diff --git a/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/AggregatorInventory.ts b/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/AggregatorInventory.ts
index b768b8eb23..59ee72067b 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/AggregatorInventory.ts
+++ b/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/AggregatorInventory.ts
@@ -18,17 +18,19 @@ import { NotFoundError } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Component, Inventory } from './types';
 
 export class AggregatorInventory implements Inventory {
-  inventories: Inventory[] = [];
+  #inventories: Inventory[] = [];
 
-  async list(): Promise<Component[]> {
-    const lists = await Promise.all(this.inventories.map((i) => i.list()));
+  async components(): Promise<Component[]> {
+    const lists = await Promise.all(
+      this.#inventories.map((i) => i.components()),
+    );
     return lists.flat();
   }
 
-  item(id: string): Promise<Component> {
+  component(id: string): Promise<Component> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const promises = this.inventories.map((i) =>
-        i.item(id).then(resolve, () => {
+      const promises = this.#inventories.map((i) =>
+        i.component(id).then(resolve, () => {
           // For now, just swallow errors in individual inventories;
           // should handle partial errors better
         }),
@@ -40,6 +42,6 @@ export class AggregatorInventory implements Inventory {
   }
 
   enlist(inventory: Inventory) {
-    this.inventories.push(inventory);
+    this.#inventories.push(inventory);
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/StaticInventory.ts b/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/StaticInventory.ts
index 4569ae8ed2..6b4c29d229 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/StaticInventory.ts
+++ b/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/StaticInventory.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ import { NotFoundError } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Component, Inventory } from './types';
 
 export class StaticInventory implements Inventory {
-  constructor(private components: Component[]) {}
+  #components: Component[];
 
-  async list(): Promise<Component[]> {
-    return this.components.slice();
+  constructor(components: Component[]) {
+    this.#components = components;
   }
 
-  async item(id: string): Promise<Component> {
-    const item = this.components.find((i) => i.id === id);
+  async components(): Promise<Component[]> {
+    return this.#components.slice();
+  }
+
+  async component(id: string): Promise<Component> {
+    const item = this.#components.find((i) => i.id === id);
     if (!item) {
       throw new NotFoundError(`Found no component with ID ${id}`);
     }
diff --git a/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/types.ts b/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/types.ts
index 863dccb291..4417035d85 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/inventory-backend/src/inventory/types.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ export type Component = {
 };
 
 export type Inventory = {
-  list(): Promise<Component[]>;
-  item(id: string): Promise<Component>;
+  components(): Promise<Component[]>;
+  component(id: string): Promise<Component>;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/inventory-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/inventory-backend/src/service/router.ts
index a05fac08be..2d093fe41e 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/inventory-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ export async function createRouter(
 
   const router = Router();
   router
-    .get('/', async (req, res) => {
-      const components = await inventory.list();
+    .get('/components', async (req, res) => {
+      const components = await inventory.components();
       res.status(200).send(components);
     })
-    .get('/:id', async (req, res) => {
+    .get('/components/:id', async (req, res) => {
       const { id } = req.params;
-      const component = await inventory.item(id);
+      const component = await inventory.component(id);
       res.status(200).send(component);
     });
 
diff --git a/plugins/inventory-backend/tsconfig.json b/plugins/inventory-backend/tsconfig.json
index dd13cfe1bc..015a967f76 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory-backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/plugins/inventory-backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "declaration": true,
     "strict": true,
-    "target": "es5",
+    "target": "es2019",
     "module": "commonjs",
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "lib": ["es2019"],