diff --git a/.changeset/modern-pets-repeat.md b/.changeset/modern-pets-repeat.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..358e14ab4e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/modern-pets-repeat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@ai-sdk/provider-utils': patch
+'@ai-sdk/luma': patch
+'ai': patch
+---
+
+feat (provider-utils): move delay to provider-utils from ai
diff --git a/packages/ai/core/data-stream/create-data-stream.test.ts b/packages/ai/core/data-stream/create-data-stream.test.ts
index b73dae609812..2cfacde1206c 100644
--- a/packages/ai/core/data-stream/create-data-stream.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/core/data-stream/create-data-stream.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { delay } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import { convertReadableStreamToArray } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils/test';
 import { formatDataStreamPart } from '@ai-sdk/ui-utils';
 import { expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { delay } from '../../util/delay';
 import { DelayedPromise } from '../../util/delayed-promise';
 import { createDataStream } from './create-data-stream';
 import { DataStreamWriter } from './data-stream-writer';
diff --git a/packages/ai/core/generate-text/run-tools-transformation.test.ts b/packages/ai/core/generate-text/run-tools-transformation.test.ts
index 8e6998a22d0b..f4340ebf6059 100644
--- a/packages/ai/core/generate-text/run-tools-transformation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/core/generate-text/run-tools-transformation.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { LanguageModelV1StreamPart } from '@ai-sdk/provider';
+import { delay } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import {
   convertArrayToReadableStream,
   convertReadableStreamToArray,
 } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils/test';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { NoSuchToolError } from '../../errors';
-import { delay } from '../../util/delay';
 import { MockTracer } from '../test/mock-tracer';
 import { runToolsTransformation } from './run-tools-transformation';
 
diff --git a/packages/ai/core/generate-text/smooth-stream.ts b/packages/ai/core/generate-text/smooth-stream.ts
index 2a6f4a4b986d..c328376d9fa5 100644
--- a/packages/ai/core/generate-text/smooth-stream.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/core/generate-text/smooth-stream.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { InvalidArgumentError } from '@ai-sdk/provider';
-import { delay as originalDelay } from '../../util/delay';
+import { delay as originalDelay } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import { CoreTool } from '../tool/tool';
 import { TextStreamPart } from './stream-text-result';
 
diff --git a/packages/ai/core/generate-text/stream-text.test.ts b/packages/ai/core/generate-text/stream-text.test.ts
index 1b931d7c1dbf..4dffcd65fe05 100644
--- a/packages/ai/core/generate-text/stream-text.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/core/generate-text/stream-text.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   LanguageModelV1CallWarning,
   LanguageModelV1StreamPart,
 } from '@ai-sdk/provider';
+import { delay } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import {
   convertArrayToReadableStream,
   convertAsyncIterableToArray,
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import assert from 'node:assert';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { ToolExecutionError } from '../../errors/tool-execution-error';
 import { StreamData } from '../../streams/stream-data';
-import { delay } from '../../util/delay';
 import { createDataStream } from '../data-stream/create-data-stream';
 import { mockId } from '../test/mock-id';
 import { MockLanguageModelV1 } from '../test/mock-language-model-v1';
diff --git a/packages/ai/core/util/simulate-readable-stream.ts b/packages/ai/core/util/simulate-readable-stream.ts
index d10c2b63b766..8ceb4a6388aa 100644
--- a/packages/ai/core/util/simulate-readable-stream.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/core/util/simulate-readable-stream.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { delay as delayFunction } from '../../util/delay';
+import { delay as delayFunction } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 
 /**
  * Creates a ReadableStream that emits the provided values with an optional delay between each value.
diff --git a/packages/ai/rsc/stream-ui/stream-ui.ui.test.tsx b/packages/ai/rsc/stream-ui/stream-ui.ui.test.tsx
index 7e227b7e22ce..5d51bd6cec23 100644
--- a/packages/ai/rsc/stream-ui/stream-ui.ui.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ai/rsc/stream-ui/stream-ui.ui.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import { delay } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import { convertArrayToReadableStream } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils/test';
 import { MockLanguageModelV1 } from '../../core/test/mock-language-model-v1';
 import { streamUI } from './stream-ui';
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { delay } from '../../util/delay';
 
