diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0fd03a70d..738c54ea1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1445,6 +1445,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "platform-info",
  "plist",
  "pyo3",
+ "pypi-types",
  "rayon",
  "reflink-copy",
  "regex",
diff --git a/crates/install-wheel-rs/Cargo.toml b/crates/install-wheel-rs/Cargo.toml
index d7f206fdf..e935fe7d5 100644
--- a/crates/install-wheel-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/install-wheel-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 name = "install_wheel_rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-platform-host = { path = "../platform-host" }
 distribution-filename = { path = "../distribution-filename" }
+platform-host = { path = "../platform-host" }
+pypi-types = { path = "../pypi-types" }
 
 clap = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
 configparser = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/lib.rs b/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/lib.rs
index c49f4b774..d2839ee9a 100644
--- a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use platform_info::PlatformInfoError;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use zip::result::ZipError;
 
-pub use direct_url::DirectUrl;
 pub use install_location::{normalize_name, InstallLocation, LockedDir};
 use platform_host::{Arch, Os};
 pub use record::RecordEntry;
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ pub use wheel::{
     relative_to, SHEBANG_PYTHON,
 };
 
-mod direct_url;
 mod install_location;
 pub mod linker;
 #[cfg(feature = "python_bindings")]
diff --git a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs b/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs
index ad487c265..cc2a0875a 100644
--- a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs
+++ b/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ use fs_err::File;
 use mailparse::MailHeaderMap;
 use tracing::{debug, span, Level};
 
+use pypi_types::DirectUrl;
+
 use crate::install_location::InstallLocation;
 use crate::wheel::{
     extra_dist_info, install_data, parse_wheel_version, read_scripts_from_section,
     write_script_entrypoints,
 };
-use crate::{read_record_file, DirectUrl, Error, Script};
+use crate::{read_record_file, Error, Script};
 
 /// Install the given wheel to the given venv
 ///
diff --git a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/wheel.rs b/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/wheel.rs
index 8c81e3b25..ef9904930 100644
--- a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/wheel.rs
+++ b/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/wheel.rs
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ use mailparse::MailHeaderMap;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use tempfile::tempdir;
 use tracing::{debug, error, span, warn, Level};
-
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 use zip::result::ZipError;
 use zip::write::FileOptions;
 use zip::{ZipArchive, ZipWriter};
 
 use distribution_filename::WheelFilename;
+use pypi_types::DirectUrl;
 
 use crate::install_location::{InstallLocation, LockedDir};
 use crate::record::RecordEntry;
 use crate::script::Script;
-use crate::{DirectUrl, Error};
+use crate::Error;
 
 /// `#!/usr/bin/env python`
 pub const SHEBANG_PYTHON: &str = "#!/usr/bin/env python";
diff --git a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/direct_url.rs b/crates/pypi-types/src/direct_url.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/install-wheel-rs/src/direct_url.rs
rename to crates/pypi-types/src/direct_url.rs
diff --git a/crates/pypi-types/src/lib.rs b/crates/pypi-types/src/lib.rs
index 7eebebae1..21fdc091e 100644
--- a/crates/pypi-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/pypi-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+pub use direct_url::DirectUrl;
 pub use metadata::{Error, Metadata21};
 pub use simple_json::{File, SimpleJson};
 
+mod direct_url;
 mod metadata;
 mod simple_json;