diff --git a/lib/table/tests/external/dynamic/fetch_test.php b/lib/table/tests/external/dynamic/fetch_test.php
index 123b0eceb4e..3d1435f5037 100644
--- a/lib/table/tests/external/dynamic/fetch_test.php
+++ b/lib/table/tests/external/dynamic/fetch_test.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class fetch_test extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->expectExceptionMessage("Invalid parameter value detected (filters => Invalid parameter value detected " .
         "(Missing required key in single structure: name): Missing required key in single structure: name");
 
-        fetch::execute("core_user\participants_table",
+        fetch::execute("\\core_user\\table\\participants",
             "user-index-participants-{$course->id}", "firstname", "4", $filter, (string)filter::JOINTYPE_ANY);
 
     }
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class fetch_test extends advanced_testcase {
             ]
         ];
 
-        $participantstable = fetch::execute("core_user\participants_table",
+        $participantstable = fetch::execute("\\core_user\\table\\participants",
             "user-index-participants-{$course->id}", "firstname", "4", $filter, (string)filter::JOINTYPE_ANY);
         $html = $participantstable['html'];
 
diff --git a/user/classes/participants_table.php b/user/classes/table/participants.php
similarity index 99%
rename from user/classes/participants_table.php
rename to user/classes/table/participants.php
index ab465983895..2f9c5ca3c82 100644
--- a/user/classes/participants_table.php
+++ b/user/classes/table/participants.php
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
  * @copyright  2017 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
+declare(strict_types=1);
 
-namespace core_user;
+namespace core_user\table;
 
 use DateTime;
 use context;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/user/lib.php');
  * @copyright  2017 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
-class participants_table extends \table_sql implements dynamic_table {
+class participants extends \table_sql implements dynamic_table {
 
     /**
      * @var int $courseid The course id
diff --git a/user/index.php b/user/index.php
index ce1889313c6..1082bbc1783 100644
--- a/user/index.php
+++ b/user/index.php
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/enrol/locallib.php');
 use core_table\local\filter\filter;
 use core_table\local\filter\integer_filter;
 use core_table\local\filter\string_filter;
-use core_user\participants_table;
 
 define('DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE', 20);
 define('SHOW_ALL_PAGE_SIZE', 5000);
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ if (count($keywordfilter)) {
     $filterset->add_filter($keywordfilter);
 }
 
-$participanttable = new participants_table(participants_table::get_unique_id_from_argument($course->id));
+$participanttable = new \core_user\table\participants(\core_user\table\participants::get_unique_id_from_argument($course->id));
 $participanttable->set_selectall($selectall);
 $participanttable->set_filterset($filterset);
 $participanttable->define_baseurl($baseurl);