diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 20175e198..612114200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: test tokio full
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
-          cargo nextest run --features full
-          cargo test --doc --features full
+          # We use `--features "full,test-util"` instead of `--all-features` since
+          # `--all-features` includes `io_uring`, which is not available on all targets.
+          cargo nextest run --features full,test-util
+          cargo test --doc --features full,test-util
         working-directory: tokio
 
   test-workspace-all-features:
@@ -245,9 +247,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - os: windows-latest
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-          - os: macos-latest
+          # We use `--features "full,test-util"` instead of `--all-features` since
+          # `--all-features` includes `io_uring`, which is not available on all targets.
+          - { os: windows-latest, features: "full,test-util" }
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, features: "full,test-util" }
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, features: "full,test-util,io-uring" }
+          - { os: macos-latest, features: "full,test-util" }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Install Rust ${{ env.rust_stable }}
@@ -265,8 +270,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: test tokio full --cfg unstable
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
-          cargo nextest run --all-features
-          cargo test --doc --all-features
+          cargo nextest run --features ${{ matrix.features }}
+          cargo test --doc --features ${{ matrix.features }}
         working-directory: tokio
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_unstable -Dwarnings
@@ -308,50 +313,6 @@ jobs:
           # the unstable cfg to RustDoc
           RUSTDOCFLAGS: --cfg tokio_unstable --cfg tokio_taskdump
 
-  test-uring:
-    name: test tokio full --cfg tokio_uring
-    needs: basics
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: check if io-uring is supported in the CI environment
-        run: |
-          # Try to read the io-uring setting in the kernel config file.
-          # https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/75f5f23f8787c5e184fcb2fbcd02d8e9317dc5e7/init/Kconfig#L1782-L1789
-          CONFIG_FILE="/boot/config-$(uname -r)"
-          echo "Checking $CONFIG_FILE for io-uring support"
-          if ! grep -q "CONFIG_IO_URING=y" "$CONFIG_FILE"; then
-            echo "Error: io_uring is not supported"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      - name: Install Rust ${{ env.rust_stable }}
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-        with:
-            toolchain: ${{ env.rust_stable }}
-
-      - name: Install cargo-nextest
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
-        with:
-          tool: cargo-nextest
-
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - name: test tokio full --cfg tokio_uring
-        run: |
-          set -euxo pipefail
-          cargo nextest run --all-features
-          cargo test --doc --all-features
-        working-directory: tokio
-        env:
-          RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_uring -Dwarnings
-          # in order to run doctests for unstable features, we must also pass
-          # the unstable cfg to RustDoc
-          RUSTDOCFLAGS: --cfg tokio_uring
-
   check-unstable-mt-counters:
     name: check tokio full --internal-mt-counters
     needs: basics
@@ -510,7 +471,8 @@ jobs:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
 
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - run: cargo check --workspace --all-features --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+      # We don't use --all-features since io-uring will be enabled and is not supported on those targets.
+      - run: cargo check --workspace --features full,test-util --target ${{ matrix.target }}
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_unstable -Dwarnings
 
