diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 46a358667..b0fa433ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo install --path . --locked --no-default-features
 
       - name: Standard library tests
-        run: nu -c 'use std run-tests; run-tests --path crates/nu-std'
+        run: nu -c 'use std; std testing run --path crates/nu-std'
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/README.md b/crates/nu-std/README.md
index 7f6f2e575..479ba38c0 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/README.md
+++ b/crates/nu-std/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use std
 ### :test_tube: run the tests
 the following call should return no errors
 ```bash
-NU_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG cargo run -- -c "use std run-tests; run-tests --path crates/nu-std"
+NU_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG cargo run -- -c "use std; std testing run --path crates/nu-std"
 ```
 
 > **Warning**  
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/lib/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/lib/mod.nu
index a3721ee0c..3d9089dea 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/lib/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/lib/mod.nu
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export-env {
 }
 export use help *
 export use log *
+export use testing *
 export use xml *
 
 # Add the given paths to the PATH.
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/lib/testing.nu b/crates/nu-std/lib/testing.nu
index 17539b1a0..1483ffef2 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/lib/testing.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/lib/testing.nu
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def throw-error [error: record] {
 # Run Nushell tests
 #
 # It executes exported "test_*" commands in "test_*" modules
-export def run-tests [
+export def 'testing run' [
     --path: path, # Path to look for tests. Default: current directory.
     --module: string, # Module to run tests. Default: all test modules found.
     --command: string, # Test command to run. Default: all test command found in the files.
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs
index 996683e91..4a4ef384d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub fn load_standard_library(
             // the rest of the library
             ("dirs", include_str!("../lib/dirs.nu")),
             ("help", include_str!("../lib/help.nu")),
+            ("testing", include_str!("../lib/testing.nu")),
             ("xml", include_str!("../lib/xml.nu")),
         ];
 
diff --git a/toolkit.nu b/toolkit.nu
index 13f338f48..577dd7a75 100644
--- a/toolkit.nu
+++ b/toolkit.nu
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export def test [
 
 # run the tests for the standard library
 export def "test stdlib" [] {
-    cargo run -- -c "use std run-tests; run-tests --path crates/nu-std"
+    cargo run -- -c "use std; std testing run --path crates/nu-std"
 }
 
 # print the pipe input inside backticks, dimmed and italic, as a pretty command