diff --git a/tests/cts/net/Android.bp b/tests/cts/net/Android.bp
index b00455d9ef..624d149776 100644
--- a/tests/cts/net/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/cts/net/Android.bp
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-android_test {
-    name: "CtsNetTestCases",
+java_defaults {
+    name: "CtsNetTestCasesDefaults",
     defaults: ["cts_defaults"],
 
     // Include both the 32 and 64 bit versions
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ android_test {
         "libnativehelper_compat_libc++",
     ],
 
-    // include CtsTestServer as a temporary hack to free net.cts from cts.stub.
     srcs: [
         "src/**/*.java",
         "src/**/*.kt",
@@ -54,13 +53,33 @@ android_test {
     // uncomment when b/13249961 is fixed
     // sdk_version: "current",
     platform_apis: true,
+}
 
-    // Tag this module as a cts test artifact
+// Networking CTS tests for development and release. These tests always target the platform SDK
+// version, and are subject to all the restrictions appropriate to that version. Before SDK
+// finalization, these tests have a min_sdk_version of 10000, and cannot be installed on release
+// devices.
+android_test {
+    name: "CtsNetTestCases",
+    defaults: ["CtsNetTestCasesDefaults"],
     test_suites: [
         "cts",
         "vts",
         "general-tests",
+    ],
+    test_config_template: "AndroidTestTemplate.xml",
+}
+
+// Networking CTS tests that have a min_sdk_version of the latest released SDK. These tests can
+// be installed on release devices at any point in the release cycle and are useful for qualifying
+// mainline modules on release devices.
+android_test {
+    name: "CtsNetTestCasesLatestSdk",
+    defaults: ["CtsNetTestCasesDefaults"],
+    min_sdk_version: "29",
+    target_sdk_version: "29",
+    test_suites: [
         "mts",
     ],
-
+    test_config_template: "AndroidTestTemplate.xml",
 }
diff --git a/tests/cts/net/AndroidTest.xml b/tests/cts/net/AndroidTestTemplate.xml
similarity index 92%
rename from tests/cts/net/AndroidTest.xml
rename to tests/cts/net/AndroidTestTemplate.xml
index 3ff019e386..1f75da1860 100644
--- a/tests/cts/net/AndroidTest.xml
+++ b/tests/cts/net/AndroidTestTemplate.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
      limitations under the License.
 -->
-<configuration description="Config for CTS Net test cases">
+<configuration description="Test config for {MODULE}">
     <option name="test-suite-tag" value="cts" />
     <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="component" value="networking" />
     <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="token" value="SIM_CARD" />
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <option name="not-shardable" value="true" />
     <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.suite.SuiteApkInstaller">
         <option name="cleanup-apks" value="true" />
-        <option name="test-file-name" value="CtsNetTestCases.apk" />
+        <option name="test-file-name" value="{MODULE}.apk" />
     </target_preparer>
     <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.AndroidJUnitTest" >
         <option name="package" value="android.net.cts" />