diff --git a/.changeset/small-hornets-dress.md b/.changeset/small-hornets-dress.md
index 2bb73b1ba3..474c3011bd 100644
--- a/.changeset/small-hornets-dress.md
+++ b/.changeset/small-hornets-dress.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common': patch
 ---
 
-Moved the `CatalogEntityDocument` to `@backstage/plugin-catalog-common` and deprecated the export from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend`.
+**DEPRECATION**: Moved the `CatalogEntityDocument` to `@backstage/plugin-catalog-common` and deprecated the export from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend`.
 
 A new `type` field has also been added to `CatalogEntityDocument` as a replacement for `componentType`, which is now deprecated. Both fields are still present and should be set to the same value in order to avoid issues with indexing.
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
index 9dcb2db752..dfe9a8943e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { BitbucketIntegration } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
-import { CatalogEntityDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
+import { CatalogEntityDocument as CatalogEntityDocument_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
 import { CompoundEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ConditionalPolicyDecision } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { Conditions } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ export const catalogConditions: Conditions<{
   >;
 }>;
 
-export { CatalogEntityDocument };
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
+export type CatalogEntityDocument = CatalogEntityDocument_2;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type CatalogEnvironment = {
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ export class DefaultCatalogCollator {
   // (undocumented)
   protected discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
   // (undocumented)
-  execute(): Promise<CatalogEntityDocument[]>;
+  execute(): Promise<CatalogEntityDocument_2[]>;
   // (undocumented)
   protected filter?: GetEntitiesRequest['filter'];
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.ts
index ca6395b60a..440a8c8ebb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 
-/**
- * @deprecated import from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-common` instead
- */
-export type { CatalogEntityDocument };
-
 /** @public */
 export type DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions = {
   discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/index.ts
index bd54e33e59..eb5b1e7c22 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/index.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@
 export { DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory } from './DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory';
 export type { DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions } from './DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory';
 
-/** @public @deprecated use the export from `plugin-catalog-common` instead */
-export type { CatalogEntityDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
+import { CatalogEntityDocument as CatalogEntityDocumentType } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated import from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-common` instead
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CatalogEntityDocument = CatalogEntityDocumentType;
 
 /**
  * todo(backstage/techdocs-core): stop exporting this in a future release.