@@ -580,8 +542,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Tests run with all features (including parking_lot)
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
-          cargo nextest run -p tokio --all-features --target ${{ matrix.target }}
-          cargo test --doc -p tokio --all-features --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+          # We use `--features "full,test-util"` instead of `--all-features` since
+          # `--all-features` includes `io_uring`, which is not available on all targets.
+          cargo nextest run -p tokio --features full,test-util --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+          cargo test --doc -p tokio --features full,test-util --target ${{ matrix.target }}
         env:
           RUST_TEST_THREADS: 1
           RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_unstable -Dwarnings --cfg tokio_no_tuning_tests ${{ matrix.rustflags }}
@@ -630,6 +594,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Tests run with all features (without parking_lot)
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
+          # We use `--features "full,test-util"` instead of `--all-features` since
+          # `--all-features` includes `io_uring`, which is not available on all targets.
           cargo nextest run -p tokio --features full,test-util --target ${{ matrix.target }}
           cargo test --doc -p tokio --features full,test-util --target ${{ matrix.target }}
         env:
@@ -662,8 +628,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: test tokio --all-features
         run: |
-          cargo nextest run -Zbuild-std --target target-specs/i686-unknown-linux-gnu.json -p tokio --all-features
-          cargo test --doc -Zbuild-std --target target-specs/i686-unknown-linux-gnu.json -p tokio --all-features
+          # We use `--features "full,test-util"` instead of `--all-features` since
+          # `--all-features` includes `io_uring`, which is not available on all targets.
+          cargo nextest run -Zbuild-std --target target-specs/i686-unknown-linux-gnu.json -p tokio --features full,test-util
+          cargo test --doc -Zbuild-std --target target-specs/i686-unknown-linux-gnu.json -p tokio --features full,test-util
         env:
           RUST_TEST_THREADS: 1
           RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_unstable --cfg tokio_taskdump -Dwarnings --cfg tokio_no_tuning_tests
@@ -689,7 +657,8 @@ jobs:
       # https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/5356
       # https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/5373
       - name: Check
-        run: cargo hack check -Zbuild-std --target target-specs/i686-unknown-linux-gnu.json -p tokio --feature-powerset --depth 2 --keep-going
+        # We use `--skip io-uring` since io-uring crate doesn't provide a binding for the i686 target.
+        run: cargo hack check -Zbuild-std --target target-specs/i686-unknown-linux-gnu.json -p tokio --feature-powerset --skip io-uring --depth 2 --keep-going
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_unstable --cfg tokio_taskdump -Dwarnings
 
@@ -701,12 +670,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - { name: "", rustflags: "" }
-          # Try with unstable feature flags
           - { name: "--unstable", rustflags: "--cfg tokio_unstable -Dwarnings" }
-          # Try with unstable and taskdump feature flags
           - { name: "--unstable --taskdump", rustflags: "--cfg tokio_unstable -Dwarnings --cfg tokio_taskdump" }
-          - { name: "--tokio_uring", rustflags: "-Dwarnings --cfg tokio_uring" }
-          - { name: "--unstable --taskdump --tokio_uring", rustflags: "--cfg tokio_unstable -Dwarnings --cfg tokio_taskdump --cfg tokio_uring" }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Install Rust ${{ env.rust_nightly }}
@@ -769,7 +734,7 @@ jobs:
           cargo hack check --all-features --ignore-private
       - name: "check --all-features --unstable -Z minimal-versions"
         env:
-          RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_unstable --cfg tokio_taskdump --cfg tokio_uring -Dwarnings
+          RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_unstable --cfg tokio_taskdump -Dwarnings
         run: |
           # Remove dev-dependencies from Cargo.toml to prevent the next `cargo update`
           # from determining minimal versions based on dev-dependencies.
@@ -805,7 +770,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         rustflags:
           - ""
-          - "--cfg tokio_unstable --cfg tokio_taskdump --cfg tokio_uring -Dwarnings"
+          - "--cfg tokio_unstable --cfg tokio_taskdump -Dwarnings"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Install Rust ${{ env.rust_clippy }}
@@ -828,8 +793,8 @@ jobs:
         run:
           - os: windows-latest
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_taskdump --cfg tokio_uring
-            RUSTDOCFLAGS: --cfg tokio_taskdump --cfg tokio_uring
+            RUSTFLAGS: --cfg tokio_taskdump
+            RUSTDOCFLAGS: --cfg tokio_taskdump
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/uring-kernel-version-test.yml b/.github/workflows/uring-kernel-version-test.yml
index 29466fe23..95c91c874 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/uring-kernel-version-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/uring-kernel-version-test.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # Build both integration (tokio/tests/) and unit (e.g., tokio/src/fs/file/tests.rs) tests with io_uring enabled
           rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-          RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_uring" \
-            cargo test -p tokio --features full \
+          RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable" \
+            cargo test -p tokio --features full,io-uring \
             --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl --test 'fs*' --lib --no-run
 
