diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasMetadata.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasMetadata.ts
index f5f25a5ecf..cf14faea14 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasMetadata.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasMetadata.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ import { createPropertyRule } from './createPropertyRule';
  *
  * The key argument to the `apply` and `toQuery` methods can be nested, such as
  * 'field.nestedfield'.
- * @public
+ * @alpha
  */
 export const hasMetadata = createPropertyRule('metadata');