diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 7397d95d0..63b9cc76a 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ export default tseslint.config(
   {
     ignores: [
       '**/*.mock.*',
+      '**/*.setup-file.*',
       '**/code-pushup.config.ts',
       '**/mocks/fixtures/**',
       '**/__snapshots__/**',
diff --git a/examples/plugins/src/lighthouse/mock/fixtures/lhr.ts b/examples/plugins/src/lighthouse/mocks/fixtures/lhr.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/plugins/src/lighthouse/mock/fixtures/lhr.ts
rename to examples/plugins/src/lighthouse/mocks/fixtures/lhr.ts
diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index 7e7265dfe..c77d9dff8 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
       "!{workspaceRoot}/**/.code-pushup/**/*",
       "!{projectRoot}/code-pushup.config.?(m)[jt]s",
       "!{projectRoot}/code-pushup.config.bundled_*.mjs",
-      "!{projectRoot}/@(test|mocks|mock)/**/*",
+      "!{projectRoot}/@(test|mocks)/**/*",
       "!{projectRoot}/**/?(*.)test.[jt]s?(x)?(.snap)",
-      "!{projectRoot}/**/?(*.)mocks.[jt]s?(x)",
       "!{projectRoot}/**/?(*.)mock.[jt]s?(x)",
       "!{projectRoot}/vitest.@(unit|int|e2e).config.[jt]s",
       "!{projectRoot}/dist/**/*",
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/mock/fixtures/env.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/mocks/fixtures/env.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/nx-plugin/mock/fixtures/env.ts
rename to packages/nx-plugin/mocks/fixtures/env.ts
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/mock/utils/executor.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/mocks/utils/executor.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/nx-plugin/mock/utils/executor.ts
rename to packages/nx-plugin/mocks/utils/executor.ts
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/cli/utils.int.test.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/cli/utils.int.test.ts
index cecff0afc..6a15be36b 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/cli/utils.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/cli/utils.int.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import type { UploadConfig } from '@code-pushup/models';
-import { normalizedExecutorContext } from '../../../mock/utils/executor.js';
+import { normalizedExecutorContext } from '../../../mocks/utils/executor.js';
 import * as config from '../internal/config.js';
 import { parseCliExecutorOptions } from './utils.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/internal/config.int.test.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/internal/config.int.test.ts
index 54b2e32dc..79a27da14 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/internal/config.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/internal/config.int.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { ENV } from '../../../mock/fixtures/env.js';
+import { ENV } from '../../../mocks/fixtures/env.js';
 import { uploadConfig } from './config.js';
 import * as env from './env.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/internal/config.unit.test.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/internal/config.unit.test.ts
index c9d948bdd..a44590c70 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/internal/config.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/executors/internal/config.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { type MockInstance, describe, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { osAgnosticPath } from '@code-pushup/test-utils';
-import { ENV } from '../../../mock/fixtures/env.js';
+import { ENV } from '../../../mocks/fixtures/env.js';
 import { globalConfig, persistConfig, uploadConfig } from './config.js';
 
 describe('globalConfig', () => {
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/tsconfig.test.json b/packages/nx-plugin/tsconfig.test.json
index 7bbd41b93..54cacd82f 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/tsconfig.test.json
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/tsconfig.test.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "include": [
     "vitest.unit.config.ts",
     "vitest.int.config.ts",
-    "mock/**/*.ts",
+    "mocks/**/*.ts",
     "src/**/*.test.ts",
     "src/**/*.test.tsx",
     "src/**/*.test.js",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-lighthouse/CONTRIBUTING.md b/packages/plugin-lighthouse/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6ab94e123..0b1d215ec 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-lighthouse/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-lighthouse/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ To test lighthouse properly we work with a predefined testing setup.
 
 On some OS there could be a problem finding the path to Chrome.
 
-We try to detect it automatically in the [`chrome-path.mock.ts` script](../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.mock.ts).
+We try to detect it automatically in the [`chrome-path.setup-file.ts` script](../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.setup-file.ts).
 There we use `getChromePath` and have `chromium` installed as NPM package, so detecting the path should not cause any problem.
 
