diff --git a/packages/cli-common/report.api.md b/packages/cli-common/report.api.md
index ba649cacc9..74d5a24999 100644
--- a/packages/cli-common/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/cli-common/report.api.md
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ export function findPaths(searchDir: string): Paths;
 // @public
 export function isChildPath(base: string, path: string): boolean;
 
+// @public
+export const knownBackendPluginPackageNameByPluginId: Record<string, string>;
+
+// @public
+export const knownFrontendPluginPackageNameByPluginId: Record<string, string>;
+
 // @public
 export type OwnPaths = {
   dir: string;
diff --git a/packages/cli-common/src/index.ts b/packages/cli-common/src/index.ts
index e49eac0ee0..bfa0716097 100644
--- a/packages/cli-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-common/src/index.ts
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ export {
   type RunOnOutput,
 } from './run';
 export { ExitCodeError } from './errors';
+export {
+  knownBackendPluginPackageNameByPluginId,
+  knownFrontendPluginPackageNameByPluginId,
+} from './knownPluginPackages';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/knownPluginPackages.ts b/packages/cli-common/src/knownPluginPackages.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/knownPluginPackages.ts
rename to packages/cli-common/src/knownPluginPackages.ts
index 88bfdf25e0..ae0d3f8942 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/knownPluginPackages.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-common/src/knownPluginPackages.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ const knownPluginIds = [
   'techdocs',
 ];
 
+/**
+ * Maps known plugin IDs to their corresponding backend package names.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
 export const knownBackendPluginPackageNameByPluginId: Record<string, string> =
   Object.fromEntries(
     knownPluginIds.map(pluginId => [
@@ -37,6 +42,11 @@ export const knownBackendPluginPackageNameByPluginId: Record<string, string> =
     ]),
   );
 
+/**
+ * Maps known plugin IDs to their corresponding frontend package names.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
 export const knownFrontendPluginPackageNameByPluginId: Record<string, string> =
   Object.fromEntries(
     knownPluginIds.map(pluginId => [pluginId, `@backstage/plugin-${pluginId}`]),
diff --git a/packages/cli-module-maintenance/src/commands/repo/fix.ts b/packages/cli-module-maintenance/src/commands/repo/fix.ts
index 34b7c93288..ffc044f42a 100644
--- a/packages/cli-module-maintenance/src/commands/repo/fix.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-module-maintenance/src/commands/repo/fix.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
   extname,
 } from 'node:path';
 import { targetPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-import { knownBackendPluginPackageNameByPluginId } from '../../../../lib/knownPluginPackages';
+import { knownBackendPluginPackageNameByPluginId } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 const SCRIPT_EXTS = ['.js', '.jsx', '.ts', '.tsx', '.json'];
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/collectPortableTemplateInput.ts b/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/collectPortableTemplateInput.ts
index 2e7170f81f..a38432a66a 100644
--- a/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/collectPortableTemplateInput.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/collectPortableTemplateInput.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { resolvePackageParams } from './resolvePackageParams';
 import {
   knownBackendPluginPackageNameByPluginId,
   knownFrontendPluginPackageNameByPluginId,
-} from '../../../../lib/knownPluginPackages';
+} from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 type CollectTemplateParamsOptions = {
   config: PortableTemplateConfig;