diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/api/types.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/api/types.ts
index 9f1cfb8529..8ed5748e7c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/api/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { ComponentDescriptorV1beta1 } from './descriptors/ComponentDescriptorV1beta1Parser';
+export interface ComponentDescriptorV1beta1 extends DescriptorEnvelope {
+  spec: {
+    type: string;
+  };
+}
 
 export type ComponentDescriptor = ComponentDescriptorV1beta1;