diff --git a/tests/acceptance/config/behat.yml b/tests/acceptance/config/behat.yml
index 2ec0d263056..2559504c3c2 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/config/behat.yml
+++ b/tests/acceptance/config/behat.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ default:
         - PublicWebDavContext:
         - TrashbinContext:
         - WebDavPropertiesContext:
+        - WebDavLockingContext:
+
     apiSpaces:
       paths:
         - '%paths.base%/../features/apiSpaces'
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ default:
         - SearchContext:
         - TrashbinContext:
         - WebDavPropertiesContext:
+        - WebDavLockingContext:
         - TusContext:
 
     apiArchiver:
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ default:
         - FavoritesContext:
         - TrashbinContext:
         - WebDavPropertiesContext:
+        - WebDavLockingContext:
 
     apiGraph:
       paths:
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SpacesContext.php b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SpacesContext.php
index bba15fba5cb..60e805aa7d9 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SpacesContext.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SpacesContext.php
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ class SpacesContext implements Context {
 	 */
 	private FavoritesContext $favoritesContext;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var WebDavLockingContext
+	 */
+	private WebDavLockingContext $webDavLockingContext;
+
 	/**
 	 * @var string
 	 */
@@ -451,6 +456,7 @@ public function setUpScenario(BeforeScenarioScope $scope): void {
 		$this->trashbinContext = $environment->getContext('TrashbinContext');
 		$this->webDavPropertiesContext = $environment->getContext('WebDavPropertiesContext');
 		$this->favoritesContext = $environment->getContext('FavoritesContext');
+		$this->webDavLockingContext = $environment->getContext('WebDavLockingContext');
 		// Run the BeforeScenario function in OCSContext to set it up correctly
 		$this->ocsContext->before($scope);
 		$this->baseUrl = \trim($this->featureContext->getBaseUrl(), "/");
@@ -2986,60 +2992,6 @@ public function userHasStoredEtagOfElementOnPathFromSpace($user, $path, $storePa
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Request to lock the resource inside of space
-	 *
-	 * @param string $user
-	 * @param string $resource
-	 * @param TableNode $properties
-	 * @param string $spaceName
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 * @throws GuzzleException
-	 */
-	public function sendRequestToLockResouceInsideOfSpace(string $user, string $resource, TableNode $properties, string $spaceName):void {
-		$body
-			= "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>" .
-			"<d:lockinfo xmlns:d='DAV:'> ";
-		$headers = [];
-		$this->featureContext->verifyTableNodeRows($properties, [], ['lockscope', 'depth', 'timeout']);
-		$propertiesRows = $properties->getRowsHash();
-		foreach ($propertiesRows as $property => $value) {
-			if ($property === "depth" || $property === "timeout") {
-				//properties that are set in the header not in the xml
-				$headers[$property] = $value;
-			} else {
-				$body .= "<d:$property><d:$value/></d:$property>";
-			}
-		}
-		$body .= "</d:lockinfo>";
-		$space = $this->getSpaceByName($user, $spaceName);
-		$fullUrl = $space['root']['webDavUrl'] . '/' . ltrim($resource, '/');
-		$this->featureContext->setResponse(
-			HttpRequestHelper::sendRequest(
-				$fullUrl,
-				"",
-				'LOCK',
-				$user,
-				$this->featureContext->getPasswordForUser($user),
-				[],
-				$body
-			)
-		);
-		$this->featureContext->theHTTPStatusCodeShouldBe(
-			200,
-			__METHOD__ . " Failed to lock the resource $resource"
-		);
-		$responseXml = $this->featureContext->getResponseXml(null, __METHOD__);
-		$this->featureContext->setResponseXmlObject($responseXml);
-		$xmlPart = $responseXml->xpath("//d:locktoken/d:href");
-		if (\is_array($xmlPart) && isset($xmlPart[0])) {
-			$this->tokenOfLastLock[$user][$resource] = (string) $xmlPart[0];
-		} else {
-			Assert::fail("could not find lock token after trying to lock '$resource'");
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @Given /^user "([^"]*)" has locked folder "([^"]*)" inside space "([^"]*)" setting the following properties$/
 	 *
@@ -3051,7 +3003,8 @@ public function sendRequestToLockResouceInsideOfSpace(string $user, string $reso
 	 * @throws Exception | GuzzleException
 	 */
 	public function userHasLockedResourceOfSpace(string $user, string $resource, TableNode $properties, string $spaceName) {
-		$this->sendRequestToLockResouceInsideOfSpace($user, $resource, $properties, $spaceName);
+		$this->setSpaceIDByName($user, $spaceName);
+		$this->webDavLockingContext->lockFileUsingWebDavAPI($user, $resource, $properties);
 	}
 
 	/**