diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/SecureTemplater.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/SecureTemplater.test.ts
index e3d7a55b87..8b8d7847ac 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/SecureTemplater.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/SecureTemplater.test.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('SecureTemplater', () => {
     const mockFilter2 = jest.fn((var1, var2) => `${var1} ${var2}`);
     const mockFilter3 = jest.fn((var1, var2) => ({ var1, var2 }));
     const renderWith = await SecureTemplater.loadRenderer({
-      nunjucksFilters: { mockFilter1, mockFilter2, mockFilter3 },
+      additionalTemplateFilters: { mockFilter1, mockFilter2, mockFilter3 },
     });
     const renderWithout = await SecureTemplater.loadRenderer();
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/SecureTemplater.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/SecureTemplater.ts
index 1c1e2639a3..6d3ce6f556 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/SecureTemplater.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/SecureTemplater.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ const { render, renderCompat } = (() => {
     });
   }
 
-  if (typeof nunjucksFilters !== 'undefined') {
-    for (const [filterName, filterFn] of Object.entries(nunjucksFilters)) {
+  if (typeof additionalTemplateFilters !== 'undefined') {
+    for (const [filterName, filterFn] of Object.entries(additionalTemplateFilters)) {
       env.addFilter(filterName, (...args) => JSON.parse(filterFn(...args)));
     }
   }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const { render, renderCompat } = (() => {
 })();
 `;
 
-export type NunjucksFilter = (...args: JsonValue[]) => JsonValue | undefined;
+export type TemplateFilter = (...args: JsonValue[]) => JsonValue | undefined;
 
 export interface SecureTemplaterOptions {
   /* Optional implementation of the parseRepoUrl filter */
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export interface SecureTemplaterOptions {
   cookiecutterCompat?: boolean;
 
   /* Extra user-provided nunjucks filters */
-  nunjucksFilters?: Record<string, NunjucksFilter>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
 }
 
 export type SecureTemplateRenderer = (
@@ -115,16 +115,17 @@ export type SecureTemplateRenderer = (
 
 export class SecureTemplater {
   static async loadRenderer(options: SecureTemplaterOptions = {}) {
-    const { parseRepoUrl, cookiecutterCompat, nunjucksFilters } = options;
+    const { parseRepoUrl, cookiecutterCompat, additionalTemplateFilters } =
+      options;
     const sandbox: Record<string, any> = {};
 
     if (parseRepoUrl) {
       sandbox.parseRepoUrl = (url: string) => JSON.stringify(parseRepoUrl(url));
     }
 
-    if (nunjucksFilters) {
-      sandbox.nunjucksFilters = Object.fromEntries(
-        Object.entries(nunjucksFilters)
+    if (additionalTemplateFilters) {
+      sandbox.additionalTemplateFilters = Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(additionalTemplateFilters)
           .filter(([_, filterFunction]) => !!filterFunction)
           .map(([filterName, filterFunction]) => [
             filterName,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/index.ts
index 110d7de20b..29d77291a1 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/index.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export type { NunjucksFilter } from './SecureTemplater';
+export type { TemplateFilter } from './SecureTemplater';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
index 9cc60a6b1e..481ab894ec 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import {
   createGithubActionsDispatchAction,
   createGithubWebhookAction,
 } from './github';
-import { NunjucksFilter } from '../../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
+import { TemplateFilter } from '../../../lib';
 
 export const createBuiltinActions = (options: {
   reader: UrlReader;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const createBuiltinActions = (options: {
   catalogClient: CatalogApi;
   containerRunner?: ContainerRunner;
   config: Config;
-  nunjucksFilters?: Record<string, NunjucksFilter>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
 }) => {
   const {
     reader,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const createBuiltinActions = (options: {
     containerRunner,
     catalogClient,
     config,
-    nunjucksFilters,
+    additionalTemplateFilters,
   } = options;
   const githubCredentialsProvider: GithubCredentialsProvider =
     DefaultGithubCredentialsProvider.fromIntegrations(integrations);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const createBuiltinActions = (options: {
     createFetchTemplateAction({
       integrations,
       reader,
-      nunjucksFilters,
+      additionalTemplateFilters,
     }),
     createPublishGithubAction({
       integrations,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
index 58e96f4164..32a3a84070 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import globby from 'globby';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { isBinaryFile } from 'isbinaryfile';
 import {
-  NunjucksFilter,
+  TemplateFilter,
   SecureTemplater,
 } from '../../../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
 
