diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.test.ts
index 0f6f4851b4..7d8e0eb445 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('hasTag', () => {
       expect(
         hasTag.apply(
           {
-            'backstage:accessControl': {
+            'backstage:permissions': {
               tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
             },
           },
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('hasTag', () => {
       ).toEqual(false);
     });
 
-    it('returns false when accessControl is missing', () => {
+    it('returns false when backstage:permissions is missing', () => {
       expect(
         hasTag.apply(
           {},
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('hasTag', () => {
             apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
             kind: 'Component',
             metadata: {
-              'backstage:accessControl': {
+              'backstage:permissions': {
                 tags: [],
               },
             },
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('hasTag', () => {
       expect(
         hasTag.apply(
           {
-            'backstage:accessControl': {
+            'backstage:permissions': {
               tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
             },
           },
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.ts
index 0eb012acf3..ba91b18bf5 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const hasTag = createScaffolderPermissionRule({
     tag: z.string().describe('Name of the tag to match on'),
   }),
   apply: (resource, { tag }) => {
-    return resource['backstage:accessControl']?.tags?.includes(tag) ?? false;
+    return resource['backstage:permissions']?.tags?.includes(tag) ?? false;
   },
   toQuery: () => ({}),
 });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
index 10e1b09ce6..aba929228f 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export interface TaskStep {
 // @public
 export interface TemplateEntityStepV1beta3 extends JsonObject {
   // (undocumented)
-  'backstage:accessControl'?: TemplateSpecValuesMetadata;
+  'backstage:permissions'?: TemplateSpecValuesMetadata;
   // (undocumented)
   action: string;
   // (undocumented)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export type TemplateInfo = {
 // @public
 export interface TemplateParameter extends JsonObject {
   // (undocumented)
-  'backstage:accessControl'?: TemplateSpecValuesMetadata;
+  'backstage:permissions'?: TemplateSpecValuesMetadata;
   // (undocumented)
   properties?: {
     [name: string]: JsonObject;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta3.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta3.ts
index 99ffdcb7c2..790a0e4409 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta3.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta3.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export interface TemplateEntityStepV1beta3 extends JsonObject {
   action: string;
   input?: JsonObject;
   if?: string | boolean;
-  'backstage:accessControl'?: TemplateAccessControl;
+  'backstage:permissions'?: TemplatePermissions;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export interface TemplateEntityStepV1beta3 extends JsonObject {
  * @public
  */
 export interface TemplateParameter extends JsonObject {
-  'backstage:accessControl'?: TemplateAccessControl;
+  'backstage:permissions'?: TemplatePermissions;
   properties?: { [name: string]: JsonObject };
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export interface TemplateParameter extends JsonObject {
  *
  * @public
  */
-export interface TemplateAccessControl extends JsonObject {
+export interface TemplatePermissions extends JsonObject {
   tags?: string[];
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/index.ts
index 14f89c2bc9..1b154f9ba7 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/index.ts
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ export type {
   TemplateEntityV1beta3,
   TemplateEntityStepV1beta3,
   TemplateParameter,
-  TemplateAccessControl as TemplateSpecValuesMetadata,
+  TemplatePermissions as TemplateSpecValuesMetadata,
 } from './TemplateEntityV1beta3';