       - name: Prepare initramfs + tests binaries
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ed579b13..8f1a02ec8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@ unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = [
   'cfg(tokio_no_tuning_tests)',
   'cfg(tokio_taskdump)',
   'cfg(tokio_unstable)',
-  'cfg(tokio_uring)',
   'cfg(target_os, values("cygwin"))',
 ] }
diff --git a/tokio/Cargo.toml b/tokio/Cargo.toml
index 52085e9e3..01daacd98 100644
--- a/tokio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ signal = [
 sync = []
 test-util = ["rt", "sync", "time"]
 time = []
+# Unstable feature. Requires `--cfg tokio_unstable` to enable.
+io-uring = ["dep:io-uring", "libc", "mio/os-poll", "mio/os-ext", "dep:slab"]
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio-macros = { version = "~2.5.0", path = "../tokio-macros", optional = true }
@@ -103,11 +105,13 @@ socket2 = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true, features = ["all"] }
 [target.'cfg(tokio_unstable)'.dependencies]
 tracing = { version = "0.1.29", default-features = false, features = ["std"], optional = true } # Not in full
 
-[target.'cfg(all(tokio_uring, target_os = "linux"))'.dependencies]
-io-uring = { version = "0.7.6", default-features = false }
-libc = { version = "0.2.168" }
-mio = { version = "1.0.1", default-features = false, features = ["os-poll", "os-ext"] }
-slab = "0.4.9"
+# Currently unstable. The API exposed by these features may be broken at any time.
+# Requires `--cfg tokio_unstable` to enable.
+[target.'cfg(all(tokio_unstable, target_os = "linux"))'.dependencies]
+io-uring = { version = "0.7.6", default-features = false, optional = true }
+libc = { version = "0.2.168", optional = true }
+mio = { version = "1.0.1", default-features = false, features = ["os-poll", "os-ext"], optional = true }
+slab = { version = "0.4.9", optional = true }
 
 # Currently unstable. The API exposed by these features may be broken at any time.
 # Requires `--cfg tokio_unstable` to enable.
@@ -165,10 +169,10 @@ tracing-mock = "= 0.1.0-beta.1"
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
 # enable unstable features in the documentation
-rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs", "--cfg", "tokio_unstable", "--cfg", "tokio_taskdump", "--cfg", "tokio_uring"]
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs", "--cfg", "tokio_unstable", "--cfg", "tokio_taskdump"]
 # it's necessary to _also_ pass `--cfg tokio_unstable` and `--cfg tokio_taskdump`
 # to rustc, or else dependencies will not be enabled, and the docs build will fail.
-rustc-args = ["--cfg", "tokio_unstable", "--cfg", "tokio_taskdump", "--cfg", "tokio_uring"]
+rustc-args = ["--cfg", "tokio_unstable", "--cfg", "tokio_taskdump"]
 
 [package.metadata.playground]
 features = ["full", "test-util"]
diff --git a/tokio/src/fs/mod.rs b/tokio/src/fs/mod.rs
index 7e0c35ba8..d677645ec 100644
--- a/tokio/src/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/fs/mod.rs
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ pub use self::metadata::metadata;
 
 mod open_options;
 pub use self::open_options::OpenOptions;
-cfg_tokio_uring! {
+cfg_io_uring! {
     pub(crate) use self::open_options::UringOpenOptions;
 }
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/fs/open_options.rs b/tokio/src/fs/open_options.rs
index c10f4ee48..9646dec65 100644
--- a/tokio/src/fs/open_options.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/fs/open_options.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::fs::{asyncify, File};
 use std::io;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-cfg_tokio_uring! {
+cfg_io_uring! {
     mod uring_open_options;
     pub(crate) use uring_open_options::UringOpenOptions;
     use crate::runtime::driver::op::Op;
@@ -92,7 +92,13 @@ pub struct OpenOptions {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 enum Kind {
     Std(StdOpenOptions),
-    #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+    #[cfg(all(
+        tokio_unstable,
+        feature = "io-uring",
+        feature = "rt",
+        feature = "fs",
+        target_os = "linux"
+    ))]
     Uring(UringOpenOptions),
 }
 
