diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
index 2d3ca90983..b74772a376 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import { CompoundEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import { ContainerRunner } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import express from 'express';
 import { ExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
@@ -19,6 +18,11 @@ import { UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import * as winston from 'winston';
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
 
+// @public
+export interface ContainerRunner {
+  runContainer(opts: RunContainerOptions): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 // @public
 export class DirectoryPreparer implements PreparerBase {
   static fromConfig(config: Config, options: PreparerConfig): DirectoryPreparer;
@@ -72,7 +76,6 @@ export class Generators implements GeneratorBuilder {
     config: Config,
     options: {
       logger: Logger;
-      containerRunner: ContainerRunner;
       customGenerator?: TechdocsGenerator;
     },
   ): Promise<GeneratorBuilder>;
@@ -236,6 +239,19 @@ export type ReadinessResponse = {
 // @public
 export type RemoteProtocol = 'url' | 'dir';
 
+// @public
+export type RunContainerOptions = {
+  imageName: string;
+  command?: string | string[];
+  args: string[];
+  logStream?: Writable;
+  mountDirs?: Record<string, string>;
+  workingDir?: string;
+  envVars?: Record<string, string>;
+  pullImage?: boolean;
+  defaultUser?: boolean;
+};
+
 // @public
 export type SupportedGeneratorKey = 'techdocs' | string;