diff --git a/src/backend/core/authentication/__init__.py b/src/backend/core/authentication/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/backend/core/authentication.py b/src/backend/core/authentication/backends.py
similarity index 97%
rename from src/backend/core/authentication.py
rename to src/backend/core/authentication/backends.py
index 2a45d9f..a4d52c0 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/authentication.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/authentication/backends.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Authentication for the People core app."""
+"""Authentication Backends for the People core app."""
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from mozilla_django_oidc.auth import (
     OIDCAuthenticationBackend as MozillaOIDCAuthenticationBackend,
 )
 
-from .models import Identity
+from core.models import Identity
 
 
 class OIDCAuthenticationBackend(MozillaOIDCAuthenticationBackend):
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/authentication/__init__.py b/src/backend/core/tests/authentication/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/test_authentication_get_or_create_user.py b/src/backend/core/tests/authentication/test_backends.py
similarity index 98%
rename from src/backend/core/tests/test_authentication_get_or_create_user.py
rename to src/backend/core/tests/authentication/test_backends.py
index 6bb4974..c0c5dd5 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/test_authentication_get_or_create_user.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/authentication/test_backends.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-"""Unit tests for the `get_or_create_user` function."""
+"""Unit tests for the Authentication Backends."""
 
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
 
 import pytest
 
 from core import models
-from core.authentication import OIDCAuthenticationBackend
+from core.authentication.backends import OIDCAuthenticationBackend
 from core.factories import IdentityFactory
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
diff --git a/src/backend/people/settings.py b/src/backend/people/settings.py
index c4175e2..ec0d22b 100755
--- a/src/backend/people/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/people/settings.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class Base(Configuration):
 
     AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
         "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
-        "core.authentication.OIDCAuthenticationBackend",
+        "core.authentication.backends.OIDCAuthenticationBackend",
     ]
 
     # Django's applications from the highest priority to the lowest