diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.ts
index c5843f6a84..9bcc6c57eb 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   PermissionCondition,
   PermissionCriteria,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { PermissionRule } from '../types';
+import { NoInfer, PermissionRule } from '../types';
 import {
   createGetRule,
   isAndCriteria,
@@ -135,14 +135,6 @@ const applyConditions = <TResourceType extends string, TResource>(
   return rule.apply(resource, criteria.params);
 };
 
-/**
- * Prevent use of type parameter from contributing to type inference.
- *
- * https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/14829#issuecomment-980401795
- * @ignore
- */
-type NoInfer<T> = T extends infer S ? S : never;
-
 /**
  * Create an express Router which provides an authorization route to allow
  * integration between the permission backend and other Backstage backend
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
index 02ebe07ac4..8725316de0 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
 import type { PermissionCriteria } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
+/**
+ * Prevent use of type parameter from contributing to type inference.
+ *
+ * https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/14829#issuecomment-980401795
+ * @ignore
+ */
+export type NoInfer<T> = T extends infer S ? S : never;
+
 /**
  * A conditional rule that can be provided in an
  * {@link @backstage/permission-common#AuthorizeDecision} response to an authorization request.
@@ -57,12 +65,12 @@ export type PermissionRule<
    * arguments supplied for the rule; for example, a rule could be `isOwner` with entityRefs as the
    * params.
    */
-  apply(resource: TResource, params: TParams): boolean;
+  apply(resource: TResource, params: NoInfer<TParams>): boolean;
 
   /**
    * Translate this rule to criteria suitable for use in querying a backing data store. The criteria
    * can be used for loading a collection of resources efficiently with conditional criteria already
    * applied.
    */
-  toQuery(params: TParams): PermissionCriteria<TQuery>;
+  toQuery(params: NoInfer<TParams>): PermissionCriteria<TQuery>;
 };