diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogIdentityClient.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogIdentityClient.ts
index 3892b83da0..e1a3553394 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogIdentityClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogIdentityClient.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ConflictError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { ApiContext, CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 type UserQuery = {
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ export class CatalogIdentityClient {
    *
    * Throws a NotFoundError or ConflictError if 0 or multiple users are found.
    */
-  async findUser(query: UserQuery, context?: ApiContext): Promise<UserEntity> {
+  async findUser(
+    query: UserQuery,
+    options?: { token?: string },
+  ): Promise<UserEntity> {
     const filter: Record<string, string> = {
       kind: 'user',
     };
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ export class CatalogIdentityClient {
       filter[`metadata.annotations.${key}`] = value;
     }
 
-    const { items } = await this.catalogApi.getEntities({ filter }, context);
+    const { items } = await this.catalogApi.getEntities({ filter }, options);
 
     if (items.length !== 1) {
       if (items.length > 1) {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/CatalogClientWrapper.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/CatalogClientWrapper.ts
index 19bf77c91d..42e9d872d4 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/CatalogClientWrapper.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/CatalogClientWrapper.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { Entity, EntityName, Location } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import {
   AddLocationRequest,
   AddLocationResponse,
-  ApiContext,
   CatalogApi,
   CatalogEntitiesRequest,
   CatalogListResponse,
@@ -26,6 +25,10 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { IdentityApi } from '@backstage/core';
 
+type CatalogRequestOptions = {
+  token?: string;
+};
+
 /**
  * CatalogClient wrapper that injects identity token for all requests
  */
@@ -38,69 +41,57 @@ export class CatalogClientWrapper implements CatalogApi {
     this.identityApi = options.identityApi;
   }
 
-  private async injectToken(context?: ApiContext) {
-    const result: ApiContext = context ?? {};
-    // Inject identity token if not provided
-    if (!result.token) {
-      result.token = await this.identityApi.getIdToken();
-    }
-    return result;
-  }
-
   async getLocationById(
     id: String,
-    context?: ApiContext,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<Location | undefined> {
-    return await this.client.getLocationById(
-      id,
-      await this.injectToken(context),
-    );
+    return await this.client.getLocationById(id, {
+      token: options?.token ?? (await this.identityApi.getIdToken()),
+    });
   }
 
   async getEntities(
     request?: CatalogEntitiesRequest,
-    context?: ApiContext,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<CatalogListResponse<Entity>> {
-    return await this.client.getEntities(
-      request,
-      await this.injectToken(context),
-    );
+    return await this.client.getEntities(request, {
+      token: options?.token ?? (await this.identityApi.getIdToken()),
+    });
   }
 
   async getEntityByName(
     compoundName: EntityName,
-    context?: ApiContext,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<Entity | undefined> {
-    return await this.client.getEntityByName(
-      compoundName,
-      await this.injectToken(context),
-    );
+    return await this.client.getEntityByName(compoundName, {
+      token: options?.token ?? (await this.identityApi.getIdToken()),
+    });
   }
 
   async addLocation(
     request: AddLocationRequest,
-    context?: ApiContext,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<AddLocationResponse> {
-    return await this.client.addLocation(
-      request,
-      await this.injectToken(context),
-    );
+    return await this.client.addLocation(request, {
+      token: options?.token ?? (await this.identityApi.getIdToken()),
+    });
   }
 
   async getLocationByEntity(
     entity: Entity,
-    context?: ApiContext,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<Location | undefined> {
-    return await this.client.getLocationByEntity(
-      entity,
-      await this.injectToken(context),
-    );
+    return await this.client.getLocationByEntity(entity, {
+      token: options?.token ?? (await this.identityApi.getIdToken()),
+    });
   }
 
-  async removeEntityByUid(uid: string, context?: ApiContext): Promise<void> {
-    return await this.client.removeEntityByUid(
-      uid,
-      await this.injectToken(context),
-    );
+  async removeEntityByUid(
+    uid: string,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    return await this.client.removeEntityByUid(uid, {
+      token: options?.token ?? (await this.identityApi.getIdToken()),
+    });
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
index 9ab9b17483..827ed0559a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { TemplateEntityV1alpha1 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { ApiContext, CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+import { CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import {
   ConflictError,
   NotFoundError,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class CatalogEntityClient {
    */
   async findTemplate(
     templateName: string,
-    context?: ApiContext,
+    options?: { token?: string },
   ): Promise<TemplateEntityV1alpha1> {
     const { items: templates } = (await this.catalogClient.getEntities(
       {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class CatalogEntityClient {
           'metadata.name': templateName,
         },
       },
-      context,
+      options,
     )) as { items: TemplateEntityV1alpha1[] };
 
     if (templates.length !== 1) {