 async function recursiveResolve(val: any): Promise<any> {
   if (val && typeof val === 'object' && typeof val.then === 'function') {
diff --git a/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-ui/create-streamable-ui.ui.test.tsx b/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-ui/create-streamable-ui.ui.test.tsx
index cca38b972c89..9bec8f477d0b 100644
--- a/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-ui/create-streamable-ui.ui.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-ui/create-streamable-ui.ui.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { delay } from '../../util/delay';
+import { delay } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import { createStreamableUI } from './create-streamable-ui';
 
 // This is a workaround to render the Flight response in a test environment.
diff --git a/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-value/create-streamable-value.test.tsx b/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-value/create-streamable-value.test.tsx
index 9d38b471c866..0b9c11edfed6 100644
--- a/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-value/create-streamable-value.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-value/create-streamable-value.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { delay } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import { convertArrayToReadableStream } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils/test';
-import { delay } from '../../util/delay';
 import { createStreamableValue } from './create-streamable-value';
 import { STREAMABLE_VALUE_TYPE, StreamableValue } from './streamable-value';
 
diff --git a/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-value/read-streamable-value.ui.test.tsx b/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-value/read-streamable-value.ui.test.tsx
index 37c0e939971c..83b9befc565a 100644
--- a/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-value/read-streamable-value.ui.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ai/rsc/streamable-value/read-streamable-value.ui.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { delay } from '../../util/delay';
+import { delay } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import { createStreamableValue } from './create-streamable-value';
 import { readStreamableValue } from './read-streamable-value';
 
diff --git a/packages/ai/util/retry-with-exponential-backoff.ts b/packages/ai/util/retry-with-exponential-backoff.ts
index 21a31ae4f04c..72c3cfae445f 100644
--- a/packages/ai/util/retry-with-exponential-backoff.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/util/retry-with-exponential-backoff.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { APICallError } from '@ai-sdk/provider';
-import { getErrorMessage, isAbortError } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
-import { delay } from './delay';
+import { delay, getErrorMessage, isAbortError } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
 import { RetryError } from './retry-error';
 
 export type RetryFunction = <OUTPUT>(
diff --git a/packages/luma/src/luma-image-model.ts b/packages/luma/src/luma-image-model.ts
index 5a256f0cfff0..0706336d1b63 100644
--- a/packages/luma/src/luma-image-model.ts
+++ b/packages/luma/src/luma-image-model.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   createJsonResponseHandler,
   createJsonErrorResponseHandler,
   createStatusCodeErrorResponseHandler,
+  delay,
   getFromApi,
   postJsonToApi,
 } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
@@ -29,12 +30,6 @@ interface LumaImageModelConfig {
   };
 }
 
-async function delay(delayInMs?: number | null): Promise<void> {
-  return delayInMs == null
-    ? Promise.resolve()
-    : new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delayInMs));
-}
-
 export class LumaImageModel implements ImageModelV1 {
   readonly specificationVersion = 'v1';
 
diff --git a/packages/ai/util/delay.ts b/packages/provider-utils/src/delay.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/ai/util/delay.ts
rename to packages/provider-utils/src/delay.ts
diff --git a/packages/provider-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/provider-utils/src/index.ts
index f89ad5721daa..e2b51f9925f2 100644
--- a/packages/provider-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/provider-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './combine-headers';
 export { convertAsyncIteratorToReadableStream } from './convert-async-iterator-to-readable-stream';
+export * from './delay';
 export * from './extract-response-headers';
 export * from './fetch-function';
 export { createIdGenerator, generateId } from './generate-id';