diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-fireants-type.md b/.changeset/chilly-fireants-type.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bff750d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-fireants-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+---
+
+Remove the direct dependency on deprecated "request" library
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index ab049ea097..40be12e5ed 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
     "node-forge": "^1.3.1",
     "pg": "^8.3.0",
     "raw-body": "^2.4.1",
-    "request": "^2.88.2",
     "selfsigned": "^2.0.0",
     "stoppable": "^1.1.0",
     "tar": "^6.1.12",
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/util/KubernetesContainerRunner.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/util/KubernetesContainerRunner.ts
index f3590a0bdc..4a9c447430 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/util/KubernetesContainerRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/util/KubernetesContainerRunner.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import {
   Watch,
 } from '@kubernetes/client-node';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
-import { Request } from 'request';
 
 /**
  * An existing Kubernetes volume that will be used as base for mounts.
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ export class KubernetesContainerRunner implements ContainerRunner {
     taskId: string,
     callback: (pod: V1Pod) => void,
     errorCallback: (reason: any) => void,
-  ): Promise<Request> {
+  ): Promise<{ abort: () => void }> {
     const watch = new Watch(this.kubeConfig);
     const labelSelector = `task=${taskId}`;
     return watch.watch(
@@ -251,8 +250,8 @@ export class KubernetesContainerRunner implements ContainerRunner {
     taskId: string,
     logStream: Writable,
   ): { promise: Promise<void>; close: () => Promise<void> } {
-    let log: Promise<Request>;
-    let req: Promise<Request>;
+    let log: Promise<{ abort: () => void }>;
+    let req: Promise<{ abort: () => void }>;
     const watchPromise = new Promise<void>((_, reject) => {
       req = this.watchPod(
         taskId,
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@ export class KubernetesContainerRunner implements ContainerRunner {
     promise: Promise<void>;
     close: () => Promise<void>;
   } {
-    let req: Promise<Request>;
+    let req: Promise<{ abort: () => void }>;
     const promise = new Promise<void>(async (resolve, reject) => {
       req = this.watchPod(
         taskId,
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
index 7dfb0635bd..668061cd31 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report.md
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ export interface KubernetesFetcher {
   fetchPodMetricsByNamespaces(
     clusterDetails: ClusterDetails,
     namespaces: Set<string>,
+    labelSelector?: string,
   ): Promise<FetchResponseWrapper>;
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 159ffcc09a..92bcd59055 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3585,7 +3585,6 @@ __metadata:
     pg: ^8.3.0
     raw-body: ^2.4.1
     recursive-readdir: ^2.2.2
-    request: ^2.88.2
     selfsigned: ^2.0.0
     stoppable: ^1.1.0
     supertest: ^6.1.3
@@ -35650,7 +35649,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"request@npm:^2.88.0, request@npm:^2.88.2":
+"request@npm:^2.88.0":
   version: 2.88.2
   resolution: "request@npm:2.88.2"
   dependencies: