diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/dev/index.tsx b/plugins/airbrake/dev/index.tsx
index cd980408ae..8c3dd2f643 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake/dev/index.tsx
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/dev/index.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { airbrakeApiRef, MockAirbrakeApi } from '../src/api';
 import { EntityProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
-import { entity } from '../src/api/mock/mock-entity';
+import { createEntity } from '../src/api/mock/mock-entity';
 
 createDevApp()
   .registerPlugin(airbrakePlugin)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ createDevApp()
               A description of your plugin goes here.
             </SupportButton>
           </ContentHeader>
-          <EntityProvider entity={entity('demo')}>
+          <EntityProvider entity={createEntity('demo')}>
             <EntityAirbrakeContent />
           </EntityProvider>
         </Content>
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/mock-entity.ts b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/mock-entity.ts
index 7e5b897cca..b169938004 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/mock-entity.ts
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/api/mock/mock-entity.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import { AIRBRAKE_PROJECT_SLUG_ANNOTATION } from '../../components/useProjectSlug';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
-export const entity = (name?: string) =>
+export const createEntity = (name?: string) =>
   ({
     apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
     kind: 'Component',
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake/src/components/EntityAirbrakeWidget/EntityAirbrakeWidget.test.tsx b/plugins/airbrake/src/components/EntityAirbrakeWidget/EntityAirbrakeWidget.test.tsx
index 000bd8f230..3c63f84f19 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake/src/components/EntityAirbrakeWidget/EntityAirbrakeWidget.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/airbrake/src/components/EntityAirbrakeWidget/EntityAirbrakeWidget.test.tsx
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { EntityAirbrakeWidget } from './EntityAirbrakeWidget';
 import exampleData from '../../api/mock/airbrake-groups-api-mock.json';
 import { renderInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
-import { entity } from '../../api/mock/mock-entity';
+import { createEntity } from '../../api/mock/mock-entity';
 
 describe('EntityAirbrakeContent', () => {
   it('renders all errors sent from Airbrake', async () => {
     const table = await renderInTestApp(
-      <EntityAirbrakeWidget entity={entity('test')} />,
+      <EntityAirbrakeWidget entity={createEntity('test')} />,
     );
     expect(exampleData.groups.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     for (const group of exampleData.groups) {