache.kafka.raft.QuorumConfig
+import org.apache.kafka.raft.{QuorumConfig, RaftManager}
 import org.apache.kafka.server.SimpleApiVersionManager
 import org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer.{Action, AuthorizableRequestContext, AuthorizationResult, Authorizer}
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.{ApiMessageAndVersion, FinalizedFeatures, KRaftVersion, MetadataVersion, ProducerIdsBlock, RequestLocal}
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/epoch/LeaderEpochIntegrationTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/epoch/LeaderEpochIntegrationTest.scala
index d678a497b53..f1ba2c7ac5e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/epoch/LeaderEpochIntegrationTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/epoch/LeaderEpochIntegrationTest.scala
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class LeaderEpochIntegrationTest extends QuorumTestHarness with Logging {
   }
 
   private def waitUntilQuorumLeaderElected(controllerServer: ControllerServer, timeout: Long = JTestUtils.DEFAULT_MAX_WAIT_MS): Int = {
-    val (leaderAndEpoch, _) = computeUntilTrue(controllerServer.raftManager.leaderAndEpoch, waitTime = timeout)(_.leaderId().isPresent)
+    val (leaderAndEpoch, _) = computeUntilTrue(controllerServer.raftManager.client.leaderAndEpoch, waitTime = timeout)(_.leaderId().isPresent)
     leaderAndEpoch.leaderId().orElseThrow(() => new AssertionError(s"Quorum Controller leader not elected after $timeout ms"))
   }
 
diff --git a/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/MockRaftClient.java b/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/MockRaftClient.java
index 21e3a645530..8bf6d9543e7 100644
--- a/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/MockRaftClient.java
+++ b/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/MockRaftClient.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.kafka.controller;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.common.Node;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.network.ListenerName;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.ObjectSerializationCache;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.BufferSupplier;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.LogContext;
@@ -758,6 +760,11 @@ public final class MockRaftClient implements RaftClient<ApiMessageAndVersion>, A
         return OptionalInt.of(nodeId);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Optional<Node> voterNode(int id, ListenerName listenerName) {
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
     public List<RaftClient.Listener<ApiMessageAndVersion>> listeners() {
         final CompletableFuture<List<RaftClient.Listener<ApiMessageAndVersion>>> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
         eventQueue.append(() ->
diff --git a/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/image/publisher/SnapshotEmitterTest.java b/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/image/publisher/SnapshotEmitterTest.java
index cf123078eae..57fe845c98f 100644
--- a/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/image/publisher/SnapshotEmitterTest.java
+++ b/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/image/publisher/SnapshotEmitterTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.kafka.image.publisher;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.common.Node;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.network.ListenerName;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.MockTime;
 import org.apache.kafka.image.FakeSnapshotWriter;
 import org.apache.kafka.image.MetadataImageTest;
@@ -73,6 +75,11 @@ public class SnapshotEmitterTest {
             return OptionalInt.empty();
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public Optional<Node> voterNode(int id, ListenerName listenerName) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+
         @Override
         public long prepareAppend(int epoch, List<ApiMessageAndVersion> records) {
             return 0;
diff --git a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java
index 343f4db6b02..6dc20026ca7 100644
--- a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java
+++ b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java
@@ -3793,6 +3793,7 @@ public final class KafkaRaftClient<T> implements RaftClient<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public Optional<Node> voterNode(int id, ListenerName listenerName) {
         return partitionState.lastVoterSet().voterNode(id, listenerName);
     }
diff --git a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/RaftClient.java b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/RaftClient.java
index d2d59888178..95ed1905b67 100644
--- a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/RaftClient.java
+++ b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/RaftClient.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.kafka.raft;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.common.Node;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.ApiException;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.network.ListenerName;
 import org.apache.kafka.raft.errors.BufferAllocationException;
 import org.apache.kafka.raft.errors.NotLeaderException;
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.KRaftVersion;
@@ -129,6 +131,15 @@ public interface RaftClient<T> extends AutoCloseable {
      */
     OptionalInt nodeId();
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the node information for a given voter id and listener.
+     *
+     * @param id the id of the voter
+     * @param listenerName the name of the listener
+     * @return the node information if it exists, otherwise {@code Optional.empty()}
+     */
+    Optional<Node> voterNode(int id, ListenerName listenerName);
+
     /**
      * Prepare a list of records to be appended to the log.
      *
diff --git a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/RaftManager.java b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/RaftManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e69c365840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/RaftManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.kafka.raft;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.ApiMessage;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.RequestContext;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.RequestHeader;
+import org.apache.kafka.server.common.serialization.RecordSerde;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+public interface RaftManager<T> {
+
+    CompletableFuture<ApiMessage> handleRequest(
+        RequestContext context,
+        RequestHeader header,
+        ApiMessage request,
+        long createdTimeMs
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a Raft client.
+     * <p>
+     * Always returns the same instance. Callers must NOT close it.
+     */
+    RaftClient<T> client();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a replicated log.
+     * <p>
+     * Always returns the same instance. Callers must NOT close it.
+     */
+    ReplicatedLog replicatedLog();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the record Serde.
+     */
+    RecordSerde<T> recordSerde();
+}