diff --git a/.changeset/seven-bats-travel.md b/.changeset/seven-bats-travel.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03cde47f4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/seven-bats-travel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+"@aws-amplify/ui-react-ai": minor
+---
+
+feat(ai-conversation): add allowAttachments prop
+
+BREAKING - This is a breaking change to an experimental API. Previously, the AIConversation component always allowed attachments. Now you will need to provide the `allowAttachments` prop to get the same behavior. The reason for this change is that attachments can quickly cost a lot based on the token use and we didn't want the default behavior to have that. 
+
+```jsx
+<AIConversation
+  allowAttachments
+  messages={messages}
+  handleSendMessage={handleSendMessage}
+/>
+```
diff --git a/examples/next/pages/ui/components/ai/ai-conversation/index.page.tsx b/examples/next/pages/ui/components/ai/ai-conversation/index.page.tsx
index e043a999150..b71fbecebf9 100644
--- a/examples/next/pages/ui/components/ai/ai-conversation/index.page.tsx
+++ b/examples/next/pages/ui/components/ai/ai-conversation/index.page.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function Chat() {
         messages={messages}
         handleSendMessage={sendMessage}
         isLoading={isLoading}
+        allowAttachments
         suggestedPrompts={[
           {
             inputText: 'hello',
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/AIConversation.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/AIConversation.tsx
index b60f3166b07..a5d74c0944a 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/AIConversation.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/AIConversation.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function AIConversationBase({
   variant,
   isLoading,
   displayText,
+  allowAttachments,
 }: AIConversationBaseProps): JSX.Element {
   const icons = useIcons('aiConversation');
   const defaultAvatars: Avatars = {
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ function AIConversationBase({
       ...avatars,
     },
     isLoading,
+    allowAttachments,
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/context/AttachmentContext.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/context/AttachmentContext.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a51e7dd928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/context/AttachmentContext.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+export const AttachmentContext = React.createContext(false);
+
+export const AttachmentProvider = ({
+  children,
+  allowAttachments,
+}: {
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
+  allowAttachments?: boolean;
+}): JSX.Element => {
+  return (
+    <AttachmentContext.Provider value={allowAttachments ?? false}>
+      {children}
+    </AttachmentContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/context/ControlsContext.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/context/ControlsContext.tsx
index 1b13c88c0b7..096c7c4aba8 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/context/ControlsContext.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/context/ControlsContext.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export interface ControlsContextProps {
   Form?: React.ComponentType<
     {
       handleSubmit: (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => void;
+      allowAttachments?: boolean;
     } & Required<ConversationInputContext>
   >;
   MessageList?: React.ComponentType<{ messages: ConversationMessage[] }>;
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/createAIConversation.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/createAIConversation.tsx
index 58789d2bc22..f894133611a 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/createAIConversation.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/createAIConversation.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export function createAIConversation(input: AIConversationInput = {}): {
     variant,
     controls,
     displayText,
+    allowAttachments,
   } = input;
 
   const Provider = createProvider({
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export function createAIConversation(input: AIConversationInput = {}): {
     variant,
     controls,
     displayText,
+    allowAttachments,
   });
 
   function AIConversation(props: AIConversationProps): JSX.Element {
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/createProvider.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/createProvider.tsx
index cede94d9dfc..0d0f841eb87 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/createProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/createProvider.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   ResponseComponentsProvider,
   SendMessageContextProvider,
 } from './context';
+import { AttachmentProvider } from './context/AttachmentContext';
 
