diff --git a/.changeset/early-socks-beg.md b/.changeset/early-socks-beg.md
index 33265fe8f1..915ca8f63a 100644
--- a/.changeset/early-socks-beg.md
+++ b/.changeset/early-socks-beg.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/plugin-catalog': minor
-'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
 ---
 
 added retry callback to useEntity hook
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntity.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntity.ts
index a83e573753..6fe25fb115 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntity.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntity.ts
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ type EntityLoadingStatus = {
   entity?: Entity;
   loading: boolean;
   error?: Error;
-  retry?: VoidFunction;
+  refresh?: VoidFunction;
 };
 
 export const EntityContext = createContext<EntityLoadingStatus>({
   entity: undefined,
   loading: true,
   error: undefined,
-  retry: () => {},
+  refresh: () => {},
 });
 
 export const useEntityFromUrl = (): EntityLoadingStatus => {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const useEntityFromUrl = (): EntityLoadingStatus => {
   const errorApi = useApi(errorApiRef);
   const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
 
-  const { value: entity, error, loading, retry } = useAsyncRetry(
+  const { value: entity, error, loading, retry: refresh } = useAsyncRetry(
     () => catalogApi.getEntityByName({ kind, namespace, name }),
     [catalogApi, kind, namespace, name],
   );
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ export const useEntityFromUrl = (): EntityLoadingStatus => {
     }
   }, [errorApi, navigate, error, loading, entity, name]);
 
-  return { entity, loading, error, retry };
+  return { entity, loading, error, refresh };
 };
 
 /**
  * Grab the current entity from the context and its current loading state.
  */
 export function useEntity<T extends Entity = Entity>() {
-  const { entity, loading, error, retry } = useContext(EntityContext);
-  return { entity: entity as T, loading, error, retry };
+  const { entity, loading, error, refresh } = useContext(EntityContext);
+  return { entity: entity as T, loading, error, refresh };
 }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLoaderProvider/EntityLoaderProvider.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLoaderProvider/EntityLoaderProvider.tsx
index 20828b390b..8d2feae7da 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLoaderProvider/EntityLoaderProvider.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLoaderProvider/EntityLoaderProvider.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import {
 import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
 
 export const EntityLoaderProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
-  const { entity, loading, error, retry } = useEntityFromUrl();
+  const { entity, loading, error, refresh } = useEntityFromUrl();
 
   return (
-    <EntityContext.Provider value={{ entity, loading, error, retry }}>
+    <EntityContext.Provider value={{ entity, loading, error, refresh }}>
       {children}
     </EntityContext.Provider>
   );