diff --git a/plugins/vault-backend/README.md b/plugins/vault-backend/README.md
index aac2b68f60..8c70cfd24a 100644
--- a/plugins/vault-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/vault-backend/README.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ In case you need to support different secret engines for entities of the catalog
    # ...
    annotations:
      vault.io/secrets-path: path/to/secrets
-+    vault.io/secrets-engine: customSecretEngine # Optional. By default it uses 'secertEngine' value from configuration.
++    vault.io/secrets-engine: customSecretEngine # Optional. By default it uses the 'secretEngine' value from your app-config.
 ```
 
 That will overwrite the default secret engine from the configuration.
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export default async function createPlugin(
 ## Features
 
 - List the secrets present in a certain path
-- Use different secret engines for different components
+- Use different secret engines for different entities
 - Open a link to view the secret
 - Open a link to edit the secret
 - Renew the token automatically with a defined periodicity
diff --git a/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/VaultBuilder.ts b/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/VaultBuilder.ts
index ec118d7648..9856476c20 100644
--- a/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/VaultBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/VaultBuilder.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ export class VaultBuilder {
         throw new InputError(`Invalid engine: ${engine}`);
       }
 
-      const secrets = await vaultApi.listSecrets(path, engine);
+      const secrets = await vaultApi.listSecrets(path, {
+        secretEngine: engine,
+      });
       res.json({ items: secrets });
     });
 
diff --git a/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.test.ts b/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.test.ts
index 1d037bb77a..47c7c5a252 100644
--- a/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.test.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ describe('VaultApi', () => {
   });
 
   it('should return secrets for custom engine', async () => {
-    const secrets = await api.listSecrets('test/success', 'kv');
+    const secrets = await api.listSecrets('test/success', {
+      secretEngine: 'kv',
+    });
     expect(secrets).toEqual(mockSecretsResult('kv'));
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.ts b/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.ts
index adcaf07d56..d785e135df 100644
--- a/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ export interface VaultApi {
   /**
    * Returns a list of secrets used to show in a table.
    * @param secretPath - The path where the secrets are stored in Vault
-   * @param secretMount - The mount point of the secrets engine, optional, overrides default secret engine
+   * @param options - Additional options to be passed to the Vault API, allows to override vault default settings in app config file
    */
   listSecrets(
     secretPath: string,
-    secretMount?: string | undefined,
+    options?: {
+      secretEngine?: string;
+    },
   ): Promise<VaultSecret[]>;
 
   /**
@@ -123,9 +125,11 @@ export class VaultClient implements VaultApi {
 
   async listSecrets(
     secretPath: string,
-    secretEngine?: string | undefined,
+    options?: {
+      secretEngine?: string;
+    },
   ): Promise<VaultSecret[]> {
-    const mount = secretEngine || this.vaultConfig.secretEngine;
+    const mount = options?.secretEngine || this.vaultConfig.secretEngine;
 
     const listUrl =
       this.vaultConfig.kvVersion === 2
@@ -142,7 +146,9 @@ export class VaultClient implements VaultApi {
         if (secret.endsWith('/')) {
           secrets.push(
             ...(await this.limit(() =>
-              this.listSecrets(`${secretPath}/${secret.slice(0, -1)}`, mount),
+              this.listSecrets(`${secretPath}/${secret.slice(0, -1)}`, {
+                secretEngine: mount,
+              }),
             )),
           );
         } else {
diff --git a/plugins/vault/README.md b/plugins/vault/README.md
index 3fe87398ce..ce2df6e47a 100644
--- a/plugins/vault/README.md
+++ b/plugins/vault/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ metadata:
   # ...
   annotations:
     vault.io/secrets-path: path/to/secrets
-    vault.io/secret-engine: customSecretEngine # Optional. By default it uses 'secertEngine' value from configuration.
+    vault.io/secrets-engine: customSecretEngine # Optional. By default it uses the 'secretEngine' value from your app-config.
 ```
 
 The path is relative to your secrets engine folder. So if you want to get the secrets for backstage and you have the following directory structure:
diff --git a/plugins/vault/src/api.test.ts b/plugins/vault/src/api.test.ts
index 03c75fbce3..eb122a92d1 100644
--- a/plugins/vault/src/api.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/vault/src/api.test.ts
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ describe('api', () => {
   });
 
   it('should return secrets with custom engine', async () => {
-    expect(await api.listSecrets('test/success', 'kv')).toEqual(
-      mockSecretsResult.items,
-    );
+    expect(
+      await api.listSecrets('test/success', { secretEngine: 'kv' }),
+    ).toEqual(mockSecretsResult.items);
     expect(fetchApiSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       `${mockBaseUrl}/v1/secrets/test%2Fsuccess?engine=kv`,
       expect.anything(),
diff --git a/plugins/vault/src/api.ts b/plugins/vault/src/api.ts
index fa6a65a77d..f01823ff22 100644
--- a/plugins/vault/src/api.ts
+++ b/plugins/vault/src/api.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ export interface VaultApi {
   /**
    * Returns a list of secrets used to show in a table.
    * @param secretPath - The path where the secrets are stored in Vault
-   * @param secretMount - The mount point of the secrets engine, optional, overrides default secret engine
+   * @param options - Additional options to be passed to the Vault API, allows to override vault default settings in app config file
    */
   listSecrets(
     secretPath: string,
-    secretMount?: string | undefined,
+    options?: {
+      secretEngine?: string;
+    },
   ): Promise<VaultSecret[]>;
 }
 
@@ -96,11 +98,14 @@ export class VaultClient implements VaultApi {
 
   async listSecrets(
     secretPath: string,
-    secretMount?: string | undefined,
+    options?: {
+      secretEngine?: string;
+    },
   ): Promise<VaultSecret[]> {
     const query: { [key in string]: any } = {};
-    if (secretMount) {
-      query.engine = secretMount;
+    const { secretEngine } = options || {};
+    if (secretEngine) {
+      query.engine = secretEngine;
     }
 
     const result = await this.callApi<{ items: VaultSecret[] }>(
diff --git a/plugins/vault/src/components/EntityVaultTable/EntityVaultTable.tsx b/plugins/vault/src/components/EntityVaultTable/EntityVaultTable.tsx
index c7fad01e0c..4d169611ca 100644
--- a/plugins/vault/src/components/EntityVaultTable/EntityVaultTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/vault/src/components/EntityVaultTable/EntityVaultTable.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const EntityVaultTable = ({ entity }: { entity: Entity }) => {
   const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(async (): Promise<
     VaultSecret[]
   > => {
-    return vaultApi.listSecrets(secretPath, secretEngine);
+    return vaultApi.listSecrets(secretPath, { secretEngine });
   }, []);
 
   const columns: TableColumn[] = [