diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-planes-repair.md b/.changeset/lazy-planes-repair.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00ecfb095e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-planes-repair.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-tasks': patch
+---
+
+Deprecated the `HumanDuration` type, which should now instead be imported from `@backstage/types`.
diff --git a/.changeset/sharp-goats-itch.md b/.changeset/sharp-goats-itch.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..601d6a7e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sharp-goats-itch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/types': patch
+---
+
+Added the `HumanDuration` type, moved here from `@backstage/backend-tasks`. This type matches the `Duration.fromObject` form of `luxon`.
diff --git a/.changeset/three-houses-agree.md b/.changeset/three-houses-agree.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..041cd471d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/three-houses-agree.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node': patch
+---
+
+Use `HumanDuration` from `@backstage/types`
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/api-report.md b/packages/backend-tasks/api-report.md
index a60f6dba37..8f53d1e5ae 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/api-report.md
@@ -7,19 +7,11 @@ import { AbortSignal as AbortSignal_2 } from 'node-abort-controller';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DatabaseManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
+import { HumanDuration as HumanDuration_2 } from '@backstage/types';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 
-// @public
-export type HumanDuration = {
-  years?: number;
-  months?: number;
-  weeks?: number;
-  days?: number;
-  hours?: number;
-  minutes?: number;
-  seconds?: number;
-  milliseconds?: number;
-};
+// @public @deprecated
+export type HumanDuration = HumanDuration_2;
 
 // @public
 export interface PluginTaskScheduler {
@@ -59,10 +51,10 @@ export interface TaskScheduleDefinition {
         cron: string;
       }
     | Duration
-    | HumanDuration;
-  initialDelay?: Duration | HumanDuration;
+    | HumanDuration_2;
+  initialDelay?: Duration | HumanDuration_2;
   scope?: 'global' | 'local';
-  timeout: Duration | HumanDuration;
+  timeout: Duration | HumanDuration_2;
 }
 
 // @public
@@ -72,10 +64,10 @@ export interface TaskScheduleDefinitionConfig {
         cron: string;
       }
     | string
-    | HumanDuration;
-  initialDelay?: string | HumanDuration;
+    | HumanDuration_2;
+  initialDelay?: string | HumanDuration_2;
   scope?: 'global' | 'local';
-  timeout: string | HumanDuration;
+  timeout: string | HumanDuration_2;
 }
 
 // @public
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/deprecated.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/deprecated.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d86cb1700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/deprecated.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { HumanDuration as TypesHumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
+
+/**
+ * Human friendly durations object.
+ *
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Import from `@backstage/types` instead
+ */
+export type HumanDuration = TypesHumanDuration;
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/index.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/index.ts
index dd75aca68c..d35917056c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/index.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
  */
 
 export * from './tasks';
+export * from './deprecated';
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/index.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/index.ts
index 8f30e5c8dd..f2037ac9dd 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/index.ts
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@ export type {
   TaskRunner,
   TaskScheduleDefinition,
   TaskScheduleDefinitionConfig,
-  HumanDuration,
 } from './types';
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig.test.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig.test.ts
index 115ef89168..fc2a045614 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig.test.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
  */
 
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
+import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import { readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig } from './readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig';
-import { HumanDuration } from './types';
 
 describe('readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig', () => {
   it('all valid values', () => {
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig.ts
index 3267d8ef14..1448a328f8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
-import { HumanDuration, TaskScheduleDefinition } from './types';
+import { HumanDuration, JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
+import { TaskScheduleDefinition } from './types';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 
 const propsOfHumanDuration = [
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/types.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/types.ts
index 92ec045605..dbf2595e1d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/types.ts
@@ -14,26 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 import { CronTime } from 'cron';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import { AbortSignal } from 'node-abort-controller';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-/**
- * Human friendly durations object
- * @public
- */
-export type HumanDuration = {
-  years?: number;
-  months?: number;
-  weeks?: number;
-  days?: number;
-  hours?: number;
-  minutes?: number;
-  seconds?: number;
-  milliseconds?: number;
-};
-
 /**
  * A function that can be called as a scheduled task.
  *
diff --git a/packages/types/api-report.md b/packages/types/api-report.md
index 43e3cfee0e..4b43f5daa6 100644
--- a/packages/types/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/types/api-report.md
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
+// @public
+export type HumanDuration = {
+  years?: number;
+  months?: number;
+  weeks?: number;
+  days?: number;
+  hours?: number;
+  minutes?: number;
+  seconds?: number;
+  milliseconds?: number;
+};
+
 // @public
 export interface JsonArray extends Array<JsonValue> {}
 
diff --git a/packages/types/package.json b/packages/types/package.json
index b8ebeffce8..3c2bea13c0 100644
--- a/packages/types/package.json
+++ b/packages/types/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^",
     "@types/zen-observable": "^0.8.0",
+    "luxon": "^3.0.0",
     "zen-observable": "^0.8.15"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index 1f1b13c349..0b5c8689b3 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 
 export type { JsonArray, JsonObject, JsonPrimitive, JsonValue } from './json';
 export type { Observable, Observer, Subscription } from './observable';
+export type { HumanDuration } from './time';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/time.test.ts b/packages/types/src/time.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1175c9e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/time.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { HumanDuration } from './time';
+import { Duration } from 'luxon';
+
+describe('time', () => {
+  describe('HumanDuration', () => {
+    const durations: HumanDuration[] = [
+      { years: 1 },
+      { months: 1 },
+      { weeks: 1 },
+      { days: 1 },
+      { hours: 1 },
+      { minutes: 1 },
+      { seconds: 1 },
+      { milliseconds: 1 },
+    ];
+    it.each(durations)('successfully parsed by luxon, %p', d => {
+      expect(Duration.fromObject(d).toObject()).toEqual(d);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/types/src/time.ts b/packages/types/src/time.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ab8288cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/time.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Human friendly durations object.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type HumanDuration = {
+  years?: number;
+  months?: number;
+  weeks?: number;
+  days?: number;
+  hours?: number;
+  minutes?: number;
+  seconds?: number;
+  milliseconds?: number;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/api-report.md
index 94ac35ad9f..dea5fe376c 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/api-report.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { FactLifecycle } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node';
 import { FactRetriever } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node';
 import { FactRetrieverRegistration } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node';
 import { FactSchema } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node';
-import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
+import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { PluginDatabaseManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/package.json b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/package.json
index 402cbc49d5..dd918cfc4f 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/luxon": "^3.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/createFactRetriever.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/createFactRetriever.ts
index aaba29ecb1..6200790e6e 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/createFactRetriever.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/createFactRetriever.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
+
+import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 import {
   FactLifecycle,
   FactRetriever,
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-node/api-report.md b/plugins/tech-insights-node/api-report.md
index a57cf3ec4a..293e2fd76b 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-node/api-report.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import { DurationLike } from 'luxon';
-import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
+import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-node/src/facts.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-node/src/facts.ts
index 41db302fd5..2aab9ee73f 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-node/src/facts.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-node/src/facts.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
  */
 import { DateTime, Duration, DurationLike } from 'luxon';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
+import { HumanDuration, JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import {
   PluginEndpointDiscovery,
   TokenManager,
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
 
 /**
  * A container for facts. The shape of the fact records needs to correspond to the FactSchema with same `ref` value.
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 359685cdd0..2a8174d11b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7111,6 +7111,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
     "@types/express": ^4.17.6
     "@types/luxon": ^3.0.0
     "@types/semver": ^7.3.8
@@ -7689,6 +7690,7 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@types/zen-observable": ^0.8.0
+    luxon: ^3.0.0
     zen-observable: ^0.8.15
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft