diff --git a/.changeset/chilled-dolls-agree.md b/.changeset/chilled-dolls-agree.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0468bdfee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilled-dolls-agree.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': minor
+---
+
+Mark permission-related exports as alpha. This means that the exports below should now be imported from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend/alpha` instead of `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend`.
+
+- `catalogConditions`
+- `createCatalogPolicyDecision`
+- `permissionRules`
+- `createCatalogPermissionRule`
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
index 9b4db418b3..5ae8a76d19 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
   setRefreshIntervalSeconds(seconds: number): CatalogBuilder;
 }
 
-// @public
+// @alpha
 export const catalogConditions: Conditions<{
   hasAnnotation: PermissionRule<
     Entity,
@@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ export class CodeOwnersProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
   preProcessEntity(entity: Entity, location: LocationSpec): Promise<Entity>;
 }
 
-// @public
+// @alpha
 export const createCatalogPermissionRule: <TParams extends unknown[]>(
   rule: PermissionRule<Entity, EntitiesSearchFilter, TParams>,
 ) => PermissionRule<Entity, EntitiesSearchFilter, TParams>;
 
-// @public
+// @alpha
 export const createCatalogPolicyDecision: (
   conditions: PermissionCriteria<PermissionCondition<unknown[]>>,
 ) => ConditionalPolicyDecision;
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ export function parseEntityYaml(
   location: LocationSpec,
 ): Iterable<CatalogProcessorResult>;
 
-// @public
+// @alpha
 export const permissionRules: {
   hasAnnotation: PermissionRule<
     Entity,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/conditionExports.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/conditionExports.ts
index 28e74c53c2..2846c8c3ec 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/conditionExports.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/conditionExports.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ const conditionExports = createConditionExports({
 /**
  * These conditions are used when creating conditional decisions that are returned
  * by authorization policies.
- * @public
+ *
+ * @alpha
  */
 export const catalogConditions = conditionExports.conditions;
 
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ export const catalogConditions = conditionExports.conditions;
  *   }
  * }
  * ```
- * @public
+ *
+ * @alpha
  */
 export const createCatalogPolicyDecision =
   conditionExports.createPolicyDecision;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/index.ts
index 4eec796c74..f9d192781e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/index.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import { hasSpec } from './hasSpec';
 /**
  * These permission rules can be used to conditionally filter catalog entities
  * or describe a user's access to the entities.
- * @public
+ *
+ * @alpha
  */
 export const permissionRules = {
   hasAnnotation,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/util.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/util.ts
index 7ef0ca3546..a1316c7fb2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/util.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { EntitiesSearchFilter } from '../../catalog/types';
  * {@link @backstage/plugin-permission-node#PermissionRule}s for the
  * catalog-backend.
  *
- * @public
+ * @alpha
  */
 export const createCatalogPermissionRule = makeCreatePermissionRule<
   Entity,