diff --git a/js/plugins/checks/src/evaluation.ts b/js/plugins/checks/src/evaluation.ts
index a733f48659..3d80a6fd42 100644
--- a/js/plugins/checks/src/evaluation.ts
+++ b/js/plugins/checks/src/evaluation.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z, type EvaluatorAction, type Genkit } from 'genkit';
+import { z, type EvaluatorAction } from 'genkit';
 import type { BaseEvalDataPoint } from 'genkit/evaluator';
+import { evaluator } from 'genkit/plugin';
 import { runInNewSpan } from 'genkit/tracing';
 import type { GoogleAuth } from 'google-auth-library';
 import {
@@ -24,8 +25,7 @@ import {
   type ChecksEvaluationMetricConfig,
 } from './metrics';
 
-export function checksEvaluators(
-  ai: Genkit,
+export function checksEvaluator(
   auth: GoogleAuth,
   metrics: ChecksEvaluationMetric[],
   projectId: string
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function checksEvaluators(
     }
   );
 
-  return createPolicyEvaluator(projectId, auth, ai, policy_configs);
+  return createPolicyEvaluator(projectId, auth, policy_configs);
 }
 
 const ResponseSchema = z.object({
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ const ResponseSchema = z.object({
 function createPolicyEvaluator(
   projectId: string,
   auth: GoogleAuth,
-  ai: Genkit,
   policy_config: ChecksEvaluationMetricConfig[]
 ): EvaluatorAction {
-  return ai.defineEvaluator(
+  return evaluator(
     {
       name: 'checks/guardrails',
       displayName: 'checks/guardrails',
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ function createPolicyEvaluator(
       };
 
       const response = await checksEvalInstance(
-        ai,
         projectId,
         auth,
         partialRequest,
@@ -109,14 +107,12 @@ function createPolicyEvaluator(
 }
 
 async function checksEvalInstance<ResponseType extends z.ZodTypeAny>(
-  ai: Genkit,
   projectId: string,
   auth: GoogleAuth,
   partialRequest: any,
   responseSchema: ResponseType
 ): Promise<z.infer<ResponseType>> {
   return await runInNewSpan(
-    ai,
     {
       metadata: {
         name: 'EvaluationService#evaluateInstances',
diff --git a/js/plugins/checks/src/index.ts b/js/plugins/checks/src/index.ts
index 93a3a6506d..d6dd9bf3b5 100644
--- a/js/plugins/checks/src/index.ts
+++ b/js/plugins/checks/src/index.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import type { Genkit } from 'genkit';
 import { logger } from 'genkit/logging';
 import type { ModelMiddleware } from 'genkit/model';
-import { genkitPlugin, type GenkitPlugin } from 'genkit/plugin';
+import { genkitPluginV2, type GenkitPluginV2 } from 'genkit/plugin';
 import { GoogleAuth, type GoogleAuthOptions } from 'google-auth-library';
-import { checksEvaluators } from './evaluation.js';
+import { checksEvaluator } from './evaluation.js';
 import {
   ChecksEvaluationMetricType,
   type ChecksEvaluationMetric,
@@ -44,26 +43,52 @@ const CLOUD_PLATFROM_OAUTH_SCOPE =
 
 const CHECKS_OAUTH_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/checks';
 
-/**
- * Add Google Checks evaluators.
- */
-export function checks(options?: PluginOptions): GenkitPlugin {
-  return genkitPlugin('checks', async (ai: Genkit) => {
-    const googleAuth = inititializeAuth(options?.googleAuthOptions);
+export async function getProjectId(
+  googleAuth: GoogleAuth,
+  options?: PluginOptions
+): Promise<string> {
+  const projectId = options?.projectId || (await googleAuth.getProjectId());
 
-    const projectId = options?.projectId || (await googleAuth.getProjectId());
+  if (!projectId) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Checks Plugin is missing the 'projectId' configuration. Please set the 'GCLOUD_PROJECT' environment variable or explicitly pass 'projectId' into Genkit config.`
+    );
+  }
 
-    if (!projectId) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Checks Plugin is missing the 'projectId' configuration. Please set the 'GCLOUD_PROJECT' environment variable or explicitly pass 'projectId' into genkit config.`
-      );
-    }
+  return projectId;
+}
 
-    const metrics =
-      options?.evaluation && options.evaluation.metrics.length > 0
-        ? options.evaluation.metrics
-        : [];
-    checksEvaluators(ai, googleAuth, metrics, projectId);
+/**
+ * Add Google Checks evaluators.
+ */
+export function checks(options?: PluginOptions): GenkitPluginV2 {
+  const googleAuth = inititializeAuth(options?.googleAuthOptions);
+
+  const metrics =
+    options?.evaluation && options.evaluation.metrics.length > 0
+      ? options.evaluation.metrics
+      : [];
+
+  return genkitPluginV2({
+    name: 'checks',
+    init: async () => {
+      return [
+        checksEvaluator(
+          googleAuth,
+          metrics,
+          await getProjectId(googleAuth, options)
+        ),
+      ];
+    },
+    list: async () => {
+      return [
+        checksEvaluator(
+          googleAuth,
+          metrics,
+          await getProjectId(googleAuth, options)
+        ).__action,
+      ];
+    },
   });
 }