 export default function createProvider({
   elements,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export default function createProvider({
   variant,
   controls,
   displayText,
+  allowAttachments,
 }: Pick<
   AIConversationInput,
   | 'elements'
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ export default function createProvider({
   | 'variant'
   | 'controls'
   | 'displayText'
+  | 'allowAttachments'
 >) {
   return function Provider({
     children,
@@ -57,25 +60,27 @@ export default function createProvider({
         <ControlsProvider controls={controls}>
           <SuggestedPromptProvider suggestedPrompts={suggestedPrompts}>
             <ResponseComponentsProvider responseComponents={responseComponents}>
-              <ConversationDisplayTextProvider {..._displayText}>
-                <ConversationInputContextProvider>
-                  <SendMessageContextProvider
-                    handleSendMessage={handleSendMessage}
-                  >
-                    <AvatarsProvider avatars={avatars}>
-                      <ActionsProvider actions={actions}>
-                        <MessageVariantProvider variant={variant}>
-                          <MessagesProvider messages={messages}>
-                            <LoadingContextProvider isLoading={isLoading}>
-                              {children}
-                            </LoadingContextProvider>
-                          </MessagesProvider>
-                        </MessageVariantProvider>
-                      </ActionsProvider>
-                    </AvatarsProvider>
-                  </SendMessageContextProvider>
-                </ConversationInputContextProvider>
-              </ConversationDisplayTextProvider>
+              <AttachmentProvider allowAttachments={allowAttachments}>
+                <ConversationDisplayTextProvider {..._displayText}>
+                  <ConversationInputContextProvider>
+                    <SendMessageContextProvider
+                      handleSendMessage={handleSendMessage}
+                    >
+                      <AvatarsProvider avatars={avatars}>
+                        <ActionsProvider actions={actions}>
+                          <MessageVariantProvider variant={variant}>
+                            <MessagesProvider messages={messages}>
+                              <LoadingContextProvider isLoading={isLoading}>
+                                {children}
+                              </LoadingContextProvider>
+                            </MessagesProvider>
+                          </MessageVariantProvider>
+                        </ActionsProvider>
+                      </AvatarsProvider>
+                    </SendMessageContextProvider>
+                  </ConversationInputContextProvider>
+                </ConversationDisplayTextProvider>
+              </AttachmentProvider>
             </ResponseComponentsProvider>
           </SuggestedPromptProvider>
         </ControlsProvider>
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/types.ts b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/types.ts
index 296810be9f0..ba987b8dce1 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/types.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface AIConversationInput {
   responseComponents?: ResponseComponents;
   variant?: MessageVariant;
   controls?: ControlsContextProps;
+  allowAttachments?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface AIConversationProps {
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/AttachFileControl.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/AttachFileControl.tsx
index 40338cfc17f..2d6558176a5 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/AttachFileControl.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/AttachFileControl.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { withBaseElementProps } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core/elements';
 import { ConversationInputContext } from '../../context';
 import { AIConversationElements } from '../../context/elements';
+import { useDropZone } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
 
 const { Button, Icon, View } = AIConversationElements;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,17 @@ const AttachFileButton = withBaseElementProps(Button, {
 export const AttachFileControl: AttachFileControl = () => {
   const hiddenInput = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const { setInput } = React.useContext(ConversationInputContext);
+  const { dragState, ...dropHandlers } = useDropZone({
+    acceptedFileTypes: ['.jpeg'],
+    onDropComplete: ({ acceptedFiles }) => {
+      if (acceptedFiles && acceptedFiles?.length > 0 && setInput) {
+        setInput((prevInput) => ({
+          ...prevInput,
+          files: [...(prevInput?.files ?? []), ...acceptedFiles],
+        }));
+      }
+    },
+  });
 
   function handleButtonClick() {
     if (hiddenInput.current) {
@@ -53,7 +65,7 @@ export const AttachFileControl: AttachFileControl = () => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <AttachFileContainer>
+    <AttachFileContainer {...dropHandlers}>
       <AttachFileButton onClick={handleButtonClick}>
         <AttachFileIcon />
       </AttachFileButton>
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/FieldControl.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/FieldControl.tsx
index d44b1e0606c..cc9e012362c 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/FieldControl.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/FieldControl.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { ControlsContext } from '../../context/ControlsContext';
 import { getImageTypeFromMimeType } from '../../utils';
 import { LoadingContext } from '../../context/LoadingContext';
+import { AttachmentContext } from '../../context/AttachmentContext';
 
