diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 198a33ddd331..041171cc7b10 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -991,9 +991,6 @@ cpan/Encode/ucm/viscii.ucm				Unicode Character Map
 cpan/Encode/Unicode/Makefile.PL				Encode extension
 cpan/Encode/Unicode/Unicode.pm				Encode extension
 cpan/Encode/Unicode/Unicode.xs				Encode extension
-cpan/experimental/lib/experimental.pm	Module related to experimental
-cpan/experimental/lib/stable.pm		Module related to experimental
-cpan/experimental/t/basic.t		Test file related to experimental
 cpan/ExtUtils-Constant/lib/ExtUtils/Constant.pm			generate XS code to import C header constants
 cpan/ExtUtils-Constant/lib/ExtUtils/Constant/Base.pm		generate XS code to import C header constants
 cpan/ExtUtils-Constant/lib/ExtUtils/Constant/ProxySubs.pm	generate XS code for proxy constants
@@ -4145,6 +4142,9 @@ dist/encoding-warnings/t/4-lexical.t		tests for encoding::warnings
 dist/Env/lib/Env.pm			Map environment into ordinary variables
 dist/Env/t/array.t			See if Env works for arrays
 dist/Env/t/env.t			See if Env works
+dist/experimental/lib/experimental.pm	Module related to experimental
+dist/experimental/lib/stable.pm		Module related to experimental
+dist/experimental/t/basic.t		Test file related to experimental
 dist/Exporter/Changes			History of changes for Exporter
 dist/Exporter/lib/Exporter.pm		Exporter base class
 dist/Exporter/lib/Exporter/Heavy.pm	Complicated routines for Exporter
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 6ec10a2c6bc4..a4157c467f9d 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
          "dist/Dumpvalue",
          "dist/encoding-warnings",
          "dist/Env",
+         "dist/experimental",
          "dist/Exporter",
          "dist/ExtUtils-CBuilder",
          "dist/ExtUtils-ParseXS",
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 406ae9c9673e..a2b17d127a43 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ no_index:
     - dist/Dumpvalue
     - dist/encoding-warnings
     - dist/Env
+    - dist/experimental
     - dist/Exporter
     - dist/ExtUtils-CBuilder
     - dist/ExtUtils-ParseXS
diff --git a/Porting/Maintainers.pl b/Porting/Maintainers.pl
index 1614c6e6166c..e75cdc8c7ad5 100755
--- a/Porting/Maintainers.pl
+++ b/Porting/Maintainers.pl
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ package Maintainers;
     'experimental' => {
         'DISTRIBUTION' => 'LEONT/experimental-0.036.tar.gz',
         'SYNCINFO'     => 'jkeenan on Sat Jul 19 12:50:08 2025',
-        'FILES'        => q[cpan/experimental],
+        'FILES'        => q[dist/experimental],
         'EXCLUDED'     => [qr{^xt/}],
     },
 
diff --git a/cpan/experimental/lib/experimental.pm b/dist/experimental/lib/experimental.pm
similarity index 100%
rename from cpan/experimental/lib/experimental.pm
rename to dist/experimental/lib/experimental.pm
diff --git a/cpan/experimental/lib/stable.pm b/dist/experimental/lib/stable.pm
similarity index 100%
rename from cpan/experimental/lib/stable.pm
rename to dist/experimental/lib/stable.pm
diff --git a/cpan/experimental/t/basic.t b/dist/experimental/t/basic.t
similarity index 100%
rename from cpan/experimental/t/basic.t
rename to dist/experimental/t/basic.t