diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/api-report-health.md b/packages/backend-defaults/api-report-rootHealth.md
similarity index 65%
rename from packages/backend-defaults/api-report-health.md
rename to packages/backend-defaults/api-report-rootHealth.md
index 795bdaac78..ffa067605a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/api-report-health.md
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/api-report-rootHealth.md
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
-import { HealthService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { RootHealthService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { ServiceFactory } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-export const healthServiceFactory: () => ServiceFactory<HealthService, 'root'>;
+export const rootHealthServiceFactory: () => ServiceFactory<
+  RootHealthService,
+  'root'
+>;
 
 // (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
 ```
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report.md b/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report.md
index ee5aecd63b..f527e366c0 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report.md
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export namespace coreServices {
   const rootConfig: ServiceRef<RootConfigService, 'root'>;
   const database: ServiceRef<DatabaseService, 'plugin'>;
   const discovery: ServiceRef<DiscoveryService, 'plugin'>;
-  const health: ServiceRef<HealthService, 'root'>;
+  const health: ServiceRef<RootHealthService, 'root'>;
   const httpAuth: ServiceRef<HttpAuthService, 'plugin'>;
   const httpRouter: ServiceRef<HttpRouterService, 'plugin'>;
   const lifecycle: ServiceRef<LifecycleService, 'plugin'>;
@@ -334,20 +334,6 @@ export type ExtensionPoint<T> = {
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export type ExtensionPointConfig = CreateExtensionPointOptions;
 
-// @public (undocumented)
-export interface HealthService {
-  // (undocumented)
-  getLiveness(): Promise<{
-    status: number;
-    payload?: any;
-  }>;
-  // (undocumented)
-  getReadiness(): Promise<{
-    status: number;
-    payload?: any;
-  }>;
-}
-
 // @public
 export interface HttpAuthService {
   credentials<TAllowed extends keyof BackstagePrincipalTypes = 'unknown'>(
@@ -515,6 +501,18 @@ export function resolveSafeChildPath(base: string, path: string): string;
 // @public
 export interface RootConfigService extends Config {}
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface RootHealthService {
+  getLiveness(): Promise<{
+    status: number;
+    payload?: any;
+  }>;
+  getReadiness(): Promise<{
+    status: number;
+    payload?: any;
+  }>;
+}
+
 // @public
 export interface RootHttpRouterService {
   use(path: string, handler: Handler): void;