diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/README.md b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/README.md
index 4e8b47806..5b11950f3 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/README.md
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ and lifecycle/heal scheduling paths.
    only after call sites prove a narrower object read/write/delete/walk shape.
 4. Preserve `rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::replication` compatibility until
    lifecycle, scanner, OBS, heal, and tests compile through replacement paths.
-5. Move at most one contract boundary per code-bearing PR and verify it with
+5. Keep imports between modules in this directory relative to the local
+   replication module, not `crate::bucket::replication::*` self paths.
+6. Move at most one contract boundary per code-bearing PR and verify it with
    focused replication tests before broad gates.
 
 ## First Code-Bearing Step
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/config.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/config.rs
index 32e9fe373..d7cf40f92 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/config.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/config.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 use super::replication_filemeta_boundary::ReplicationType;
 use super::replication_tagging_boundary as tagging_boundary;
-use crate::bucket::replication::ReplicationRuleExt as _;
+use super::rule::ReplicationRuleExt as _;
 use s3s::dto::DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus;
 use s3s::dto::DeleteReplicationStatus;
 use s3s::dto::Destination;
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_pool.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_pool.rs
index d77929e9e..15e72a8d7 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_pool.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_pool.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+use super::datatypes::ResyncStatusType;
 use super::replication_config_store as config_store;
 use super::replication_error_boundary::Error as EcstoreError;
 use super::replication_filemeta_boundary::{
@@ -20,19 +21,15 @@ use super::replication_filemeta_boundary::{
     ResyncDecision, VersionPurgeStatusType, replication_statuses_map, version_purge_statuses_map,
 };
 use super::replication_metadata_boundary as metadata_boundary;
+use super::replication_resyncer::{
+    BucketReplicationResyncStatus, DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, ReplicationConfig, ReplicationResyncer, ResyncOpts,
+    TargetReplicationResyncStatus, decode_mrf_file, decode_resync_file, encode_mrf_file, get_heal_replicate_object_info,
+    replicate_delete, replicate_object, save_resync_status,
+};
+use super::replication_state::ReplicationStats;
 use super::replication_storage_boundary::{DeletedObject, ObjectInfo, ObjectOptions, ReplicationObjectIO, ReplicationStorage};
 use super::replication_target_boundary as target_boundary;
 use super::runtime_boundary as runtime_sources;
-use crate::bucket::replication::ResyncOpts;
-use crate::bucket::replication::ResyncStatusType;
-use crate::bucket::replication::replicate_delete;
-use crate::bucket::replication::replicate_object;
-use crate::bucket::replication::replication_resyncer::{
-    BucketReplicationResyncStatus, DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, ReplicationConfig, ReplicationResyncer,
-    TargetReplicationResyncStatus, decode_mrf_file, decode_resync_file, encode_mrf_file, get_heal_replicate_object_info,
-    save_resync_status,
-};
-use crate::bucket::replication::replication_state::ReplicationStats;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use rustfs_utils::http::{SUFFIX_REPLICATION_TIMESTAMP, get_str};
 use std::any::Any;
@@ -1692,8 +1689,8 @@ async fn queue_replicate_deletes_wrapper(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use super::super::replication_resyncer::{decode_mrf_file, encode_mrf_file};
     use super::*;
-    use crate::bucket::replication::replication_resyncer::{decode_mrf_file, encode_mrf_file};
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_resyncer.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_resyncer.rs
index 80c3939f6..00cc6001d 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_resyncer.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_resyncer.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+use super::config::{ObjectOpts, ReplicationConfigurationExt as _};
+use super::datatypes::ResyncStatusType;
 use super::replication_bandwidth_boundary;
 use super::replication_config_store as config_store;
 use super::replication_error_boundary::{Error, Result, is_err_object_not_found, is_err_version_not_found};
@@ -36,8 +38,6 @@ use super::replication_target_boundary::{
 };
 use super::replication_versioning_boundary as versioning_boundary;
 use super::runtime_boundary as runtime_sources;
-use crate::bucket::replication::ResyncStatusType;
-use crate::bucket::replication::{ObjectOpts, ReplicationConfigurationExt as _};
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::{ProvideErrorMetadata, SdkError};
 use aws_sdk_s3::operation::head_object::{HeadObjectError, HeadObjectOutput};
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/rule.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/rule.rs
index b8df680e3..9944109b3 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/rule.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/rule.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-use crate::bucket::replication::ObjectOpts;
+use super::config::ObjectOpts;
 use s3s::dto::ReplicaModificationsStatus;
 use s3s::dto::ReplicationRule;
 
