diff --git a/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/AppRoot.tsx b/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/AppRoot.tsx
index b442533ee6..883074ca00 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/AppRoot.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/AppRoot.tsx
@@ -54,14 +54,12 @@ export const AppRoot = createExtension({
       { element: coreExtensionData.reactElement },
       { singleton: true },
     ),
-    elements: createExtensionInput(
-      { element: coreExtensionData.reactElement },
-      { optional: true },
-    ),
-    wrappers: createExtensionInput(
-      { component: createAppRootWrapperExtension.componentDataRef },
-      { optional: true },
-    ),
+    elements: createExtensionInput({
+      element: coreExtensionData.reactElement,
+    }),
+    wrappers: createExtensionInput({
+      component: createAppRootWrapperExtension.componentDataRef,
+    }),
   },
   output: {
     element: coreExtensionData.reactElement,
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createAppRootWrapperExtension.test.tsx b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createAppRootWrapperExtension.test.tsx
index a0625ec1ae..d21cfa7583 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createAppRootWrapperExtension.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createAppRootWrapperExtension.test.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('createAppRootWrapperExtension', () => {
     expect(extension).toEqual({
       $$type: '@backstage/ExtensionDefinition',
       version: 'v1',
-      kind: 'app-wrapper-component',
+      kind: 'app-root-wrapper',
       attachTo: { id: 'app/root', input: 'wrappers' },
       disabled: false,
       inputs: {},
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe('createAppRootWrapperExtension', () => {
     expect(extension).toEqual({
       $$type: '@backstage/ExtensionDefinition',
       version: 'v1',
-      kind: 'app-wrapper-component',
+      kind: 'app-root-wrapper',
       namespace: 'ns',
       name: 'test',
       attachTo: { id: 'app/root', input: 'wrappers' },
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ describe('createAppRootWrapperExtension', () => {
       .add(extension, { config: { name: 'Robin' } })
       .add(
         createExtension({
-          attachTo: { id: 'app-wrapper-component:ns/test', input: 'children' },
+          attachTo: { id: 'app-root-wrapper:ns/test', input: 'children' },
           output: { element: coreExtensionData.reactElement },
           factory: () => ({ element: <div /> }),
         }),
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createAppRootWrapperExtension.tsx b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createAppRootWrapperExtension.tsx
index 1f09b873cc..bbc51806af 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createAppRootWrapperExtension.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createAppRootWrapperExtension.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function createAppRootWrapperExtension<
   >;
 }): ExtensionDefinition<TConfig> {
   return createExtension({
-    kind: 'app-wrapper-component',
+    kind: 'app-root-wrapper',
     namespace: options.namespace,
     name: options.name,
     attachTo: options.attachTo ?? { id: 'app/root', input: 'wrappers' },