diff --git a/pkg/injector/envoy_config.go b/pkg/injector/envoy_config.go
index edfb30d2e4..10e0d6f90e 100644
--- a/pkg/injector/envoy_config.go
+++ b/pkg/injector/envoy_config.go
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/durationpb"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
@@ -27,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/certificate"
 	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/configurator"
 	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/constants"
+	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/utils"
 	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/version"
 )
 
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ func getEnvoyConfigYAML(config envoyBootstrapConfigMeta, cfg configurator.Config
 	}
 	bootstrap.StaticResources = staticResources
 
-	configYAML, err := protoToYAML(bootstrap)
+	configYAML, err := utils.ProtoToYAML(bootstrap)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("Failed to marshal envoy bootstrap config to yaml")
 		return nil, err
@@ -299,38 +297,3 @@ func getXdsCluster(config envoyBootstrapConfigMeta) (*xds_cluster.Cluster, error
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
-
-func protoToYAML(m protoreflect.ProtoMessage) ([]byte, error) {
-	marshalOptions := protojson.MarshalOptions{
-		UseProtoNames: true,
-	}
-	configJSON, err := marshalOptions.Marshal(m)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	configYAML, err := jsonToYAML(configJSON)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("Error marshaling xDS struct into YAML")
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return configYAML, err
-}
-
-// Reference impl taken from https://github.com/ghodss/yaml/blob/master/yaml.go#L87
-func jsonToYAML(jb []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	// Convert the JSON to an object.
-	var jsonObj interface{}
-	// We are using yaml.Unmarshal here (instead of json.Unmarshal) because the
-	// Go JSON library doesn't try to pick the right number type (int, float,
-	// etc.) when unmarshalling to interface{}, it just picks float64
-	// universally. go-yaml does go through the effort of picking the right
-	// number type, so we can preserve number type throughout this process.
-	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(jb), &jsonObj)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// Marshal this object into YAML.
-	return yaml.Marshal(jsonObj)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/injector/envoy_config_test.go b/pkg/injector/envoy_config_test.go
index 102a5d2cc8..c297003d4f 100644
--- a/pkg/injector/envoy_config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/injector/envoy_config_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/configurator"
 	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/constants"
 	k8s "github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/kubernetes"
+	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/utils"
 	"github.com/openservicemesh/osm/pkg/version"
 )
 
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test functions creating Envoy bootstrap configuration", func()
 			actualXds, err := getXdsCluster(config)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
-			actualYAML, err := protoToYAML(actualXds)
+			actualYAML, err := utils.ProtoToYAML(actualXds)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 			saveActualEnvoyYAML(actualXDSClusterWithoutProbesFileName, actualYAML)
 			// The "marshalAndSaveToFile" function converts the complex struct into a human readable text, which helps us spot the
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test functions creating Envoy bootstrap configuration", func()
 			actualXds, err := getXdsCluster(config)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
-			actualYAML, err := protoToYAML(actualXds)
+			actualYAML, err := utils.ProtoToYAML(actualXds)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 			saveActualEnvoyYAML(actualXDSClusterWithProbesFileName, actualYAML)
 			// The "marshalAndSaveToFile" function converts the complex struct into a human readable text, which helps us spot the
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test functions creating Envoy bootstrap configuration", func()
 			actualXds, err := getStaticResources(config)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
-			actualYAML, err := protoToYAML(actualXds)
+			actualYAML, err := utils.ProtoToYAML(actualXds)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 			saveActualEnvoyYAML(actualXDSStaticResourcesWithProbesFileName, actualYAML)
 
diff --git a/pkg/utils/proto.go b/pkg/utils/proto.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2465318ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/proto.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+// ProtoToYAML converts a Proto message to it's YAML representation in bytes
+func ProtoToYAML(m protoreflect.ProtoMessage) ([]byte, error) {
+	marshalOptions := protojson.MarshalOptions{
+		UseProtoNames: true,
+	}
+	configJSON, err := marshalOptions.Marshal(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	configYAML, err := jsonToYAML(configJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("Error marshaling xDS struct into YAML")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return configYAML, err
+}
+
+// jsonToYAML converts a JSON representation in bytes to the corresponding YAML representation in bytes
+// Reference impl taken from https://github.com/ghodss/yaml/blob/master/yaml.go#L87
+func jsonToYAML(jb []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	// Convert the JSON to an object.
+	var jsonObj interface{}
+	// We are using yaml.Unmarshal here (instead of json.Unmarshal) because the
+	// Go JSON library doesn't try to pick the right number type (int, float,
+	// etc.) when unmarshalling to interface{}, it just picks float64
+	// universally. go-yaml does go through the effort of picking the right
+	// number type, so we can preserve number type throughout this process.
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(jb), &jsonObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Marshal this object into YAML.
+	return yaml.Marshal(jsonObj)
+}