diff --git a/.evergreen/README.md b/.evergreen/README.md
index d5439e6a3..bae5616ef 100644
--- a/.evergreen/README.md
+++ b/.evergreen/README.md
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ hosts.
 
 [mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools](https://github.com/mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools)
 consists of common scripts used by many drivers (e.g. starting
-[mongo-orchestration](https://github.com/10gen/mongo-orchestration)). The PHP
-driver clones this during the build process.
+[mongo-orchestration](https://github.com/10gen/mongo-orchestration)). This package is installed as a Git submodule
+in the `tests` directory.
diff --git a/.evergreen/config/functions.yml b/.evergreen/config/functions.yml
index a59363aa2..54fcb2701 100644
--- a/.evergreen/config/functions.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/config/functions.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ functions:
     - command: git.get_project
       params:
         directory: "src"
-    # Fetch the libmongoc submodule
+    # Fetch the submodules
     - command: shell.exec
       params:
         working_dir: "src"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ functions:
              CURRENT_VERSION=latest
           fi
           
-          export DRIVERS_TOOLS="$(pwd)/../drivers-tools"
+          export DRIVERS_TOOLS="$(pwd)/tests/drivers-evergreen-tools"
           export PROJECT_DIRECTORY="$(pwd)"
           
           # Python has cygwin path problems on Windows. Detect prospective mongo-orchestration home directory
@@ -72,15 +72,9 @@ functions:
   "prepare resources":
     - command: shell.exec
       params:
+        working_dir: src
         script: |
           ${PREPARE_SHELL}
-          rm -rf $DRIVERS_TOOLS
-          if [ "${project}" = "drivers-tools" ]; then
-            # If this was a patch build, doing a fresh clone would not actually test the patch
-            cp -R ${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/ $DRIVERS_TOOLS
-          else
-            git clone https://github.com/mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools.git $DRIVERS_TOOLS
-          fi
           echo "{ \"releases\": { \"default\": \"$MONGODB_BINARIES\" }}" > $MONGO_ORCHESTRATION_HOME/orchestration.config
 
 
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 5ace4600a..3547ac743 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+  - package-ecosystem: "gitsubmodule"
+    directory: "/tests/drivers-evergreen-tools"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8fb2368e4..7bba58447 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.13'
 
-      - id: setup-mongodb
-        uses: mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools@master
+      - name: Setup MongoDB
+        id: setup-mongodb
+        uses: ./tests/drivers-evergreen-tools
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.mongodb-version }}
           topology: ${{ matrix.topology }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml
index b1e6dd544..337c92042 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
 
-      - id: setup-mongodb
-        uses: mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools@master
+      - name: Setup MongoDB
+        id: setup-mongodb
+        uses: ./tests/drivers-evergreen-tools
         with:
           version: "7.0"
           topology: "server"
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 82028d60e..9cf4ed272 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
 	path = src/libmongocrypt
 	url = https://github.com/mongodb/libmongocrypt.git
 	ignore = untracked
+[submodule "tests/drivers-evergreen-tools"]
+	path = tests/drivers-evergreen-tools
+	url = https://github.com/mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools.git
diff --git a/tests/drivers-evergreen-tools b/tests/drivers-evergreen-tools
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..f53da283a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/drivers-evergreen-tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f53da283a45de61a6b2d278a31454c57ceab9104