diff --git a/.changeset/silly-tables-build.md b/.changeset/silly-tables-build.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb2fd73950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silly-tables-build.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend': patch
+---
+
+Adds @backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common library to share types between kubernetes frontend and backend.
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
index 7a8b16bc8a..3c8380b661 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.6.3",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "^0.7.7",
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.4",
+    "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common": "^0.1.0",
     "@google-cloud/container": "^2.2.0",
     "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.14.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
index 0dd2a4bcc2..9dc4519966 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from './types';
-import { KubernetesRequestBody, ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+import { ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export class GoogleKubernetesAuthTranslator
   implements KubernetesAuthTranslator {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
index 6433e41546..3610bd4d9f 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from './types';
-import { KubernetesRequestBody, ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+import { ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export class ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthTranslator
   implements KubernetesAuthTranslator {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/types.ts
index c01a57889c..7a04e230c6 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { KubernetesRequestBody, ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+import { ClusterDetails } from '../types/types';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export interface KubernetesAuthTranslator {
   decorateClusterDetailsWithAuth(
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
index 6db6e2ad4a..75e2f8233c 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import {
   CustomResource,
   KubernetesFetcher,
   KubernetesObjectTypes,
-  KubernetesRequestBody,
   KubernetesServiceLocator,
 } from '../types/types';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { KubernetesAuthTranslator } from '../kubernetes-auth-translator/types';
 import { KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator } from '../kubernetes-auth-translator/KubernetesAuthTranslatorGenerator';
 
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
index 10e5640bab..6958bd3387 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
@@ -32,15 +32,17 @@ import lodash, { Dictionary } from 'lodash';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import {
   ClusterDetails,
-  FetchResponse,
   FetchResponseWrapper,
-  KubernetesErrorTypes,
   KubernetesFetcher,
-  KubernetesFetchError,
   KubernetesObjectTypes,
   ObjectFetchParams,
   CustomResource,
 } from '../types/types';
+import {
+  FetchResponse,
+  KubernetesFetchError,
+  KubernetesErrorTypes,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { KubernetesClientProvider } from './KubernetesClientProvider';
 
 export interface Clients {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 189f2eb9c5..ab7bb5befa 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ import { MultiTenantServiceLocator } from '../service-locator/MultiTenantService
 import {
   ClusterDetails,
   KubernetesClustersSupplier,
-  KubernetesRequestBody,
   KubernetesServiceLocator,
   ServiceLocatorMethod,
   CustomResource,
 } from '../types/types';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { KubernetesClientProvider } from './KubernetesClientProvider';
 import { KubernetesFanOutHandler } from './KubernetesFanOutHandler';
 import { KubernetesClientBasedFetcher } from './KubernetesFetcher';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
index c597c718c5..0be0b447af 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/types/types.ts
@@ -14,146 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  ExtensionsV1beta1Ingress,
-  V1ConfigMap,
-  V1Deployment,
-  V1HorizontalPodAutoscaler,
-  V1Pod,
-  V1ReplicaSet,
-  V1Service,
-} from '@kubernetes/client-node';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import type {
+  FetchResponse,
+  KubernetesFetchError,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
-export interface ClusterDetails {
-  name: string;
-  url: string;
-  authProvider: string;
-  serviceAccountToken?: string | undefined;
-  skipTLSVerify?: boolean;
-}
-
-export interface KubernetesRequestBody {
-  auth?: {
-    google?: string;
-  };
-  entity: Entity;
-}
-
-export interface ClusterObjects {
-  cluster: { name: string };
-  resources: FetchResponse[];
-  errors: KubernetesFetchError[];
-}
-
-export interface ObjectsByEntityResponse {
-  items: ClusterObjects[];
-}
-
-export interface FetchResponseWrapper {
-  errors: KubernetesFetchError[];
-  responses: FetchResponse[];
-}
-
-export type FetchResponse =
-  | PodFetchResponse
-  | ServiceFetchResponse