@@ -114,9 +120,21 @@ impl OpenOptions {
     /// let future = options.read(true).open("foo.txt");
     /// ```
     pub fn new() -> OpenOptions {
-        #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+        #[cfg(all(
+            tokio_unstable,
+            feature = "io-uring",
+            feature = "rt",
+            feature = "fs",
+            target_os = "linux"
+        ))]
         let inner = Kind::Uring(UringOpenOptions::new());
-        #[cfg(not(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux")))]
+        #[cfg(not(all(
+            tokio_unstable,
+            feature = "io-uring",
+            feature = "rt",
+            feature = "fs",
+            target_os = "linux"
+        )))]
         let inner = Kind::Std(StdOpenOptions::new());
 
         OpenOptions { inner }
@@ -152,7 +170,13 @@ impl OpenOptions {
             Kind::Std(opts) => {
                 opts.read(read);
             }
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux"
+            ))]
             Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                 opts.read(read);
             }
@@ -190,7 +214,13 @@ impl OpenOptions {
             Kind::Std(opts) => {
                 opts.write(write);
             }
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux"
+            ))]
             Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                 opts.write(write);
             }
@@ -257,7 +287,13 @@ impl OpenOptions {
             Kind::Std(opts) => {
                 opts.append(append);
             }
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux"
+            ))]
             Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                 opts.append(append);
             }
@@ -298,7 +334,13 @@ impl OpenOptions {
             Kind::Std(opts) => {
                 opts.truncate(truncate);
             }
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux"
+            ))]
             Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                 opts.truncate(truncate);
             }
@@ -342,7 +384,13 @@ impl OpenOptions {
             Kind::Std(opts) => {
                 opts.create(create);
             }
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux"
+            ))]
             Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                 opts.create(create);
             }
@@ -393,7 +441,13 @@ impl OpenOptions {
             Kind::Std(opts) => {
                 opts.create_new(create_new);
             }
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux"
+            ))]
             Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                 opts.create_new(create_new);
             }
@@ -437,8 +491,9 @@ impl OpenOptions {
     /// # io_uring support
     ///
     /// On Linux, you can also use `io_uring` for executing system calls.
-    /// To enable `io_uring`, you need to specify the `--cfg tokio_uring` flag
-    /// at compile time and set the `Builder::enable_io_uring` runtime option.
+    /// To enable `io_uring`, you need to specify the `--cfg tokio_unstable`
+    /// flag at compile time, enable the `io-uring` cargo feature, and set the
+    /// `Builder::enable_io_uring` runtime option.
     ///
     /// Support for `io_uring` is currently experimental, so its behavior may
     /// change or it may be removed in future versions.
@@ -465,7 +520,13 @@ impl OpenOptions {
     pub async fn open(&self, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> io::Result<File> {
         match &self.inner {
             Kind::Std(opts) => Self::std_open(opts, path).await,
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux"
+            ))]
             Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                 let handle = crate::runtime::Handle::current();
                 let driver_handle = handle.inner.driver().io();
@@ -528,7 +589,13 @@ feature! {
                 Kind::Std(opts) => {
                     opts.mode(mode);
                 }
-                #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+                #[cfg(all(
+                    tokio_unstable,
+                    feature = "io-uring",
+                    feature = "rt",
+                    feature = "fs",
+                    target_os = "linux"
+                ))]
                 Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                     opts.mode(mode);
                 }
@@ -567,7 +634,13 @@ feature! {
                 Kind::Std(opts) => {
                     opts.custom_flags(flags);
                 }
-                #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+                #[cfg(all(
+                    tokio_unstable,
+                    feature = "io-uring",
+                    feature = "rt",
+                    feature = "fs",
+                    target_os = "linux"
+                ))]
                 Kind::Uring(opts) => {
                     opts.custom_flags(flags);
                 }
@@ -766,7 +839,7 @@ impl From<StdOpenOptions> for OpenOptions {
         OpenOptions {
             inner: Kind::Std(options),
             // TODO: Add support for converting `StdOpenOptions` to `UringOpenOptions`
-            // if user enables the `--cfg tokio_uring`. It is blocked by:
+            // if user enables `io-uring` cargo feature. It is blocked by:
             // * https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/74943
             // * https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/76801
         }
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/mod.rs b/tokio/src/io/mod.rs
index 559ffdab1..8b20ea6b3 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -294,6 +294,6 @@ cfg_io_blocking! {
     }
 }
 