 However, if no chrome path is detected automatically the error looks like this:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ In the CI you can set a static path if needed over the env variable like this:
 # ...
 ```
 
-We consider this path in our `beforeAll` hook in a [`chrome-path.mock.ts` script](../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.mock.ts).
+We consider this path in our `beforeAll` hook in a [`chrome-path.setup-file.ts` script](../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.setup-file.ts).
 
 ### Testing chrome flags
 
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ For a full list of available flags check out [this document](https://peter.sh/ex
 
 ### Chrome User Data
 
-To bootstrap Chrome with a predefined for setting we have to provide a couple of config files that we located under `<project-root>/mock/chromium-user-data`.
+To bootstrap Chrome with a predefined for setting we have to provide a couple of config files that we located under `<project-root>/mocks/chromium-user-data`.
 When executing Lighthouse we provide the path to this folder over the `Flag` object.
 
 To generate initialise or edit the file structure under `chromium-user-data` do the following steps:
 
-1. Spin up Chrome by running `npx chrome-debug --user-data-dir=./packages/plugin-lighthouse/mock/chromium-user-data`
+1. Spin up Chrome by running `npx chrome-debug --user-data-dir=./packages/plugin-lighthouse/mocks/chromium-user-data`
    <img width="1202" alt="chrome-blank-screen" src="./docs/images/chrome-blank-screen.png">
 
-2. If you do this the first time you should already see content under `<project-root>/mock/chromium-user-data`
+2. If you do this the first time you should already see content under `<project-root>/mocks/chromium-user-data`
 3. Edit the configuration over the Chrome UI. E.g. adding a profile
 4. Close chromium and open it again, and you should see chromium bootstraps as the configured user
    <img width="1202" alt="chrome-blank-screen-pre-configured" src="./docs/images/chrome-blank-screen-pre-configure.png">
diff --git a/testing/test-setup-config/src/lib/vitest-config-factory.unit.test.ts b/testing/test-setup-config/src/lib/vitest-config-factory.unit.test.ts
index a92a3e4bf..84293c3e1 100644
--- a/testing/test-setup-config/src/lib/vitest-config-factory.unit.test.ts
+++ b/testing/test-setup-config/src/lib/vitest-config-factory.unit.test.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('createVitestConfig', () => {
           ],
           globalSetup: ['../../global-setup.ts'],
           setupFiles: expect.arrayContaining([
-            '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.mocks.ts',
-            '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.mock.ts',
+            '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts',
+            '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.setup-file.ts',
           ]),
           coverage: expect.objectContaining({
             reporter: ['text', 'lcov'],
@@ -70,19 +70,19 @@ describe('createVitestConfig', () => {
 
       const setupFiles = config.test!.setupFiles;
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.mocks.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/portal-client.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/portal-client.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
         '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/extend/markdown-table.matcher.ts',
@@ -141,16 +141,16 @@ describe('createVitestConfig', () => {
 
       const setupFiles = config.test!.setupFiles;
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).not.toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).not.toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/cliui.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/cliui.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).not.toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
         '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/extend/path.matcher.ts',
@@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ describe('createVitestConfig', () => {
       const setupFiles = config.test!.setupFiles;
       // Should only include reset mocks
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.mocks.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts',
       );
       // Should NOT include fs, git, etc.
       expect(setupFiles).not.toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.setup-file.ts',
       );
       expect(setupFiles).not.toContain(
-        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.mock.ts',
+        '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.setup-file.ts',
       );
       // Should include all matchers
       expect(setupFiles).toContain(
diff --git a/testing/test-setup-config/src/lib/vitest-setup-files.ts b/testing/test-setup-config/src/lib/vitest-setup-files.ts
index ccc34bbea..62e352b35 100644
--- a/testing/test-setup-config/src/lib/vitest-setup-files.ts
+++ b/testing/test-setup-config/src/lib/vitest-setup-files.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ const CUSTOM_MATCHERS = [
  * which is why they use `../../` to navigate to the workspace root first.
  */
 const UNIT_TEST_SETUP_FILES = [
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.mocks.ts',
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.mock.ts',
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.mock.ts',
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.mock.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.setup-file.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.setup-file.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.setup-file.ts',
   '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/performance.setup-file.ts',
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/portal-client.mock.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/portal-client.setup-file.ts',
   '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/process.setup-file.ts',
   ...CUSTOM_MATCHERS,
 ] as const;
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ const UNIT_TEST_SETUP_FILES = [
 
  */
 const INT_TEST_SETUP_FILES = [
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.mocks.ts',
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.mock.ts',
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.mock.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.setup-file.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.setup-file.ts',
   ...CUSTOM_MATCHERS,
 ] as const;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const INT_TEST_SETUP_FILES = [
  * which is why they use `../../` to navigate to the workspace root first.
  */
 const E2E_TEST_SETUP_FILES = [
-  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.mocks.ts',
+  '../../testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts',
   ...CUSTOM_MATCHERS,
 ] as const;
 
diff --git a/testing/test-setup/README.md b/testing/test-setup/README.md
index c3b1e60e0..1c3d1b956 100644
--- a/testing/test-setup/README.md
+++ b/testing/test-setup/README.md
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ See [`@code-pushup/test-setup-config` docs](../test-setup-config/README.md) on h
 In this library you can find all files that can be used in `setupFiles` property of `vitest.config.(unit|int|e2e).ts` files. Currently include:
 
 - [console](./src/lib/console.mock.ts) mocking
-- [file system](./src/lib/fs.mock.ts) mocking
-- [`portal-client`](./src/lib/portal-client.mock.ts) mocking
-- [git](./src/lib/git.mock.ts) mocking
+- [file system](./src/lib/fs.setup-file.ts) mocking
+- [`portal-client`](./src/lib/portal-client.setup-file.ts) mocking
+- [git](./src/lib/git.setup-file.ts) mocking
 
 Additionally, you may find helper functions for:
 
 - setting up and tearing down a [testing folder](./src/lib/test-folder.setup.ts)
-- [resetting](./src/lib/reset.mocks.ts) mocks
+- [resetting](./src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts) mocks
diff --git a/testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.mock.ts b/testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.setup-file.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.mock.ts
rename to testing/test-setup/src/lib/chrome-path.setup-file.ts
diff --git a/testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.mock.ts b/testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.setup-file.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.mock.ts
rename to testing/test-setup/src/lib/fs.setup-file.ts
diff --git a/testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.mock.ts b/testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.setup-file.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.mock.ts
rename to testing/test-setup/src/lib/git.setup-file.ts
diff --git a/testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.mock.ts b/testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.setup-file.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.mock.ts
rename to testing/test-setup/src/lib/logger.setup-file.ts
diff --git a/testing/test-setup/src/lib/portal-client.mock.ts b/testing/test-setup/src/lib/portal-client.setup-file.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/test-setup/src/lib/portal-client.mock.ts
rename to testing/test-setup/src/lib/portal-client.setup-file.ts
diff --git a/testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.mocks.ts b/testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.mocks.ts
rename to testing/test-setup/src/lib/reset.setup-file.ts