-  | ConfigMapFetchResponse
-  | DeploymentFetchResponse
-  | ReplicaSetsFetchResponse
-  | HorizontalPodAutoscalersFetchResponse
-  | IngressesFetchResponse
-  | CustomResourceFetchResponse;
-
-// TODO fairly sure there's a easier way to do this
-
-export type KubernetesObjectTypes =
-  | 'pods'
-  | 'services'
-  | 'configmaps'
-  | 'deployments'
-  | 'replicasets'
-  | 'horizontalpodautoscalers'
-  | 'ingresses'
-  | 'customresources';
-
-export interface PodFetchResponse {
-  type: 'pods';
-  resources: Array<V1Pod>;
-}
-
-export interface ServiceFetchResponse {
-  type: 'services';
-  resources: Array<V1Service>;
-}
-
-export interface ConfigMapFetchResponse {
-  type: 'configmaps';
-  resources: Array<V1ConfigMap>;
-}
-
-export interface DeploymentFetchResponse {
-  type: 'deployments';
-  resources: Array<V1Deployment>;
-}
-
-export interface ReplicaSetsFetchResponse {
-  type: 'replicasets';
-  resources: Array<V1ReplicaSet>;
-}
-
-export interface HorizontalPodAutoscalersFetchResponse {
-  type: 'horizontalpodautoscalers';
-  resources: Array<V1HorizontalPodAutoscaler>;
-}
-
-export interface IngressesFetchResponse {
-  type: 'ingresses';
-  resources: Array<ExtensionsV1beta1Ingress>;
-}
-
-export interface CustomResourceFetchResponse {
-  type: 'customresources';
-  resources: Array<any>;
-}
-
-export interface ObjectFetchParams {
-  serviceId: string;
-  clusterDetails: ClusterDetails;
-  objectTypesToFetch: Set<KubernetesObjectTypes>;
-  labelSelector: string;
-  customResources: CustomResource[];
-}
-
-// Fetches information from a kubernetes cluster using the cluster details object
-// to target a specific cluster
-export interface KubernetesFetcher {
-  fetchObjectsForService(
-    params: ObjectFetchParams,
-  ): Promise<FetchResponseWrapper>;
-}
-
-// Used to locate which cluster(s) a service is running on
-export interface KubernetesServiceLocator {
-  getClustersByServiceId(serviceId: string): Promise<ClusterDetails[]>;
-}
-
-// Used to load cluster details from different sources
-export interface KubernetesClustersSupplier {
-  getClusters(): Promise<ClusterDetails[]>;
-}
-
-export type KubernetesErrorTypes =
-  | 'BAD_REQUEST'
-  | 'UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR'
-  | 'SYSTEM_ERROR'
-  | 'UNKNOWN_ERROR';
-
-export interface KubernetesFetchError {
-  errorType: KubernetesErrorTypes;
-  statusCode?: number;
-  resourcePath?: string;
-}
+export type ClusterLocatorMethod =
+  | ConfigClusterLocatorMethod
+  | GKEClusterLocatorMethod;
 
 export interface ConfigClusterLocatorMethod {
   /**
@@ -195,15 +63,61 @@ export interface GKEClusterLocatorMethod {
   region?: string;
 }
 
-export type ClusterLocatorMethod =
-  | ConfigClusterLocatorMethod
-  | GKEClusterLocatorMethod;
-
-export type ServiceLocatorMethod = 'multiTenant' | 'http'; // TODO implement http
-export type AuthProviderType = 'google' | 'serviceAccount' | 'aws';
-
 export interface CustomResource {
   group: string;
   apiVersion: string;
   plural: string;
 }
+
+export interface ObjectFetchParams {
+  serviceId: string;
+  clusterDetails: ClusterDetails;
+  objectTypesToFetch: Set<KubernetesObjectTypes>;
+  labelSelector: string;
+  customResources: CustomResource[];
+}
+
+// Fetches information from a kubernetes cluster using the cluster details object
+// to target a specific cluster
+export interface KubernetesFetcher {
+  fetchObjectsForService(
+    params: ObjectFetchParams,
+  ): Promise<FetchResponseWrapper>;
+}
+
+export interface FetchResponseWrapper {
+  errors: KubernetesFetchError[];
+  responses: FetchResponse[];
+}
+
+// TODO fairly sure there's a easier way to do this
+
+export type KubernetesObjectTypes =
+  | 'pods'
+  | 'services'
+  | 'configmaps'
+  | 'deployments'
+  | 'replicasets'
+  | 'horizontalpodautoscalers'
+  | 'ingresses'
+  | 'customresources';
+
+// Used to load cluster details from different sources
+export interface KubernetesClustersSupplier {
+  getClusters(): Promise<ClusterDetails[]>;
+}
+
+// Used to locate which cluster(s) a service is running on
+export interface KubernetesServiceLocator {
+  getClustersByServiceId(serviceId: string): Promise<ClusterDetails[]>;
+}
+
+export type ServiceLocatorMethod = 'multiTenant' | 'http'; // TODO implement http
+
+export interface ClusterDetails {
+  name: string;
+  url: string;
+  authProvider: string;
+  serviceAccountToken?: string | undefined;
+  skipTLSVerify?: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-common/.eslintrc.js b/plugins/kubernetes-common/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16a033dbc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-common/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  extends: [require.resolve('@backstage/cli/config/eslint.backend')],
+};
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-common/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/kubernetes-common/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44c9066ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# @backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common
+
+## 0.1.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- Adds types to be shared by the backend and the front end.