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/runtime_boundary.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/runtime_boundary.rs
index b9117b797..ae4de9ebe 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/runtime_boundary.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/runtime_boundary.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use super::replication_pool::DynReplicationPool;
+use super::replication_state::ReplicationStats;
 use crate::bucket::bandwidth::monitor::Monitor;
-use crate::bucket::replication::replication_pool::DynReplicationPool;
-use crate::bucket::replication::replication_state::ReplicationStats;
 use crate::runtime::sources;
 use crate::store::ECStore;
 
diff --git a/docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md b/docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md
index 9c2ceb090..014a94d78 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ Current coupling:
 - lifecycle and heal paths schedule replication work through the current ECStore
   module;
 - global replication pool/stat initialization still lives with ECStore runtime
-  compatibility state.
+  compatibility state;
+- modules inside `bucket/replication` use local relative paths rather than the
+  ECStore owner path for replication self-imports.
 
 Required contracts before crate movement:
 
diff --git a/scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh b/scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
index f54110f8a..78fa1d823 100755
--- a/scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ REPLICATION_ERROR_BOUNDARY_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/replication_error_bounda
 REPLICATION_EVENT_SINK_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/replication_event_sink_bypass_hits.txt"
 REPLICATION_EVENT_HOST_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/replication_event_host_bypass_hits.txt"
 REPLICATION_FILEMETA_BOUNDARY_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/replication_filemeta_boundary_bypass_hits.txt"
+REPLICATION_LOCAL_PATH_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/replication_local_path_bypass_hits.txt"
 REPLICATION_LOCK_BOUNDARY_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/replication_lock_boundary_bypass_hits.txt"
 REPLICATION_METADATA_BOUNDARY_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/replication_metadata_boundary_bypass_hits.txt"
 REPLICATION_MSGP_BOUNDARY_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/replication_msgp_boundary_bypass_hits.txt"
@@ -2501,6 +2502,74 @@ if [[ -s "$REPLICATION_FACADE_BYPASS_HITS_FILE" ]]; then
   report_failure "replication facade imports must stay in local storage_api boundaries: $(paste -sd '; ' "$REPLICATION_FACADE_BYPASS_HITS_FILE")"
 fi
 
+(
+  cd "$ROOT_DIR"
+  find crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication -type f -name '*.rs' -print0 |
+    xargs -0 perl -0ne '
+      sub blank {
+        my ($text) = @_;
+        $text =~ s/[^\n]/ /g;
+        return $text;
+      }
+
+      sub blank_block_comments {
+        my ($text) = @_;
+        my $out = $text;
+        my $len = length($text);
+        my $i = 0;
+
+        while ($i < $len) {
+          if ($i + 1 < $len && substr($text, $i, 2) eq "/*") {
+            my $start = $i;
+            my $depth = 0;
+
+            while ($i < $len) {
+              if ($i + 1 < $len && substr($text, $i, 2) eq "/*") {
+                $depth++;
+                $i += 2;
+                next;
+              }
+              if ($i + 1 < $len && substr($text, $i, 2) eq "*/") {
+                $depth--;
+                $i += 2;
+                last if $depth == 0;
+                next;
+              }
+              $i++;
+            }
+
+            substr($out, $start, $i - $start) = blank(substr($text, $start, $i - $start));
+            next;
+          }
+
+          $i++;
+        }
+
+        return $out;
+      }
+
+      my $source = $_;
+      my $hash = chr(35);
+      $source =~ s{b?r(${hash}*)".*?"\1}{blank($&)}egs;
+      $source =~ s{b?"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"}{blank($&)}egs;
+      $source =~ s{'\''(?:\\.|[^'\''\\])+'\''}{blank($&)}egs;
+      $source = blank_block_comments($source);
+      $source =~ s{//[^\n]*}{blank($&)}eg;
+
+      while ($source =~ /(?:crate::bucket::replication\b|crate::bucket::\{[^;]*\breplication\b|crate::\{[^;]*\bbucket::replication\b|crate::\{[^;]*\bbucket::\{[^;]*\breplication\b)/sg) {
+        my $prefix = substr($source, 0, $-[0]);
+        my $line = ($prefix =~ tr/\n//) + 1;
+        my $match = $&;
+        $match =~ s/\s+/ /g;
+        print "$ARGV:$line:$match\n";
+      }
+    ' || true
+) >"$REPLICATION_LOCAL_PATH_BYPASS_HITS_FILE"
+
+if [[ -s "$REPLICATION_LOCAL_PATH_BYPASS_HITS_FILE" ]]; then
+  report_failure "replication modules must use local relative paths instead of crate-qualified replication self paths: $(paste -sd '; ' "$REPLICATION_LOCAL_PATH_BYPASS_HITS_FILE")"
+fi
+
 (
   cd "$ROOT_DIR"
   rg -n --with-filename 'crate::runtime::sources(\s+as\s+runtime_sources|::)' \