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ export type FetchTemplateInput = {
 export function createFetchTemplateAction(options: {
   reader: UrlReader;
   integrations: ScmIntegrations;
-  nunjucksFilters?: Record<string, NunjucksFilter>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
 }) {
-  const { reader, integrations, nunjucksFilters } = options;
+  const { reader, integrations, additionalTemplateFilters } = options;
 
   return createTemplateAction<FetchTemplateInput>({
     id: 'fetch:template',
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export function createFetchTemplateAction(options: {
 
       const renderTemplate = await SecureTemplater.loadRenderer({
         cookiecutterCompat: ctx.input.cookiecutterCompat,
-        nunjucksFilters: nunjucksFilters,
+        additionalTemplateFilters,
       });
 
       for (const location of allEntriesInTemplate) {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index 41b605e2e2..5089998834 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { validate as validateJsonSchema } from 'jsonschema';
 import { parseRepoUrl } from '../actions/builtin/publish/util';
 import { TemplateActionRegistry } from '../actions';
 import {
-  NunjucksFilter,
+  TemplateFilter,
   SecureTemplater,
   SecureTemplateRenderer,
 } from '../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type NunjucksWorkflowRunnerOptions = {
   actionRegistry: TemplateActionRegistry;
   integrations: ScmIntegrations;
   logger: winston.Logger;
-  nunjucksFilters?: Record<string, NunjucksFilter>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
 };
 
 type TemplateContext = {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
       parseRepoUrl(url: string) {
         return parseRepoUrl(url, integrations);
       },
-      nunjucksFilters: this.options.nunjucksFilters,
+      additionalTemplateFilters: this.options.additionalTemplateFilters,
     });
 
     try {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
index 8439c4ed8e..8de9359806 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { TemplateActionRegistry } from '../actions';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { assertError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import { NunjucksFilter } from '../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
+import { TemplateFilter } from '../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
 
 /**
  * TaskWorkerOptions
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export type CreateWorkerOptions = {
   integrations: ScmIntegrations;
   workingDirectory: string;
   logger: Logger;
-  nunjucksFilters?: Record<string, NunjucksFilter>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class TaskWorker {
       actionRegistry,
       integrations,
       workingDirectory,
-      nunjucksFilters,
+      additionalTemplateFilters,
     } = options;
 
     const legacyWorkflowRunner = new HandlebarsWorkflowRunner({
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class TaskWorker {
       integrations,
       logger,
       workingDirectory,
-      nunjucksFilters: nunjucksFilters,
+      additionalTemplateFilters,
     });
 
     return new TaskWorker({
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 085b4b4d78..85ed8a60ab 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import express from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { validate } from 'jsonschema';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { CatalogEntityClient, NunjucksFilter } from '../lib';
+import { CatalogEntityClient, TemplateFilter } from '../lib';
 import {
   createBuiltinActions,
   DatabaseTaskStore,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export interface RouterOptions {
   taskWorkers?: number;
   containerRunner?: ContainerRunner;
   taskBroker?: TaskBroker;
-  nunjucksFilters?: Record<string, NunjucksFilter>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
 }
 
 function isSupportedTemplate(
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
     actions,
     containerRunner,
     taskWorkers,
-    nunjucksFilters,
+    additionalTemplateFilters,
   } = options;
 
   const logger = parentLogger.child({ plugin: 'scaffolder' });
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
       integrations,
       logger,
       workingDirectory,
-      nunjucksFilters,
+      additionalTemplateFilters,
     });
     workers.push(worker);
   }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
         containerRunner,
         reader,
         config,
-        nunjucksFilters,
+        additionalTemplateFilters,
       });
 
   actionsToRegister.forEach(action => actionRegistry.register(action));