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-common/README.md b/plugins/kubernetes-common/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c366d0493c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-common/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# @backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common
+
+Common types and functionalities for kubernetes, to be shared between kubernetes and kubernetes-backend.
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-common/package.json b/plugins/kubernetes-common/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3551eb6413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-common/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  "name": "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common",
+  "description": "Common functionalities for kubernetes, to be shared between kubernetes and kubernetes-backend plugin",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "types": "src/index.ts",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public",
+    "main": "dist/index.esm.js",
+    "types": "dist/index.d.ts"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://backstage.io",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/backstage/backstage",
+    "directory": "plugin/kubernetes-common"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "techdocs",
+    "kubernetes"
+  ],
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "backstage-cli build",
+    "lint": "backstage-cli lint",
+    "test": "backstage-cli test --passWithNoTests",
+    "prepack": "backstage-cli prepack",
+    "postpack": "backstage-cli postpack",
+    "clean": "backstage-cli clean"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/backstage/backstage/issues"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@backstage/catalog-model": "^0.7.6",
+    "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.14.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@backstage/cli": "^0.6.5"
+  },
+  "jest": {
+    "roots": [
+      ".."
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/schema.d.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/index.ts
similarity index 55%
rename from plugins/kubernetes/schema.d.ts
rename to plugins/kubernetes-common/src/index.ts
index 196f5ba76d..50e9534751 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/schema.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/index.ts
@@ -14,29 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  ClusterLocatorMethod,
-  CustomResource,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
-
-export interface Config {
-  kubernetes?: {
-    /**
-     * @visibility frontend
-     */
-    serviceLocatorMethod: {
-      /**
-       * @visibility frontend
-       */
-      type: 'multiTenant';
-    };
-    /**
-     * @visibility frontend
-     */
-    clusterLocatorMethods: ClusterLocatorMethod[];
-    /**
-     * @visibility frontend
-     */
-    customResources?: CustomResource[];
-  };
-}
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23dc4f0f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 {
+  ExtensionsV1beta1Ingress,
+  V1ConfigMap,
+  V1Deployment,
+  V1HorizontalPodAutoscaler,
+  V1Pod,
+  V1ReplicaSet,
+  V1Service,
+} from '@kubernetes/client-node';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+
+export interface KubernetesRequestBody {
+  auth?: {
+    google?: string;
+  };
+  entity: Entity;
+}
+
+export interface ClusterObjects {
+  cluster: { name: string };
+  resources: FetchResponse[];
+  errors: KubernetesFetchError[];
+}
+
+export interface ObjectsByEntityResponse {
+  items: ClusterObjects[];
+}
+
+export type AuthProviderType = 'google' | 'serviceAccount' | 'aws';
+
+export type FetchResponse =
+  | PodFetchResponse
+  | ServiceFetchResponse
+  | ConfigMapFetchResponse
+  | DeploymentFetchResponse
+  | ReplicaSetsFetchResponse
+  | HorizontalPodAutoscalersFetchResponse
+  | IngressesFetchResponse
+  | CustomResourceFetchResponse;
+
+export interface PodFetchResponse {
+  type: 'pods';
+  resources: Array<V1Pod>;
+}
+
+export interface ServiceFetchResponse {
+  type: 'services';
+  resources: Array<V1Service>;
+}
+
+export interface ConfigMapFetchResponse {
+  type: 'configmaps';
+  resources: Array<V1ConfigMap>;
+}
+
+export interface DeploymentFetchResponse {
+  type: 'deployments';
+  resources: Array<V1Deployment>;
+}
+
+export interface ReplicaSetsFetchResponse {
+  type: 'replicasets';
+  resources: Array<V1ReplicaSet>;
+}
+
+export interface HorizontalPodAutoscalersFetchResponse {
+  type: 'horizontalpodautoscalers';
+  resources: Array<V1HorizontalPodAutoscaler>;
+}
+
+export interface IngressesFetchResponse {
+  type: 'ingresses';
+  resources: Array<ExtensionsV1beta1Ingress>;
+}
+
+export interface CustomResourceFetchResponse {
+  type: 'customresources';
+  resources: Array<any>;
+}
+
+export interface KubernetesFetchError {
+  errorType: KubernetesErrorTypes;
+  statusCode?: number;
+  resourcePath?: string;
+}
+
+export type KubernetesErrorTypes =
+  | 'BAD_REQUEST'
+  | 'UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR'
+  | 'SYSTEM_ERROR'
+  | 'UNKNOWN_ERROR';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/package.json b/plugins/kubernetes/package.json
index 8d21c79a24..331e121d6c 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/package.json
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "backstage",
     "kubernetes"
   ],
-  "configSchema": "schema.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "backstage-cli plugin:build",
     "start": "backstage-cli plugin:serve",
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.4",
     "@backstage/core": "^0.7.7",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-react": "^0.1.3",
-    "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend": "^0.3.2",
+    "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common": "^0.1.0",
     "@backstage/theme": "^0.2.6",
     "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.14.0",
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.11.0",
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@
     "msw": "^0.21.2"
   },
   "files": [
-    "dist",
-    "schema.d.ts"
+    "dist"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/KubernetesBackendClient.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/KubernetesBackendClient.ts
index 1eadec3fb0..19f1602143 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/KubernetesBackendClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/KubernetesBackendClient.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { KubernetesApi } from './types';
 import {
   KubernetesRequestBody,
   ObjectsByEntityResponse,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export class KubernetesBackendClient implements KubernetesApi {
