diff --git a/app/assets/api/routes.py b/app/assets/api/routes.py
index 544a614f2..389ca1462 100644
--- a/app/assets/api/routes.py
+++ b/app/assets/api/routes.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from app.assets.services import (
     update_asset_metadata,
     upload_from_temp_path,
 )
-from app.assets.services.cursor import InvalidCursorError
+from utils.cursor import InvalidCursorError
 from app.assets.services.tagging import list_tag_histogram
 
 ROUTES = web.RouteTableDef()
diff --git a/app/assets/services/asset_management.py b/app/assets/services/asset_management.py
index 1072c95fa..5df630156 100644
--- a/app/assets/services/asset_management.py
+++ b/app/assets/services/asset_management.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
 from datetime import timezone
 from typing import Sequence
 
-from app.assets.services.cursor import (
+from utils.cursor import (
     CursorPayload,
     InvalidCursorError,
     decode_cursor,
diff --git a/tests-unit/assets_test/services/test_cursor.py b/tests-unit/assets_test/services/test_cursor.py
index 47970e168..18863cd22 100644
--- a/tests-unit/assets_test/services/test_cursor.py
+++ b/tests-unit/assets_test/services/test_cursor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Tests for app.assets.services.cursor.
+"""Tests for utils.cursor.
 
 Cursors are opaque tokens internal to this server — these tests cover
 round-tripping, validation, and length caps, not any particular wire
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
 import pytest
 
-from app.assets.services.cursor import (
+from utils.cursor import (
     MAX_CURSOR_ID_LENGTH,
     MAX_CURSOR_VALUE_LENGTH,
     MAX_ENCODED_CURSOR_LENGTH,
diff --git a/app/assets/services/cursor.py b/utils/cursor.py
similarity index 99%
rename from app/assets/services/cursor.py
rename to utils/cursor.py
index 6c7791528..d140f8fef 100644
--- a/app/assets/services/cursor.py
+++ b/utils/cursor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Opaque keyset-pagination cursor for /api/assets.
+"""Opaque keyset-pagination cursor shared by /api/assets and /api/jobs.
 
 Payload JSON uses short keys to keep the encoded length small: