diff --git a/.changeset/proud-flies-travel.md b/.changeset/proud-flies-travel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41f40e2e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/proud-flies-travel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core-compat-api': patch
+---
+
+Made package public so it can be published
diff --git a/packages/core-compat-api/package.json b/packages/core-compat-api/package.json
index 63fad182e2..5f4342898a 100644
--- a/packages/core-compat-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/core-compat-api/package.json
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "@backstage/core-compat-api",
-  "version": "0.0.2-next.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "private": true,
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
     "main": "dist/index.esm.js",
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/core-app-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/frontend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/frontend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
+    "@types/react": "^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c9013217c7..1084fab98f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3767,6 +3767,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-stackstorm": "workspace:^"
     "@oriflame/backstage-plugin-score-card": ^0.7.0
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": ^6.0.0
+    "@types/react": ^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0
   peerDependencies:
     react: ^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0
     react-router-dom: 6.0.0-beta.0 || ^6.3.0