diff --git a/.changeset/five-hornets-wash.md b/.changeset/five-hornets-wash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c29debb518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-hornets-wash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Fix some deprecations and misplaced `await` usage.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
index 467887dfc5..81e5ffb9f9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ export const createBuiltinActions: (
 
 // @public
 export interface CreateBuiltInActionsOptions {
-  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter_2>;
   // (undocumented)
-  additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal>;
+  additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal_2>;
   catalogClient: CatalogApi;
   config: Config;
   integrations: ScmIntegrations;
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ export function createFetchPlainFileAction(options: {
 export function createFetchTemplateAction(options: {
   reader: UrlReader;
   integrations: ScmIntegrations;
-  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
-  additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter_2>;
+  additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal_2>;
 }): TemplateAction_2<
   {
     url: string;
@@ -343,14 +343,14 @@ export function createWaitAction(options?: {
 
 // @public
 export type CreateWorkerOptions = {
-  taskBroker: TaskBroker;
+  taskBroker: TaskBroker_2;
   actionRegistry: TemplateActionRegistry;
   integrations: ScmIntegrations;
   workingDirectory: string;
   logger: Logger;
-  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
+  additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter_2>;
   concurrentTasksLimit?: number;
-  additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal>;
+  additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal_2>;
   permissions?: PermissionEvaluator;
 };
 
@@ -500,11 +500,11 @@ export type TaskContext = TaskContext_2;
 export type TaskEventType = TaskEventType_2;
 
 // @public
-export class TaskManager implements TaskContext {
+export class TaskManager implements TaskContext_2 {
   // (undocumented)
   get cancelSignal(): AbortSignal;
   // (undocumented)
-  complete(result: TaskCompletionState, metadata?: JsonObject): Promise<void>;
+  complete(result: TaskCompletionState_2, metadata?: JsonObject): Promise<void>;
   // (undocumented)
   static create(
     task: CurrentClaimedTask,
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ export class TaskWorker {
   // (undocumented)
   recoverTasks(): Promise<void>;
   // (undocumented)
-  runOneTask(task: TaskContext): Promise<void>;
+  runOneTask(task: TaskContext_2): Promise<void>;
   // (undocumented)
   start(): void;
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters.ts
index 21b43a6164..a8101a64d4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 import { parseEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import type { JsonObject, JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
-import { TemplateFilter } from '..';
-import { parseRepoUrl } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import {
+  parseRepoUrl,
+  TemplateFilter,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 
 export const createDefaultFilters = ({
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
index 4a8bdec951..f9c15597a8 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ import {
   GithubCredentialsProvider,
   ScmIntegrations,
 } from '@backstage/integration';
-import { TemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import {
+  TemplateAction,
+  TemplateFilter,
+  TemplateGlobal,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import {
   createCatalogRegisterAction,
   createCatalogWriteAction,
   createFetchCatalogEntityAction,
 } from './catalog';
 
-import { TemplateFilter, TemplateGlobal } from '../../../lib';
 import { createDebugLogAction, createWaitAction } from './debug';
 import {
   createFetchPlainAction,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
index 63a595ef80..b39582e18b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import {
   createTemplateAction,
   fetchContents,
+  TemplateFilter,
+  TemplateGlobal,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import globby from 'globby';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { isBinaryFile } from 'isbinaryfile';
-import {
-  TemplateFilter,
-  SecureTemplater,
-  TemplateGlobal,
-} from '../../../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
+import { SecureTemplater } from '../../../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
 import { createDefaultFilters } from '../../../../lib/templating/filters';
 import { examples } from './template.examples';
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
index 3085bb8687..cf29d43e19 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ import { NunjucksWorkflowRunner } from './NunjucksWorkflowRunner';
 import { TemplateActionRegistry } from '../actions';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
-import { TaskContext } from './types';
 import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import {
   createTemplateAction,
   TaskSecrets,
   TemplateAction,
+  TaskContext,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { z } from 'zod';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index ce1ad71c33..f86cf9019e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
-import {
-  TaskContext,
-  TaskTrackType,
-  WorkflowResponse,
-  WorkflowRunner,
-} from './types';
+import { TaskTrackType, WorkflowResponse, WorkflowRunner } from './types';
 import * as winston from 'winston';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -32,10 +27,8 @@ import { generateExampleOutput, isTruthy } from './helper';
 import { validate as validateJsonSchema } from 'jsonschema';
 import { TemplateActionRegistry } from '../actions';
 import {
-  TemplateFilter,
   SecureTemplater,
   SecureTemplateRenderer,
-  TemplateGlobal,
 } from '../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
 import {
   TaskSpec,
@@ -43,7 +36,12 @@ import {
   TaskStep,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 
-import { TemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import {
+  TemplateAction,
+  TemplateFilter,
+  TemplateGlobal,
+  TaskContext,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { createConditionAuthorizer } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { createCounterMetric, createHistogramMetric } from '../../util/metrics';
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
 
