diff --git a/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/regex.go b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/config.go
similarity index 62%
rename from pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/regex.go
rename to pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/config.go
index afb20913067e..3cbfe8f8d1a4 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/regex.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/config.go
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@
 package regex // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex"
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/entry"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/errors"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator/helper"
@@ -86,64 +84,3 @@ func (c Config) Build(logger *zap.SugaredLogger) (operator.Operator, error) {
 
 	return op, nil
 }
-
-// Parser is an operator that parses regex in an entry.
-type Parser struct {
-	helper.ParserOperator
-	regexp *regexp.Regexp
-	cache  cache
-}
-
-func (r *Parser) Stop() error {
-	if r.cache != nil {
-		r.cache.stop()
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Process will parse an entry for regex.
-func (r *Parser) Process(ctx context.Context, entry *entry.Entry) error {
-	return r.ParserOperator.ProcessWith(ctx, entry, r.parse)
-}
-
-// parse will parse a value using the supplied regex.
-func (r *Parser) parse(value any) (any, error) {
-	var raw string
-	switch m := value.(type) {
-	case string:
-		raw = m
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("type '%T' cannot be parsed as regex", value)
-	}
-	return r.match(raw)
-}
-
-func (r *Parser) match(value string) (any, error) {
-	if r.cache != nil {
-		if x := r.cache.get(value); x != nil {
-			return x, nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	matches := r.regexp.FindStringSubmatch(value)
-	if matches == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("regex pattern does not match")
-	}
-
-	parsedValues := map[string]any{}
-	for i, subexp := range r.regexp.SubexpNames() {
-		if i == 0 {
-			// Skip whole match
-			continue
-		}
-		if subexp != "" {
-			parsedValues[subexp] = matches[i]
-		}
-	}
-
-	if r.cache != nil {
-		r.cache.add(value, parsedValues)
-	}
-
-	return parsedValues, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/parser.go b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2821ea551293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package regex // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex"
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/entry"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator/helper"
+)
+
+// Parser is an operator that parses regex in an entry.
+type Parser struct {
+	helper.ParserOperator
+	regexp *regexp.Regexp
+	cache  cache
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) Stop() error {
+	if p.cache != nil {
+		p.cache.stop()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Process will parse an entry for regex.
+func (p *Parser) Process(ctx context.Context, entry *entry.Entry) error {
+	return p.ParserOperator.ProcessWith(ctx, entry, p.parse)
+}
+
+// parse will parse a value using the supplied regex.
+func (p *Parser) parse(value any) (any, error) {
+	var raw string
+	switch m := value.(type) {
+	case string:
+		raw = m
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("type '%T' cannot be parsed as regex", value)
+	}
+	return p.match(raw)
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) match(value string) (any, error) {
+	if p.cache != nil {
+		if x := p.cache.get(value); x != nil {
+			return x, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	matches := p.regexp.FindStringSubmatch(value)
+	if matches == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("regex pattern does not match")
+	}
+
+	parsedValues := map[string]any{}
+	for i, subexp := range p.regexp.SubexpNames() {
+		if i == 0 {
+			// Skip whole match
+			continue
+		}
+		if subexp != "" {
+			parsedValues[subexp] = matches[i]
+		}
+	}
+
+	if p.cache != nil {
+		p.cache.add(value, parsedValues)
+	}
+
+	return parsedValues, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/regex_test.go b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/parser_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/regex_test.go
rename to pkg/stanza/operator/parser/regex/parser_test.go