diff --git a/.changeset/olive-eyes-sing.md b/.changeset/olive-eyes-sing.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0ae1dc08f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-eyes-sing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-stack-overflow-backend': minor
+---
+
+Enable configuration override for StackOverflow backend plugin when instantiating the search indexer. This makes it possible to set different configuration for frontend and backend of the plugin.
diff --git a/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/src/search/StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory.ts b/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/src/search/StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory.ts
index ebbad99d0a..807d6637c1 100644
--- a/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/src/search/StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/src/search/StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory.ts
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ export class StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory
       'https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2';
     const maxPage = options.maxPage || 100;
     return new StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory({
-      ...options,
       baseUrl,
       maxPage,
       apiKey,
       apiAccessToken,
+      ...options,
     });
   }