 const {
   Button,
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ const InputContainer = withBaseElementProps(View, {
 export const FieldControl: FieldControl = () => {
   const { input, setInput } = React.useContext(ConversationInputContext);
   const handleSendMessage = React.useContext(SendMessageContext);
+  const allowAttachments = React.useContext(AttachmentContext);
   const ref = React.useRef<HTMLFormElement | null>(null);
   const responseComponents = React.useContext(ResponseComponentsContext);
   const controls = React.useContext(ControlsContext);
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ export const FieldControl: FieldControl = () => {
         handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
         input={input!}
         setInput={setInput!}
+        allowAttachments={allowAttachments}
       />
     );
   }
@@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ export const FieldControl: FieldControl = () => {
       method="post"
       ref={ref}
     >
-      <AttachFileControl />
+      {allowAttachments ? <AttachFileControl /> : null}
       <InputContainer>
         <VisuallyHidden>
           <Label />
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/__tests__/FieldControl.spec.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/__tests__/FieldControl.spec.tsx
index c149f4090db..c153227af3a 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/__tests__/FieldControl.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/Controls/__tests__/FieldControl.spec.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ import { FieldControl } from '../FieldControl';
 import { ConversationInputContextProvider } from '../../../context/ConversationInputContext';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import { SendMessageContextProvider } from '../../../context/SendMessageContext';
+import { AttachmentProvider } from '../../../context/AttachmentContext';
 
 describe('FieldControl', () => {
   it('renders a FieldControl component with the correct elements', () => {
-    const result = render(<FieldControl />);
+    const result = render(
+      <AttachmentProvider allowAttachments>
+        <FieldControl />
+      </AttachmentProvider>
+    );
     expect(result.container).toBeDefined();
 
     const form = screen.findByRole('form');
@@ -23,7 +28,11 @@ describe('FieldControl', () => {
   });
 
   it('renders FieldControl with the correct accessibility roles', () => {
-    render(<FieldControl />);
+    render(
+      <AttachmentProvider allowAttachments>
+        <FieldControl />
+      </AttachmentProvider>
+    );
 
     const actionButtons = screen.getAllByRole('button');
     const sendButton = actionButtons[1];
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/default/Form.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/default/Form.tsx
index f2103328b44..4671041b562 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/default/Form.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/default/Form.tsx
@@ -11,15 +11,49 @@ import { ComponentClassName } from '@aws-amplify/ui';
 import { ControlsContextProps } from '../../context/ControlsContext';
 import { Attachments } from './Attachments';
 import { LoadingContext } from '../../context/LoadingContext';
+import { ConversationInputContext } from '../../context';
 
 function isHTMLFormElement(target: EventTarget): target is HTMLFormElement {
   return 'form' in target;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Will conditionally render the DropZone if allowAttachments
+ * is true
+ */
+const FormWrapper = ({
+  children,
+  allowAttachments,
+  setInput,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  allowAttachments?: boolean;
+  setInput: ConversationInputContext['setInput'];
+}) => {
+  if (allowAttachments) {
+    return (
+      <DropZone
+        className={ComponentClassName.AIConversationFormDropzone}
+        onDropComplete={({ acceptedFiles }) => {
+          setInput?.((prevInput) => ({
+            ...prevInput,
+            files: [...(prevInput?.files ?? []), ...acceptedFiles],
+          }));
+        }}
+      >
+        {children}
+      </DropZone>
+    );
+  } else {
+    return children;
+  }
+};
+
 export const Form: NonNullable<ControlsContextProps['Form']> = ({
   setInput,
   input,
   handleSubmit,
+  allowAttachments,
 }) => {
   const icons = useIcons('aiConversation');
   const sendIcon = icons?.send ?? <IconSend />;
@@ -29,51 +63,46 @@ export const Form: NonNullable<ControlsContextProps['Form']> = ({
   const isInputEmpty = !input?.text?.length && !input?.files?.length;
 
