diff --git a/extensions/graphql/package.json b/extensions/graphql/package.json
index 15c0f81585c7..ae5a1db30082 100644
--- a/extensions/graphql/package.json
+++ b/extensions/graphql/package.json
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
     "type-graphql": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
     "@loopback/build": "^6.2.5",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
diff --git a/extensions/graphql/src/booters/resolver.booter.ts b/extensions/graphql/src/booters/resolver.booter.ts
index 902a92ee0933..cda644abb423 100644
--- a/extensions/graphql/src/booters/resolver.booter.ts
+++ b/extensions/graphql/src/booters/resolver.booter.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import {
   ArtifactOptions,
   BaseArtifactBooter,
-  BootBindings,
   booter,
-} from '@loopback/boot';
+  BooterBindings,
+} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {
   Application,
   config,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class GraphQLResolverBooter extends BaseArtifactBooter {
   constructor(
     @inject(CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE)
     public app: Application,
-    @inject(BootBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
+    @inject(BooterBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
     @config()
     public interceptorConfig: ArtifactOptions = {},
   ) {
diff --git a/extensions/graphql/tsconfig.json b/extensions/graphql/tsconfig.json
index 93415ac36cdc..b2bc9a6aa548 100644
--- a/extensions/graphql/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/graphql/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../../packages/boot/tsconfig.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/booter/tsconfig.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/core/tsconfig.json"
     },
diff --git a/extensions/typeorm/package.json b/extensions/typeorm/package.json
index fe50ec56c0c5..fa9576d59b5a 100644
--- a/extensions/typeorm/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typeorm/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
     "@loopback/rest": "^8.0.0"
   },
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "typeorm": "^0.2.28"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
     "@loopback/build": "^6.2.5",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
diff --git a/extensions/typeorm/src/typeorm-connection.booter.ts b/extensions/typeorm/src/typeorm-connection.booter.ts
index cb6f8d270e89..c21c4acf4fb6 100644
--- a/extensions/typeorm/src/typeorm-connection.booter.ts
+++ b/extensions/typeorm/src/typeorm-connection.booter.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import {
   ArtifactOptions,
   BaseArtifactBooter,
-  BootBindings,
   booter,
-} from '@loopback/boot';
+  BooterBindings,
+} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {config, CoreBindings, inject} from '@loopback/core';
 import debugFactory from 'debug';
 import {ApplicationUsingTypeOrm, ConnectionOptions} from './';
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class TypeOrmConnectionBooter extends BaseArtifactBooter {
   constructor(
     @inject(CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE)
     public app: ApplicationUsingTypeOrm,
-    @inject(BootBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
+    @inject(BooterBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
     @config()
     public entityConfig: ArtifactOptions = {},
   ) {
diff --git a/extensions/typeorm/tsconfig.json b/extensions/typeorm/tsconfig.json
index 81add39467bb..a101f6ab5a61 100644
--- a/extensions/typeorm/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/typeorm/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../../packages/boot/tsconfig.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/booter/tsconfig.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/core/tsconfig.json"
     },
diff --git a/packages/booter-lb3app/package.json b/packages/booter-lb3app/package.json
index 34faf9d8161e..9c74d426853a 100644
--- a/packages/booter-lb3app/package.json
+++ b/packages/booter-lb3app/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
     "@loopback/rest": "^8.0.0"
   },
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "tslib": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
     "@loopback/build": "^6.2.5",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
diff --git a/packages/booter-lb3app/src/lb3app.booter.ts b/packages/booter-lb3app/src/lb3app.booter.ts
index 71e14e7be7a6..914c9fb60185 100644
--- a/packages/booter-lb3app/src/lb3app.booter.ts
+++ b/packages/booter-lb3app/src/lb3app.booter.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
-import {BootBindings, Booter} from '@loopback/boot';
+import {Booter, BooterBindings} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {CoreBindings, inject} from '@loopback/core';
 import {
   ExpressRequestHandler,
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ export class Lb3AppBooter implements Booter {
   constructor(
     @inject(CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE)
     public app: RestApplication,
-    @inject(BootBindings.PROJECT_ROOT)
+    @inject(BooterBindings.PROJECT_ROOT)
     public projectRoot: string,
-    @inject(`${BootBindings.BOOT_OPTIONS}#lb3app`)
+    @inject(`${BooterBindings.BOOT_OPTIONS}#lb3app`)
     options: Partial<Lb3AppBooterOptions> = {},
   ) {
     this.options = Object.assign({}, DefaultOptions, options);
diff --git a/packages/booter-lb3app/tsconfig.json b/packages/booter-lb3app/tsconfig.json
index 813f7cf5178f..0ea456a790a3 100644
--- a/packages/booter-lb3app/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/booter-lb3app/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../boot/tsconfig.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../booter/tsconfig.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../core/tsconfig.json"
     },
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index d186226fc968..00bce01c2c71 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
       "source-map-support": "^0.5.19",
       "typescript": "~4.0.3",
       "@loopback/authentication": "^7.0.2",
+      "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
       "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
       "@loopback/build": "^6.2.5",
       "@loopback/cli": "^2.16.1",
diff --git a/packages/model-api-builder/package.json b/packages/model-api-builder/package.json
index 77511ef4e886..a16e26351df6 100644
--- a/packages/model-api-builder/package.json
+++ b/packages/model-api-builder/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
     "@loopback/repository": "^3.1.0"
   },
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@loopback/build": "^6.2.5",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
     "@loopback/repository": "^3.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/model-api-builder/src/booters/model-api.booter.ts b/packages/model-api-builder/src/booters/model-api.booter.ts
index 7c589a8d9a61..ff595c9ed4f7 100644
--- a/packages/model-api-builder/src/booters/model-api.booter.ts
+++ b/packages/model-api-builder/src/booters/model-api.booter.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import {
   ArtifactOptions,
   BaseArtifactBooter,
-  BootBindings,
   booter,
-} from '@loopback/boot';
+  BooterBindings,
+} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {
   config,
   CoreBindings,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class ModelApiBooter extends BaseArtifactBooter {
   constructor(
     @inject(CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE)
     public app: ApplicationWithRepositories,
-    @inject(BootBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
+    @inject(BooterBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
     @extensions()
     public getModelApiBuilders: Getter<ModelApiBuilder[]>,
     @config()
diff --git a/packages/model-api-builder/tsconfig.json b/packages/model-api-builder/tsconfig.json
index 06c4c9e11d51..21cadc03c26f 100644
--- a/packages/model-api-builder/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/model-api-builder/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../boot/tsconfig.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../booter/tsconfig.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../core/tsconfig.json"
     },
diff --git a/packages/repository/package.json b/packages/repository/package.json
index b65bb5637fbf..735f387c85ef 100644
--- a/packages/repository/package.json
+++ b/packages/repository/package.json
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@loopback/build": "^6.2.5",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
     "@loopback/eslint-config": "^10.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/booters/datasource.booter.ts b/packages/repository/src/booters/datasource.booter.ts
index 2e45ade9526f..7b23cb8e66dc 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/booters/datasource.booter.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/booters/datasource.booter.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import {
   ArtifactOptions,
   BaseArtifactBooter,
-  BootBindings,
   booter,
-} from '@loopback/boot';
+  BooterBindings,
+} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {config, CoreBindings, inject} from '@loopback/core';
 import {Class} from '../common-types';
 import {ApplicationWithRepositories} from '../mixins';
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class DataSourceBooter extends BaseArtifactBooter {
   constructor(
     @inject(CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE)
     public app: ApplicationWithRepositories,
-    @inject(BootBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
+    @inject(BooterBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
     @config()
     public datasourceConfig: ArtifactOptions = {},
   ) {
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/booters/model.booter.ts b/packages/repository/src/booters/model.booter.ts
index 6b16a9a4ddc7..f3ea2592b62c 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/booters/model.booter.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/booters/model.booter.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import {
   ArtifactOptions,
   BaseArtifactBooter,
-  BootBindings,
   booter,
-} from '@loopback/boot';
+  BooterBindings,
+} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {config, Constructor, CoreBindings, inject} from '@loopback/core';
 import debugFactory from 'debug';
 import {ModelMetadataHelper} from '../decorators';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class ModelBooter extends BaseArtifactBooter {
   constructor(
     @inject(CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE)
     public app: ApplicationWithRepositories,
-    @inject(BootBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
+    @inject(BooterBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
     @config()
     public modelConfig: ArtifactOptions = {},
   ) {
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/booters/repository.booter.ts b/packages/repository/src/booters/repository.booter.ts
index 3ae10d1ab3f9..0f2eec6c9a77 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/booters/repository.booter.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/booters/repository.booter.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import {
   ArtifactOptions,
   BaseArtifactBooter,
-  BootBindings,
   booter,
-} from '@loopback/boot';
+  BooterBindings,
+} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {config, CoreBindings, inject} from '@loopback/core';
 import {ApplicationWithRepositories} from '../mixins';
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class RepositoryBooter extends BaseArtifactBooter {
   constructor(
     @inject(CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE)
     public app: ApplicationWithRepositories,
-    @inject(BootBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
+    @inject(BooterBindings.PROJECT_ROOT) projectRoot: string,
     @config()
     public repositoryOptions: ArtifactOptions = {},
   ) {
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/mixins/repository.mixin.ts b/packages/repository/src/mixins/repository.mixin.ts
index 552a725b7ade..ad1fdde333ae 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/mixins/repository.mixin.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/mixins/repository.mixin.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
-import {bindBooter} from '@loopback/boot';
+import {bindBooter} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {
   Binding,
   BindingFromClassOptions,
diff --git a/packages/repository/tsconfig.json b/packages/repository/tsconfig.json
index 344086758749..ca73e8da068a 100644
--- a/packages/repository/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/repository/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../boot/tsconfig.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../booter/tsconfig.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../core/tsconfig.json"
     },
diff --git a/packages/rest-crud/package.json b/packages/rest-crud/package.json
index 258da72ad1e1..a8c2920cd1f8 100644
--- a/packages/rest-crud/package.json
+++ b/packages/rest-crud/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
     "@loopback/repository": "^3.1.0",
     "@loopback/rest": "^8.0.0"
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@loopback/build": "^6.2.5",
+    "@loopback/booter": "^1.0.0",
     "@loopback/boot": "^3.0.2",
     "@loopback/core": "^2.11.0",
     "@loopback/repository": "^3.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/rest-crud/src/crud-rest.component.ts b/packages/rest-crud/src/crud-rest.component.ts
index ab4125df85ba..c8331b160a41 100644
--- a/packages/rest-crud/src/crud-rest.component.ts
+++ b/packages/rest-crud/src/crud-rest.component.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
-import {Booter} from '@loopback/boot';
+import {Booter} from '@loopback/booter';
 import {
   Binding,
   Component,
diff --git a/packages/rest-crud/tsconfig.json b/packages/rest-crud/tsconfig.json
index 0f57aaeca415..1011c3d05be5 100644
--- a/packages/rest-crud/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/rest-crud/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../boot/tsconfig.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../booter/tsconfig.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../core/tsconfig.json"
     },