diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 176dd27fa..29ccb0b53 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3541,6 +3541,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metrics",
  "metrics-exporter-prometheus",
  "metrics-util",
+ "reth-cli-utils",
  "reth-consensus",
  "reth-db",
  "reth-downloaders",
@@ -3565,6 +3566,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-cli-utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "eyre",
+ "reth-consensus",
+ "reth-db",
+ "reth-primitives",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "shellexpand",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-codecs"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b9d44f274..766fe3b9f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ members = [
     "crates/tasks",
     "crates/transaction-pool",
     "crates/metrics/metrics-derive",
+    "crates/cli/utils",
 ]
-default-members = ["bin/reth"]
\ No newline at end of file
+default-members = ["bin/reth"]
diff --git a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
index 6b1256556..e20d8cb40 100644
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ reth-executor = { path = "../../crates/executor" }
 reth-rlp = { path = "../../crates/common/rlp" }
 reth-network = {path = "../../crates/net/network", features = ["serde"] }
 reth-downloaders = {path = "../../crates/net/downloaders" }
+reth-cli-utils = { path = "../../crates/cli/utils" }
 
 # tracing
 tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/cli.rs b/bin/reth/src/cli.rs
index 0102e90bc..d2cce283b 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/cli.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 //! CLI definition and entrypoint to executable
 
-use crate::{
-    db, node, p2p, stage, test_eth_chain,
-    util::reth_tracing::{self, TracingMode},
-};
+use crate::{db, node, p2p, stage, test_eth_chain};
+
 use clap::{ArgAction, Parser, Subcommand};
+use reth_cli_utils::reth_tracing::{self, TracingMode};
 use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
 
 /// main function that parses cli and runs command
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/dirs.rs b/bin/reth/src/dirs.rs
index 55bab7836..79af6e9ef 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/dirs.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/dirs.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! reth data directories.
-use crate::util::parse_path;
+use reth_cli_utils::parse_path;
 use std::{
     env::VarError,
     fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter},
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/lib.rs b/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
index db76381c4..af97b408d 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ pub mod p2p;
 pub mod prometheus_exporter;
 pub mod stage;
 pub mod test_eth_chain;
-pub mod util;
 
 use clap::Parser;
+pub use reth_cli_utils as utils;
 use reth_primitives::NodeRecord;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
index f07b891fc..66d1953c8 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@
 use crate::{
     config::Config,
     dirs::{ConfigPath, DbPath},
-    prometheus_exporter,
-    util::{
-        chainspec::{chain_spec_value_parser, ChainSpecification},
-        init::{init_db, init_genesis},
-        parse_socket_address,
-    },
-    NetworkOpts,
+    prometheus_exporter, NetworkOpts,
 };
 use clap::{crate_version, Parser};
 use fdlimit::raise_fd_limit;
+use reth_cli_utils::{
+    chainspec::{chain_spec_value_parser, ChainSpecification},
+    init::{init_db, init_genesis},
+    parse_socket_address,
+};
 use reth_consensus::BeaconConsensus;
 use reth_downloaders::{bodies, headers};
 use reth_executor::Config as ExecutorConfig;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/p2p/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/p2p/mod.rs
index 792fc8951..d9d28e3c9 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/p2p/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/p2p/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 //! P2P Debugging tool
 use backon::{ConstantBackoff, Retryable};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use reth_cli_utils::{
+    chainspec::{chain_spec_value_parser, ChainSpecification},
+    hash_or_num_value_parser,
+};
 use reth_db::mdbx::{Env, EnvKind, WriteMap};
 use reth_interfaces::p2p::{
     bodies::client::BodiesClient,
@@ -10,14 +14,7 @@ use reth_network::FetchClient;
 use reth_primitives::{BlockHashOrNumber, Header, NodeRecord, SealedHeader};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::{
-    config::Config,
-    dirs::ConfigPath,
-    util::{
-        chainspec::{chain_spec_value_parser, ChainSpecification},
-        hash_or_num_value_parser,
-    },
-};
+use crate::{config::Config, dirs::ConfigPath};
 
 /// `reth p2p` command
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/stage/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/stage/mod.rs
index 8b1dcda17..1c706f164 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/stage/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/stage/mod.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 use crate::{
     config::Config,
     dirs::{ConfigPath, DbPath},
-    prometheus_exporter,
-    util::{
-        chainspec::{chain_spec_value_parser, ChainSpecification},
-        init::{init_db, init_genesis},
-    },
-    NetworkOpts,
+    prometheus_exporter, NetworkOpts,
+};
+use reth_cli_utils::{
+    chainspec::{chain_spec_value_parser, ChainSpecification},
+    init::{init_db, init_genesis},
 };
 use reth_consensus::BeaconConsensus;
 use reth_downloaders::bodies::concurrent::ConcurrentDownloader;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/test_eth_chain/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/test_eth_chain/mod.rs
index 5714d210d..5b8cda28b 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/test_eth_chain/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/test_eth_chain/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! Command for running Ethereum chain tests.
 