   return (
-    <DropZone
-      className={ComponentClassName.AIConversationFormDropzone}
-      onDropComplete={({ acceptedFiles }) => {
-        setInput((prevInput) => ({
-          ...prevInput,
-          files: [...(prevInput?.files ?? []), ...acceptedFiles],
-        }));
-      }}
-    >
+    <FormWrapper allowAttachments={allowAttachments} setInput={setInput}>
       <View
         as="form"
         className={ComponentClassName.AIConversationForm}
         onSubmit={handleSubmit}
       >
-        <Button
-          className={ComponentClassName.AIConversationFormAttach}
-          onClick={() => {
-            hiddenInput?.current?.click();
-            if (hiddenInput?.current) {
-              hiddenInput.current.value = '';
-            }
-          }}
-        >
-          <span>{attachIcon}</span>
-          <VisuallyHidden>
-            <input
-              type="file"
-              tabIndex={-1}
-              ref={hiddenInput}
-              onChange={(e) => {
-                const { files } = e.target;
-                if (!files || files.length === 0) {
-                  return;
-                }
-                setInput((prevValue) => ({
-                  ...prevValue,
-                  files: [...(prevValue?.files ?? []), ...Array.from(files)],
-                }));
-              }}
-              multiple
-              accept="*"
-              data-testid="hidden-file-input"
-            />
-          </VisuallyHidden>
-        </Button>
+        {allowAttachments ? (
+          <Button
+            className={ComponentClassName.AIConversationFormAttach}
+            onClick={() => {
+              hiddenInput?.current?.click();
+              if (hiddenInput?.current) {
+                hiddenInput.current.value = '';
+              }
+            }}
+          >
+            <span>{attachIcon}</span>
+            <VisuallyHidden>
+              <input
+                type="file"
+                tabIndex={-1}
+                ref={hiddenInput}
+                onChange={(e) => {
+                  const { files } = e.target;
+                  if (!files || files.length === 0) {
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  setInput((prevValue) => ({
+                    ...prevValue,
+                    files: [...(prevValue?.files ?? []), ...Array.from(files)],
+                  }));
+                }}
+                multiple
+                accept="*"
+                data-testid="hidden-file-input"
+              />
+            </VisuallyHidden>
+          </Button>
+        ) : null}
+
         <TextAreaField
           className={ComponentClassName.AIConversationFormField}
           label="input"
@@ -111,6 +140,6 @@ export const Form: NonNullable<ControlsContextProps['Form']> = ({
         </Button>
       </View>
       <Attachments setInput={setInput} files={input?.files} />
-    </DropZone>
+    </FormWrapper>
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/default/__tests__/Form.spec.tsx b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/default/__tests__/Form.spec.tsx
index 4d7edeff095..ed166875a8c 100644
--- a/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/default/__tests__/Form.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ai/src/components/AIConversation/views/default/__tests__/Form.spec.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ describe('Form', () => {
 
   it('renders a Form component with the correct elements', () => {
     const result = render(
-      <Form setInput={setInput} input={input} handleSubmit={handleSubmit} />
+      <Form
+        allowAttachments
+        setInput={setInput}
+        input={input}
+        handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
+      />
     );
     expect(result.container).toBeDefined();
 
@@ -31,7 +36,12 @@ describe('Form', () => {
 
   it('can upload files to the input', async () => {
     const result = render(
-      <Form setInput={setInput} input={input} handleSubmit={handleSubmit} />
+      <Form
+        allowAttachments
+        setInput={setInput}
+        input={input}
+        handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
+      />
     );
     expect(result.container).toBeDefined();
 
diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/packages/react-core/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index ee8b6a5ec4f..84b70c9f994 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ exports[`@aws-amplify/ui-react-core exports should match snapshot 1`] = `
   "useAuthenticatorRoute",
   "useDataState",
   "useDeprecationWarning",
+  "useDropZone",
   "useField",
   "useForm",
   "useGetUrl",
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/__tests__/useDropZone.test.ts b/packages/react-core/src/hooks/__tests__/useDropZone.test.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/__tests__/useDropZone.test.ts
rename to packages/react-core/src/hooks/__tests__/useDropZone.test.ts
index 7c63d5df52d..2a0c1996e2a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/__tests__/useDropZone.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/hooks/__tests__/useDropZone.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
-import { useDropZone } from '../useDropZone';
-import { UseDropZoneProps } from '../types';
+import useDropZone from '../useDropZone';
+import type { UseDropZoneParams } from '../useDropZone';
 
 const mockFile = new File(['hello'], 'hello.png', { type: 'image/png' });
 const mockOnDropComplete = jest.fn();
-const dropZoneProps: UseDropZoneProps = {
+const dropZoneProps: UseDropZoneParams = {
   onDropComplete: mockOnDropComplete,
 };
 type DragEvent = React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>;
diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/hooks/index.ts b/packages/react-core/src/hooks/index.ts
index a096997803f..b941809a63e 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ export { default as useHasValueUpdated } from './useHasValueUpdated';
 export { default as usePreviousValue } from './usePreviousValue';
 export { default as useSetUserAgent } from './useSetUserAgent';
 export { default as useTimeout } from './useTimeout';
+export { default as useDropZone, UseDropZoneParams } from './useDropZone';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/useDropZone.ts b/packages/react-core/src/hooks/useDropZone.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/useDropZone.ts
rename to packages/react-core/src/hooks/useDropZone.ts
index 377b67095db..06754c991f7 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/useDropZone.ts
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/hooks/useDropZone.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,34 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
-import { UseDropZoneProps, UseDropZoneReturn, DragState } from './types';
 import { isFunction } from '@aws-amplify/ui';
-import { filterAllowedFiles } from './filterAllowedFiles';
+import { filterAllowedFiles } from '../utils/filterAllowedFiles';
 
-export function useDropZone({
+interface DragEvents {
+  onDragStart: (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+  onDragEnter: (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+  onDragLeave: (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+  onDragOver: (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+  onDrop: (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+}
+
+export interface UseDropZoneParams extends Partial<DragEvents> {
+  onDropComplete?: (props: {
+    acceptedFiles: File[];
+    rejectedFiles: File[];
+  }) => void;
+  /**
+   * List of accepted File types, values of `['*']` or undefined allow any files
+   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/accept
+   */
+  acceptedFileTypes?: string[];
+}
+
+type DragState = 'accept' | 'reject' | 'inactive';
+
+interface UseDropZoneReturn extends DragEvents {
+  dragState: DragState;
+}
+
+export default function useDropZone({
   onDropComplete,
   onDragEnter: _onDragEnter,
   onDragLeave: _onDragLeave,
@@ -11,7 +36,7 @@ export function useDropZone({
   onDragStart: _onDragStart,
   onDrop: _onDrop,
   acceptedFileTypes = [],
-}: UseDropZoneProps): UseDropZoneReturn {
+}: UseDropZoneParams): UseDropZoneReturn {
   const [dragState, setDragState] = useState<DragState>('inactive');
 
   const onDragStart = (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/index.ts b/packages/react-core/src/index.ts
index b05c7c453e1..c445ae0c8a3 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/index.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ export {
   useTimeout,
   useDataState,
   DataState,
+  useDropZone,
+  UseDropZoneParams,
 } from './hooks';
 
