diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/README.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/README.md
index 87c6ff5f6c..0f9ed67576 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/README.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/README.md
@@ -62,4 +62,11 @@ catalog:
             "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
             "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/..."
           }
+        # Optional: Authentication provider for Kubernetes clusters
+        # Defaults to 'google' if not specified
+        # Common values: 'google', 'googleServiceAccount'
+        authProvider: googleServiceAccount
+        # Optional: Owner of the discovered GKE clusters
+        # Defaults to 'unknown' if not specified
+        owner: platform-team
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/config.d.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/config.d.ts
index 2ad369ef89..4cf1815980 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/config.d.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ export interface Config {
            * @visibility secret
            */
           googleServiceAccountCredentials?: string;
+          /**
+           * (Optional) Authentication provider to use for Kubernetes clusters
+           * Defaults to 'google' for backward compatibility
+           */
+          authProvider?: string;
+          /**
+           * (Optional) Owner of the discovered clusters
+           * Defaults to 'unknown' if not specified
+           */
+          owner?: string;
         };
       };
     };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/GkeEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/GkeEntityProvider.test.ts
index da34e46110..dcd7d5c05e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/GkeEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/GkeEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,54 @@ describe('GkeEntityProvider', () => {
     },
   );
 
+  it('should use configured values for authProvider and owner', async () => {
+    const customGkeEntityProvider = GkeEntityProvider.fromConfigWithClient({
+      logger: logger as any,
+      config: new ConfigReader({
+        catalog: {
+          providers: {
+            gcp: {
+              gke: {
+                parents: ['projects/parent1/locations/-'],
+                authProvider: 'googleServiceAccount',
+                owner: 'sre',
+                schedule: {
+                  frequency: {
+                    minutes: 3,
+                  },
+                  timeout: {
+                    minutes: 3,
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+      scheduler: schedulerMock,
+      clusterManagerClient: clusterManagerClientMock as any,
+    });
+
+    clusterManagerClientMock.listClusters.mockImplementation(() => [
+      {
+        clusters: [
+          {
+            name: 'some-cluster',
+            endpoint: '127.0.0.1',
+            location: 'some-location',
+            selfLink: 'https://127.0.0.1/some-link',
+            masterAuth: {
+              clusterCaCertificate: 'abcdefg',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+    await customGkeEntityProvider.connect(connectionMock);
+    await customGkeEntityProvider.refresh();
+    expect(connectionMock.applyMutation).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
   it('should log GKE API errors', async () => {
     clusterManagerClientMock.listClusters.mockRejectedValue(
       new Error('some-error'),
@@ -365,5 +413,32 @@ describe('GkeEntityProvider', () => {
 
       expect(MockedClusterManagerClient).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
     });
+
+    it('should read authProvider and owner from config', () => {
+      const provider = GkeEntityProvider.fromConfig({
+        logger: logger as any,
+        config: new ConfigReader({
+          catalog: {
+            providers: {
+              gcp: {
+                gke: {
+                  parents: ['projects/test-project/locations/-'],
+                  schedule: {
+                    frequency: { minutes: 30 },
+                    timeout: { minutes: 3 },
+                  },
+                  authProvider: 'googleServiceAccount',
+                  owner: 'platform-team',
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        }),
+        scheduler: schedulerMock,
+      });
+
+      expect(provider).toBeDefined();
+      expect(MockedClusterManagerClient).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/GkeEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/GkeEntityProvider.ts
index 58acf19870..a60dd717a5 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/GkeEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/GkeEntityProvider.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export class GkeEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
   private readonly logger: LoggerService;
   private readonly scheduleFn: () => Promise<void>;
   private readonly gkeParents: string[];
+  private readonly gkeAuthProvider: string | undefined;
+  private readonly gkeOwner: string | undefined;
   private readonly clusterManagerClient: container.v1.ClusterManagerClient;
   private connection?: EntityProviderConnection;
 
@@ -54,11 +56,15 @@ export class GkeEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
     logger: LoggerService,
     taskRunner: SchedulerServiceTaskRunner,
     gkeParents: string[],
+    gkeAuthProvider: string | undefined,
+    gkeOwner: string | undefined,
     clusterManagerClient: container.v1.ClusterManagerClient,
   ) {
     this.logger = logger;
     this.scheduleFn = this.createScheduleFn(taskRunner);
     this.gkeParents = gkeParents;
+    this.gkeAuthProvider = gkeAuthProvider;
+    this.gkeOwner = gkeOwner;
     this.clusterManagerClient = clusterManagerClient;
   }
 
@@ -125,6 +131,8 @@ export class GkeEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
       logger,
       scheduler.createScheduledTaskRunner(schedule),
       gkeProviderConfig.getStringArray('parents'),
+      gkeProviderConfig.getOptionalString('authProvider'),
+      gkeProviderConfig.getOptionalString('owner'),
       clusterManagerClient,
     );
   }
@@ -179,7 +187,8 @@ export class GkeEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
             [ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_API_SERVER]: `https://${cluster.endpoint}`,
             [ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_API_SERVER_CA]:
               cluster.masterAuth?.clusterCaCertificate || '',
-            [ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AUTH_PROVIDER]: 'google',
+            [ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AUTH_PROVIDER]:
+              this.gkeAuthProvider || 'google',
             [ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_DASHBOARD_APP]: 'gke',
             [ANNOTATION_LOCATION]: location,
             [ANNOTATION_ORIGIN_LOCATION]: location,
@@ -194,7 +203,7 @@ export class GkeEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
         },
         spec: {
           type: 'kubernetes-cluster',
-          owner: 'unknown',
+          owner: this.gkeOwner || 'unknown',
         },
       },
     };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/__snapshots__/GkeEntityProvider.test.ts.snap b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/__snapshots__/GkeEntityProvider.test.ts.snap
index d20efb9c8d..c903bcd192 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/__snapshots__/GkeEntityProvider.test.ts.snap
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/src/providers/__snapshots__/GkeEntityProvider.test.ts.snap
@@ -67,3 +67,47 @@ exports[`GkeEntityProvider should return clusters as Resources 1`] = `
   ],
 }
 `;
+
+exports[`GkeEntityProvider should use configured values for authProvider and owner 1`] = `
+[MockFunction] {
+  "calls": [
+    [
+      {
+        "entities": [
+          {
+            "entity": {
+              "apiVersion": "backstage.io/v1alpha1",
+              "kind": "Resource",
+              "metadata": {
+                "annotations": {
+                  "backstage.io/managed-by-location": "gcp-gke:some-location",
+                  "backstage.io/managed-by-origin-location": "gcp-gke:some-location",
+                  "kubernetes.io/api-server": "https://127.0.0.1",
+                  "kubernetes.io/api-server-certificate-authority": "abcdefg",
+                  "kubernetes.io/auth-provider": "googleServiceAccount",
+                  "kubernetes.io/dashboard-app": "gke",
+                  "kubernetes.io/dashboard-parameters": "{"projectId":"parent1","region":"some-location","clusterName":"some-cluster"}",
+                },
+                "name": "some-cluster",
+                "namespace": "default",
+              },
+              "spec": {
+                "owner": "sre",
+                "type": "kubernetes-cluster",
+              },
+            },
+            "locationKey": "gcp-gke:some-location",
+          },
+        ],
+        "type": "full",
+      },
+    ],
+  ],
+  "results": [
+    {
+      "type": "return",
+      "value": undefined,
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;