diff --git a/.changeset/chilled-cameras-change.md b/.changeset/chilled-cameras-change.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8491761594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilled-cameras-change.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab': patch
+---
+
+Internal update to use the new cache manager
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
index 450bee9063..4a59277e37 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
@@ -65,10 +65,15 @@ export type CacheClientOptions = CacheServiceOptions;
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export type CacheClientSetOptions = CacheServiceSetOptions;
 
-// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "CacheManager_2" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-//
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
-export class CacheManager extends CacheManager_2 {}
+export class CacheManager {
+  // (undocumented)
+  forPlugin(pluginId: string): PluginCacheManager;
+  static fromConfig(
+    config: RootConfigService,
+    options?: CacheManagerOptions,
+  ): CacheManager;
+}
 
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "CacheManagerOptions_2" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 //
@@ -411,10 +416,10 @@ export function makeLegacyPlugin<
 // @public @deprecated
 export function notFoundHandler(): RequestHandler;
 
-// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "PluginCacheManager_2" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-//
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
-export type PluginCacheManager = PluginCacheManager_2;
+export type PluginCacheManager = {
+  getClient(options?: CacheServiceOptions): CacheService;
+};
 
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export type PluginDatabaseManager = DatabaseService;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
index 29914db705..01e8018845 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { GitLabClient, GitLabProject, paginated } from './lib';
 import { CacheService, LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import {
-  CacheManager,
-  PluginCacheManager,
-} from '@backstage/backend-defaults/cache';
+import { CacheManager } from '@backstage/backend-defaults/cache';
 
 /**
  * Extracts repositories out of an GitLab instance.
@@ -64,13 +61,13 @@ export class GitLabDiscoveryProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
 
   private constructor(options: {
     integrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
-    pluginCache: PluginCacheManager;
+    pluginCache: CacheService;
     logger: LoggerService;
     skipReposWithoutExactFileMatch?: boolean;
     skipForkedRepos?: boolean;
   }) {
     this.integrations = options.integrations;
-    this.cache = options.pluginCache.getClient();
+    this.cache = options.pluginCache;
     this.logger = options.logger;
     this.skipReposWithoutExactFileMatch =
       options.skipReposWithoutExactFileMatch || false;
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index 5b5fc52741..631efe06ea 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { loggerToWinstonLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import {
+  PluginCacheManager,
+  loggerToWinstonLogger,
+} from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   DocsBuildStrategy,
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@ import { createEventStream, createRouter, RouterOptions } from './router';
 import { TechDocsCache } from '../cache';
 import { mockErrorHandler, mockServices } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { DiscoveryService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { PluginCacheManager } from '@backstage/backend-defaults/cache';
 
 jest.mock('@backstage/catalog-client');
 jest.mock('@backstage/config');