 export { MergeProps } from './types';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/__tests__/filterAllowedFiles.test.ts b/packages/react-core/src/utils/__tests__/filterAllowedFiles.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/__tests__/filterAllowedFiles.test.ts
rename to packages/react-core/src/utils/__tests__/filterAllowedFiles.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/filterAllowedFiles.ts b/packages/react-core/src/utils/filterAllowedFiles.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/filterAllowedFiles.ts
rename to packages/react-core/src/utils/filterAllowedFiles.ts
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.tsx b/packages/react-storage/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.tsx
index 3ce0def4ac2..755e551891a 100644
--- a/packages/react-storage/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   useDeprecationWarning,
   useSetUserAgent,
 } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
-import { useDropZone } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react/internal';
+import { useDropZone } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
 
 import { useFileUploader, useUploadFiles } from './hooks';
 import {
diff --git a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageManager/StorageManager.tsx b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageManager/StorageManager.tsx
index 13373e1402c..aacbc785759 100644
--- a/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageManager/StorageManager.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-storage/src/components/StorageManager/StorageManager.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   useDeprecationWarning,
   useSetUserAgent,
 } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
-import { useDropZone } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react/internal';
+import { useDropZone } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
 
 import { useFileUploader, useUploadFiles } from '../FileUploader/hooks';
 import { FileStatus } from '../FileUploader/types';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/internal.ts b/packages/react/src/internal.ts
index f4fd60bdbe4..7e24ef37d0e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/internal.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ export * from './hooks/useStorageURL';
 export * from './hooks/useThemeBreakpoint';
 export { useDeprecationWarning } from './hooks/useDeprecationWarning';
 export { useColorMode } from './hooks/useTheme';
+export { useDropZone } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
 
 export * from './components/FilterChildren';
 export { AlertIcon } from './primitives/Alert/AlertIcon';
 export * from './primitives/Icon/internal';
-export { useDropZone } from './primitives/DropZone/useDropZone';
 
 export { Field } from './primitives/Field';
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/DropZone.tsx b/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/DropZone.tsx
index 24cfb288027..2d15d3ce684 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/DropZone.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/DropZone.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { useDropZone } from './useDropZone';
+import { useDropZone } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
 import { ForwardRefPrimitive, Primitive } from '../types';
 import { DropZoneProps, BaseDropZoneProps } from './types';
 import { DropZoneProvider } from './DropZoneProvider';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/DropZoneProvider.tsx b/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/DropZoneProvider.tsx
index a322772fd01..e1b2992dfa5 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/DropZoneProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/DropZoneProvider.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { DragState } from './types';
+
+type DragState = 'accept' | 'reject' | 'inactive';
 
 const DropZoneContext = React.createContext<DragState>('inactive');
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/types.ts b/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/types.ts
index f257c9bcbb3..4a5d8ee39c0 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/primitives/DropZone/types.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { ElementType, PrimitiveProps, BaseViewProps } from '../types';
+import { UseDropZoneParams } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react-core';
 
-interface DropProps {
-  acceptedFiles: File[];
-  rejectedFiles: File[];
-}
-
-export interface UseDropZoneProps extends Partial<DragEvents> {
-  onDropComplete?: (props: DropProps) => void;
-  /**
-   * List of accepted File types, values of `['*']` or undefined allow any files
-   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/accept
-   */
-  acceptedFileTypes?: string[];
-}
-
-export interface BaseDropZoneProps extends BaseViewProps, UseDropZoneProps {}
+export interface BaseDropZoneProps extends BaseViewProps, UseDropZoneParams {}
 
 export type DropZoneProps<Element extends ElementType = 'div'> = PrimitiveProps<
   BaseDropZoneProps,
@@ -30,12 +17,6 @@ interface DragEvents {
   onDrop: (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
 }
 
-export type DragState = 'accept' | 'reject' | 'inactive';
-
-export interface UseDropZoneReturn extends DragEvents {
-  dragState: DragState;
-}
-
 export interface BaseDropZoneContainerProps extends BaseViewProps, DragEvents {}
 
 export type DropZoneContainerProps<Element extends ElementType = 'div'> =