diff --git a/Tethering/tests/integration/Android.bp b/Tethering/tests/integration/Android.bp
index 6999ed9a37..351b9f4f5a 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/integration/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/tests/integration/Android.bp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ java_defaults {
         "src/**/*.java",
         "src/**/*.kt",
     ],
+    min_sdk_version: "30",
     static_libs: [
         "NetworkStackApiStableLib",
         "androidx.test.rules",
@@ -44,12 +45,24 @@ java_defaults {
 }
 
 android_library {
-    name: "TetheringIntegrationTestsLib",
+    name: "TetheringIntegrationTestsLatestSdkLib",
+    target_sdk_version: "30",
     platform_apis: true,
     defaults: ["TetheringIntegrationTestsDefaults"],
     visibility: [
-        "//cts/tests/tests/tethering",
         "//packages/modules/Connectivity/tests/cts/tethering",
+        "//packages/modules/Connectivity/Tethering/tests/mts",
+    ]
+}
+
+android_library {
+    name: "TetheringIntegrationTestsLib",
+    target_sdk_version: "current",
+    platform_apis: true,
+    defaults: ["TetheringIntegrationTestsDefaults"],
+    visibility: [
+        "//packages/modules/Connectivity/tests/cts/tethering",
+        "//packages/modules/Connectivity/Tethering/tests/mts",
     ]
 }
 
@@ -70,6 +83,8 @@ android_test {
 android_test {
     name: "TetheringCoverageTests",
     platform_apis: true,
+    min_sdk_version: "30",
+    target_sdk_version: "30",
     test_suites: ["device-tests", "mts"],
     test_config: "AndroidTest_Coverage.xml",
     defaults: ["libnetworkstackutilsjni_deps"],
@@ -78,8 +93,8 @@ android_test {
         "NetdStaticLibTestsLib",
         "NetworkStaticLibTestsLib",
         "NetworkStackTestsLib",
-        "TetheringTestsLib",
-        "TetheringIntegrationTestsLib",
+        "TetheringTestsLatestSdkLib",
+        "TetheringIntegrationTestsLatestSdkLib",
     ],
     jni_libs: [
         // For mockito extended
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/mts/Android.bp b/Tethering/tests/mts/Android.bp
index edb6356a4a..221771fde2 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/mts/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/tests/mts/Android.bp
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ package {
 android_test {
     // This tests for functionality that is not required for devices that
     // don't use Tethering mainline module.
-    name: "MtsTetheringTest",
+    name: "MtsTetheringTestLatestSdk",
+
+    min_sdk_version: "30",
+    target_sdk_version: "30",
 
     libs: [
         "android.test.base",
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/mts/AndroidTest.xml b/Tethering/tests/mts/AndroidTest.xml
index 80788dfa6f..4edd544acf 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/mts/AndroidTest.xml
+++ b/Tethering/tests/mts/AndroidTest.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="parameter" value="secondary_user" />
     <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.suite.SuiteApkInstaller">
         <option name="cleanup-apks" value="true" />
-        <option name="test-file-name" value="MtsTetheringTest.apk" />
+        <option name="test-file-name" value="MtsTetheringTestLatestSdk.apk" />
     </target_preparer>
     <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.AndroidJUnitTest" >
         <option name="package" value="android.tethering.mts" />
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/Android.bp b/Tethering/tests/unit/Android.bp
index d469b3717e..b4b3977fd6 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/Android.bp
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ java_library {
         "framework-tethering.impl",
     ],
     visibility: [
-        "//cts/tests/tests/tethering",
         "//packages/modules/Connectivity/tests/cts/tethering",
     ],
 }
 
 java_defaults {
     name: "TetheringTestsDefaults",
+    min_sdk_version: "30",
     srcs: [
         "src/**/*.java",
         "src/**/*.kt",
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ java_defaults {
 // unit test code. It is not currently used by the tests themselves because all the build
 // configuration needed by the tests is in the TetheringTestsDefaults rule.
 android_library {
-    name: "TetheringTestsLib",
+    name: "TetheringTestsLatestSdkLib",
     defaults: ["TetheringTestsDefaults"],
+    target_sdk_version: "30",
     visibility: [
-        "//frameworks/base/packages/Tethering/tests/integration",
         "//packages/modules/Connectivity/Tethering/tests/integration",
     ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/cts/tethering/Android.bp b/tests/cts/tethering/Android.bp
index fa52e9bb0b..52ce83a12d 100644
--- a/tests/cts/tethering/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/cts/tethering/Android.bp
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ package {
     default_applicable_licenses: ["Android-Apache-2.0"],
 }
 
-android_test {
-    name: "CtsTetheringTest",
+java_defaults {
+    name: "CtsTetheringTestDefaults",
     defaults: ["cts_defaults"],
 
     libs: [
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ android_test {
 
     static_libs: [
         "TetheringCommonTests",
-        "TetheringIntegrationTestsLib",
         "compatibility-device-util-axt",
         "cts-net-utils",
         "net-tests-utils",
@@ -47,14 +46,53 @@ android_test {
 
     // Change to system current when TetheringManager move to bootclass path.
     platform_apis: true,
+}
+
+// Tethering CTS tests that target the latest released SDK. These tests can be installed on release
+// devices which has equal or lowner sdk version than target sdk and are useful for qualifying
+// mainline modules on release devices.
+android_test {
+    name: "CtsTetheringTestLatestSdk",
+    defaults: ["CtsTetheringTestDefaults"],
+
+    min_sdk_version: "30",
+    target_sdk_version: "30",
+
+    static_libs: [
+        "TetheringIntegrationTestsLatestSdkLib",
+    ],
+
+    test_suites: [
+        "general-tests",
+        "mts-tethering",
+    ],
+
+    test_config_template: "AndroidTestTemplate.xml",
+
+    // Include both the 32 and 64 bit versions
+    compile_multilib: "both",
+}
+
+// Tethering 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: "CtsTetheringTest",
+    defaults: ["CtsTetheringTestDefaults"],
+
+    static_libs: [
+        "TetheringIntegrationTestsLib",
+    ],
 
     // Tag this module as a cts test artifact
     test_suites: [
         "cts",
         "general-tests",
-        "mts-tethering",
     ],
 
+    test_config_template: "AndroidTestTemplate.xml",
+
     // Include both the 32 and 64 bit versions
     compile_multilib: "both",
 }
diff --git a/tests/cts/tethering/AndroidTest.xml b/tests/cts/tethering/AndroidTestTemplate.xml
similarity index 89%
rename from tests/cts/tethering/AndroidTest.xml
rename to tests/cts/tethering/AndroidTestTemplate.xml
index e752e3a82a..491b00436c 100644
--- a/tests/cts/tethering/AndroidTest.xml
+++ b/tests/cts/tethering/AndroidTestTemplate.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
 
      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
      limitations under the License.
 -->
-<configuration description="Config for CTS Tethering test cases">
+<configuration description="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" />
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <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="CtsTetheringTest.apk" />
+        <option name="test-file-name" value="{MODULE}.apk" />
     </target_preparer>
     <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.AndroidJUnitTest" >
         <option name="package" value="android.tethering.cts" />