   private readonly discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/types.ts
index da1b36989a..2e91783132 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/types.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { createApiRef } from '@backstage/core';
 import {
   KubernetesRequestBody,
   ObjectsByEntityResponse,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export const kubernetesApiRef = createApiRef<KubernetesApi>({
   id: 'plugin.kubernetes.service',
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/ErrorPanel.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/ErrorPanel.tsx
index 650e6ddff1..ba0026ac47 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/ErrorPanel.tsx
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/ErrorPanel.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { WarningPanel } from '@backstage/core';
 import { Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
-import { ClusterObjects } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { ClusterObjects } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 const clustersWithErrorsToErrorMessage = (
   clustersWithErrors: ClusterObjects[],
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx
index cda8dd7e6b..1461f52112 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
   StatusOK,
 } from '@backstage/core';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { ClusterObjects } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { ClusterObjects } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { ErrorPanel } from './ErrorPanel';
 import ExpandMoreIcon from '@material-ui/icons/ExpandMore';
 import { DeploymentsAccordions } from '../DeploymentsAccordions';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/error-detection/error-detection.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/error-detection/error-detection.test.ts
index 8a4575c8be..5079ed9245 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/error-detection/error-detection.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/error-detection/error-detection.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import * as maxedOutHpa from './__fixtures__/hpa-maxed-out.json';
 import {
   FetchResponse,
   ObjectsByEntityResponse,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 const CLUSTER_NAME = 'cluster-a';
 
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/error-detection/error-detection.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/error-detection/error-detection.ts
index a44747969d..91544fe623 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/error-detection/error-detection.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/error-detection/error-detection.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { DetectedError, DetectedErrorsByCluster } from './types';
-import { ObjectsByEntityResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { ObjectsByEntityResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { groupResponses } from '../utils/response';
 import { detectErrorsInPods } from './pods';
 import { detectErrorsInDeployments } from './deployments';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/hooks/useKubernetesObjects.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/hooks/useKubernetesObjects.ts
index 7c4de9ff1a..1dfe85fe38 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/hooks/useKubernetesObjects.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/hooks/useKubernetesObjects.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   KubernetesRequestBody,
   ObjectsByEntityResponse,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+} from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export interface KubernetesObjects {
   kubernetesObjects: ObjectsByEntityResponse | undefined;
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/AwsKubernetesAuthProvider.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/AwsKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
index cab81f3622..ef541b0173 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/AwsKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/AwsKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { KubernetesAuthProvider } from './types';
-import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export class AwsKubernetesAuthProvider implements KubernetesAuthProvider {
   async decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
index 570806a1a4..9c9db0b9fc 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core';
 import { KubernetesAuthProvider } from './types';
-import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export class GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider implements KubernetesAuthProvider {
   authProvider: OAuthApi;
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/KubernetesAuthProviders.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/KubernetesAuthProviders.ts
index dc9d9b5e0d..a96565f0c0 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/KubernetesAuthProviders.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/KubernetesAuthProviders.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core';
-import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { KubernetesAuthProvider, KubernetesAuthProvidersApi } from './types';
 import { GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider } from './GoogleKubernetesAuthProvider';
 import { ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider } from './ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
index 5d33521ae4..b88fd7679e 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { KubernetesAuthProvider } from './types';
-import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export class ServiceAccountKubernetesAuthProvider
   implements KubernetesAuthProvider {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/types.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/types.ts
index 2bed2838b9..8d4cead11a 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/kubernetes-auth-provider/types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { createApiRef } from '@backstage/core';
-import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 
 export interface KubernetesAuthProvider {
   decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/utils/response.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/utils/response.ts
index a9b10e7759..1d860ca226 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/utils/response.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/utils/response.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { FetchResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend';
+import { FetchResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { GroupedResponses } from '../types/types';
 
 // TODO this could probably be a lodash groupBy