-cfg_tokio_uring! {
+cfg_io_uring! {
     pub(crate) mod uring;
 }
diff --git a/tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs b/tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs
index 7c1dcc612..f5dfc3814 100644
--- a/tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ macro_rules! cfg_io_driver {
                 all(unix, feature = "process"),
                 all(unix, feature = "signal"),
                 all(
-                    tokio_uring,
+                    tokio_unstable,
+                    feature = "io-uring",
                     feature = "rt",
                     feature = "fs",
                     target_os = "linux"
@@ -153,7 +154,8 @@ macro_rules! cfg_io_driver {
                 all(unix, feature = "process"),
                 all(unix, feature = "signal"),
                 all(
-                    tokio_uring,
+                    tokio_unstable,
+                    feature = "io-uring",
                     feature = "rt",
                     feature = "fs",
                     target_os = "linux"
@@ -172,7 +174,8 @@ macro_rules! cfg_io_driver_impl {
                 all(unix, feature = "process"),
                 all(unix, feature = "signal"),
                 all(
-                    tokio_uring,
+                    tokio_unstable,
+                    feature = "io-uring",
                     feature = "rt",
                     feature = "fs",
                     target_os = "linux"
@@ -191,7 +194,8 @@ macro_rules! cfg_not_io_driver {
                 all(unix, feature = "process"),
                 all(unix, feature = "signal"),
                 all(
-                    tokio_uring,
+                    tokio_unstable,
+                    feature = "io-uring",
                     feature = "rt",
                     feature = "fs",
                     target_os = "linux"
@@ -330,7 +334,8 @@ macro_rules! cfg_net_or_uring {
             #[cfg(any(
                 feature = "net",
                 all(
-                    tokio_uring,
+                    tokio_unstable,
+                    feature = "io-uring",
                     feature = "rt",
                     feature = "fs",
                     target_os = "linux",
@@ -341,7 +346,8 @@ macro_rules! cfg_net_or_uring {
                 doc(cfg(any(
                     feature = "net",
                     all(
-                        tokio_uring,
+                        tokio_unstable,
+                        feature = "io-uring",
                         feature = "rt",
                         feature = "fs",
                         target_os = "linux",
@@ -691,11 +697,12 @@ macro_rules! cfg_metrics_variant {
     }
 }
 
-macro_rules! cfg_tokio_uring {
+macro_rules! cfg_io_uring {
     ($($item:item)*) => {
         $(
             #[cfg(all(
-                tokio_uring,
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
                 feature = "rt",
                 feature = "fs",
                 target_os = "linux",
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
index 3fc3cfe7c..c11cd3b74 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
@@ -339,7 +339,13 @@ impl Builder {
         ))]
         self.enable_io();
 
-        #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux",))]
+        #[cfg(all(
+            tokio_unstable,
+            feature = "io-uring",
+            feature = "rt",
+            feature = "fs",
+            target_os = "linux",
+        ))]
         self.enable_io_uring();
 
         #[cfg(feature = "time")]
@@ -1584,7 +1590,7 @@ cfg_time! {
     }
 }
 
-cfg_tokio_uring! {
+cfg_io_uring! {
     impl Builder {
         /// Enables the tokio's io_uring driver.
         ///
@@ -1600,7 +1606,7 @@ cfg_tokio_uring! {
         ///     .build()
         ///     .unwrap();
         /// ```
-        #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(tokio_uring)))]
+        #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "io-uring")))]
         pub fn enable_io_uring(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
             // Currently, the uring flag is equivalent to `enable_io`.
             self.enable_io = true;
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/driver.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/driver.rs
index f06b70427..a1a6df8e0 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/driver.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/driver.rs
@@ -348,6 +348,6 @@ cfg_not_time! {
     }
 }
 