     try {
       if (step.if) {
-        const ifResult = await this.render(step.if, context, renderTemplate);
+        const ifResult = this.render(step.if, context, renderTemplate);
         if (!isTruthy(ifResult)) {
           await stepTrack.skipFalsy();
           return;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.test.ts
index a79624456a..3d2fb28538 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.test.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@
 import { getVoidLogger, DatabaseManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
-import { TaskSecrets } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import {
+  TaskSecrets,
+  SerializedTaskEvent,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { DatabaseTaskStore } from './DatabaseTaskStore';
 import { StorageTaskBroker, TaskManager } from './StorageTaskBroker';
-import { SerializedTaskEvent } from './types';
 
 async function createStore(): Promise<DatabaseTaskStore> {
   const manager = DatabaseManager.fromConfig(
@@ -81,12 +83,12 @@ describe('StorageTaskBroker', () => {
     const taskA = await broker.claim();
     const taskB = await broker.claim();
     const taskC = await broker.claim();
-    await expect(taskA).toEqual(expect.any(TaskManager as any));
-    await expect(taskB).toEqual(expect.any(TaskManager as any));
-    await expect(taskC).toEqual(expect.any(TaskManager as any));
-    await expect(taskA.spec.steps[0].id).toBe('a');
-    await expect(taskB.spec.steps[0].id).toBe('b');
-    await expect(taskC.spec.steps[0].id).toBe('c');
+    expect(taskA).toEqual(expect.any(TaskManager as any));
+    expect(taskB).toEqual(expect.any(TaskManager as any));
+    expect(taskC).toEqual(expect.any(TaskManager as any));
+    expect(taskA.spec.steps[0].id).toBe('a');
+    expect(taskB.spec.steps[0].id).toBe('b');
+    expect(taskC.spec.steps[0].id).toBe('c');
   });
 
   it('should store secrets', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
index 8b49f492e8..1e557512cb 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
@@ -16,19 +16,19 @@
 
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
-import { TaskSecrets } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
-import { JsonObject, Observable } from '@backstage/types';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
 import {
+  TaskSecrets,
   SerializedTask,
   SerializedTaskEvent,
   TaskBroker,
   TaskBrokerDispatchOptions,
   TaskCompletionState,
   TaskContext,
-  TaskStore,
-} from './types';
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import { JsonObject, Observable } from '@backstage/types';
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
+import { TaskStore } from './types';
 import { readDuration } from './helper';
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
index e886b31369..70308c420c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import {
   SerializedTaskEvent,
   TaskBroker,
   TaskContext,
-  WorkflowRunner,
-} from './types';
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import { WorkflowRunner } from './types';
 import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
 import waitForExpect from 'wait-for-expect';
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ describe('Cancellable TaskWorker', () => {
       },
     });
 
-    await taskWorker.start();
+    taskWorker.start();
     await taskBroker.cancel(taskId);
 
     await waitForExpect(() => {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
index cd7dc06a91..0f0ee2ad68 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,19 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TaskContext, TaskBroker, WorkflowRunner } from './types';
+import { WorkflowRunner } from './types';
+import {
+  TaskContext,
+  TaskBroker,
+  TemplateFilter,
+  TemplateGlobal,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import PQueue from 'p-queue';
 import { NunjucksWorkflowRunner } from './NunjucksWorkflowRunner';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { TemplateActionRegistry } from '../actions';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { assertError, stringifyError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import { TemplateFilter, TemplateGlobal } from '../../lib';
 import { PermissionEvaluator } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/taskRecoveryHelper.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/taskRecoveryHelper.test.ts
index 8224feab8e..42cd617269 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/taskRecoveryHelper.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/taskRecoveryHelper.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { trimEventsTillLastRecovery } from './taskRecoveryHelper';
-import { SerializedTaskEvent } from './types';
+import { SerializedTaskEvent } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 
 const toLogEvent = (stepId: string) =>
   ({