diff --git a/.changeset/pink-mayflies-rhyme.md b/.changeset/pink-mayflies-rhyme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fff17b28b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pink-mayflies-rhyme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-newrelic-dashboard': patch
+---
+
+Add `FetchApi` and related `fetchApiRef` which implement fetch. in order to included the Authorization Token to New Relic Dashboard Plugin, so that frontend can send an authenticated proxy call to backend
diff --git a/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/api/NewRelicDashboardClient.ts b/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/api/NewRelicDashboardClient.ts
index 2411102712..63b33056e1 100644
--- a/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/api/NewRelicDashboardClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/api/NewRelicDashboardClient.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   DashboardSnapshotSummary,
   NewRelicDashboardApi,
 } from './NewRelicDashboardApi';
-import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { DiscoveryApi, FetchApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { DashboardEntity } from '../types/DashboardEntity';
 import { DashboardSnapshot } from '../types/DashboardSnapshot';
 import { getDashboardParentGuidQuery } from '../queries/getDashboardParentGuidQuery';
@@ -27,13 +27,18 @@ import { ResponseError } from '@backstage/errors';
 
 export class NewRelicDashboardClient implements NewRelicDashboardApi {
   private readonly discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+  private readonly fetchApi: FetchApi;
+
   constructor({
     discoveryApi,
+    fetchApi,
   }: {
     discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+    fetchApi: FetchApi;
     baseUrl?: string;
   }) {
     this.discoveryApi = discoveryApi;
+    this.fetchApi = fetchApi;
   }
 
   private async callApi<T>(
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ export class NewRelicDashboardClient implements NewRelicDashboardApi {
     const apiUrl = `${await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl(
       'proxy',
     )}/newrelic/api/graphql`;
-    const response = await fetch(apiUrl, requestOptions);
+    const response = await this.fetchApi.fetch(apiUrl, requestOptions);
     if (response.status === 200) {
       return (await response.json()) as T;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/plugin.ts
index 9bfecff18f..d4ed11573f 100644
--- a/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/plugin.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   createApiFactory,
   discoveryApiRef,
   createComponentExtension,
+  fetchApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { newRelicDashboardApiRef, NewRelicDashboardClient } from './api';
 import { rootRouteRef } from './routes';
@@ -31,10 +32,15 @@ export const newRelicDashboardPlugin = createPlugin({
   apis: [
     createApiFactory({
       api: newRelicDashboardApiRef,
-      deps: { configApi: configApiRef, discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef },
-      factory: ({ configApi, discoveryApi }) =>
+      deps: {
+        configApi: configApiRef,
+        discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef,
+        fetchApi: fetchApiRef,
+      },
+      factory: ({ configApi, discoveryApi, fetchApi }) =>
         new NewRelicDashboardClient({
           discoveryApi,
+          fetchApi,
           baseUrl: configApi.getOptionalString('newrelicdashboard.baseUrl'),
         }),
     }),