-cfg_tokio_uring! {
+cfg_io_uring! {
     pub(crate) mod op;
 }
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/io/driver.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/io/driver.rs
index 1a49b4742..04540cf2b 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/io/driver.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/io/driver.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 cfg_signal_internal_and_unix! {
     mod signal;
 }
-cfg_tokio_uring! {
+cfg_io_uring! {
     mod uring;
     use uring::UringContext;
     use crate::loom::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize;
@@ -51,10 +51,22 @@ pub(crate) struct Handle {
 
     pub(crate) metrics: IoDriverMetrics,
 
-    #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux",))]
+    #[cfg(all(
+        tokio_unstable,
+        feature = "io-uring",
+        feature = "rt",
+        feature = "fs",
+        target_os = "linux",
+    ))]
     pub(crate) uring_context: Mutex<UringContext>,
 
-    #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux",))]
+    #[cfg(all(
+        tokio_unstable,
+        feature = "io-uring",
+        feature = "rt",
+        feature = "fs",
+        target_os = "linux",
+    ))]
     pub(crate) uring_state: AtomicUsize,
 }
 
@@ -123,9 +135,21 @@ impl Driver {
             #[cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))]
             waker,
             metrics: IoDriverMetrics::default(),
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux",))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux",
+            ))]
             uring_context: Mutex::new(UringContext::new()),
-            #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux",))]
+            #[cfg(all(
+                tokio_unstable,
+                feature = "io-uring",
+                feature = "rt",
+                feature = "fs",
+                target_os = "linux",
+            ))]
             uring_state: AtomicUsize::new(0),
         };
 
@@ -198,7 +222,13 @@ impl Driver {
             }
         }
 
-        #[cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux",))]
+        #[cfg(all(
+            tokio_unstable,
+            feature = "io-uring",
+            feature = "rt",
+            feature = "fs",
+            target_os = "linux",
+        ))]
         {
             let mut guard = handle.get_uring().lock();
             let ctx = &mut *guard;
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/io/mod.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/io/mod.rs
index f58dd6b30..12b0783b6 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/io/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/io/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![cfg_attr(
-    not(all(feature = "rt", feature = "net", tokio_uring)),
+    not(all(feature = "rt", feature = "net", feature = "io-uring", tokio_unstable)),
     allow(dead_code)
 )]
 mod driver;
diff --git a/tokio/tests/fs_try_exists.rs b/tokio/tests/fs_try_exists.rs
index 75cd223fa..5e698cf18 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/fs_try_exists.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/fs_try_exists.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ async fn try_exists() {
     assert!(fs::try_exists(existing_path).await.unwrap());
     assert!(!fs::try_exists(nonexisting_path).await.unwrap());
     // FreeBSD root user always has permission to stat.
-    #[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "freebsd", tokio_uring))))]
+    #[cfg(all(
+        unix,
+        not(any(target_os = "freebsd", all(tokio_unstable, feature = "io-uring")))
+    ))]
     {
         use std::os::unix::prelude::PermissionsExt;
         let permission_denied_directory_path = dir.path().join("baz");
diff --git a/tokio/tests/fs_uring.rs b/tokio/tests/fs_uring.rs
index 04ec62ca3..cd0d207d2 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/fs_uring.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/fs_uring.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 //! Uring file operations tests.
 
-#![cfg(all(tokio_uring, feature = "rt", feature = "fs", target_os = "linux"))]
+#![cfg(all(
+    tokio_unstable,
+    feature = "io-uring",
+    feature = "rt",
+    feature = "fs",
+    target_os = "linux"
+))]
 
 use futures::future::FutureExt;
 use std::sync::mpsc;