-use crate::util;
 use clap::Parser;
 use eyre::eyre;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ impl Command {
         let futs: Vec<_> = self
             .path
             .iter()
-            .flat_map(|item| util::find_all_files_with_postfix(item, ".json"))
+            .flat_map(|item| reth_cli_utils::find_all_files_with_postfix(item, ".json"))
             .map(|file| async { (runner::run_test(file.clone()).await, file) })
             .collect();
 
diff --git a/crates/cli/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/utils/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60ec1848f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cli/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-cli-utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth"
+readme = "README.md"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+reth-primitives = { path = "../../primitives" }
+reth-consensus = { path = "../../consensus", features = ["serde"] }
+reth-db = {path = "../../storage/db", features = ["mdbx", "test-utils"] }
+
+
+serde = "1.0"
+serde_json = "1.0"
+eyre = "0.6.8"
+shellexpand = "2.1"
+walkdir = "2.3"
+
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/util/chainspec.rs b/crates/cli/utils/src/chainspec.rs
similarity index 87%
rename from bin/reth/src/util/chainspec.rs
rename to crates/cli/utils/src/chainspec.rs
index c5f67f9ad..4923f264c 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/util/chainspec.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/utils/src/chainspec.rs
@@ -72,9 +72,15 @@ pub struct GenesisAccount {
 /// to a custom one.
 pub fn chain_spec_value_parser(s: &str) -> Result<ChainSpecification, eyre::Error> {
     Ok(match s {
-        "mainnet" => serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../../res/chainspec/mainnet.json"))?,
-        "goerli" => serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../../res/chainspec/goerli.json"))?,
-        "sepolia" => serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../../res/chainspec/mainnet.json"))?,
+        "mainnet" => {
+            serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../../../../bin/reth/res/chainspec/mainnet.json"))?
+        }
+        "goerli" => {
+            serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../../../../bin/reth/res/chainspec/goerli.json"))?
+        }
+        "sepolia" => {
+            serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../../../../bin/reth/res/chainspec/sepolia.json"))?
+        }
         _ => {
             let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(PathBuf::from(shellexpand::full(s)?.into_owned()))?;
             serde_json::from_str(&raw)?
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/util/init.rs b/crates/cli/utils/src/init.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from bin/reth/src/util/init.rs
rename to crates/cli/utils/src/init.rs
index 7bbfa5f4d..e72558ccb 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/util/init.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/utils/src/init.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::util::chainspec::Genesis;
+use crate::chainspec::Genesis;
 use reth_db::{
     cursor::DbCursorRO,
     database::Database,
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/util/mod.rs b/crates/cli/utils/src/lib.rs
similarity index 88%
rename from bin/reth/src/util/mod.rs
rename to crates/cli/utils/src/lib.rs
index 00b945653..b2361cbab 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#![warn(missing_docs, unreachable_pub)]
+#![deny(unused_must_use, rust_2018_idioms)]
+#![doc(test(
+    no_crate_inject,
+    attr(deny(warnings, rust_2018_idioms), allow(dead_code, unused_variables))
+))]
+
 //! Utility functions.
 use reth_primitives::{BlockHashOrNumber, H256};
 use std::{
@@ -15,7 +22,7 @@ pub mod chainspec;
 pub mod init;
 
 /// Finds all files in a directory with a given postfix.
-pub(crate) fn find_all_files_with_postfix(path: &Path, postfix: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+pub fn find_all_files_with_postfix(path: &Path, postfix: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     WalkDir::new(path)
         .into_iter()
         .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
@@ -26,12 +33,12 @@ pub(crate) fn find_all_files_with_postfix(path: &Path, postfix: &str) -> Vec<Pat
 
 /// Parses a user-specified path with support for environment variables and common shorthands (e.g.
 /// ~ for the user's home directory).
-pub(crate) fn parse_path(value: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, shellexpand::LookupError<VarError>> {
+pub fn parse_path(value: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, shellexpand::LookupError<VarError>> {
     shellexpand::full(value).map(|path| PathBuf::from(path.into_owned()))
 }
 
 /// Parse [BlockHashOrNumber]
-pub(crate) fn hash_or_num_value_parser(value: &str) -> Result<BlockHashOrNumber, eyre::Error> {
+pub fn hash_or_num_value_parser(value: &str) -> Result<BlockHashOrNumber, eyre::Error> {
     match H256::from_str(value) {
         Ok(hash) => Ok(BlockHashOrNumber::Hash(hash)),
         Err(_) => Ok(BlockHashOrNumber::Number(value.parse()?)),
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ pub(crate) fn hash_or_num_value_parser(value: &str) -> Result<BlockHashOrNumber,
 /// - Otherwise it is assumed to be a hostname
 ///
 /// An error is returned if the value is empty.
-pub(crate) fn parse_socket_address(value: &str) -> Result<SocketAddr, eyre::Error> {
+pub fn parse_socket_address(value: &str) -> Result<SocketAddr, eyre::Error> {
     if value.is_empty() {
         eyre::bail!("Cannot parse socket address from an empty string");
     }