diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/config/schema.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/config/schema.ts
index 6badec6b6d..17525ec48b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/config/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/config/schema.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import { stringify as stringifyYaml } from 'yaml';
 import { loadCliConfig } from '../../lib/config';
-import { mergeConfigSchemas } from '@backstage/config-loader';
+import {
+  mergeConfigSchemas,
+  ConfigSchemaPackageEntry,
+} from '@backstage/config-loader';
 
 export default async (cmd: Command) => {
   const { schema } = await loadCliConfig({
@@ -26,7 +29,9 @@ export default async (cmd: Command) => {
     mockEnv: true,
   });
 
-  const { schema: data } = mergeConfigSchemas(schema.serialize().schemas);
+  const { schema: data } = mergeConfigSchemas(
+    schema.serialize().schemas as ConfigSchemaPackageEntry[],
+  );
 
   if (cmd.format === 'json') {
     process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)}\n`);
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/index.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/index.ts
index d9e5ae1350..4878e9d098 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
  */
 
 export { readEnvConfig, loadConfigSchema, mergeConfigSchemas } from './lib';
-export type { ConfigSchema, ConfigVisibility } from './lib';
+export type {
+  ConfigSchema,
+  ConfigSchemaPackageEntry,
+  ConfigVisibility,
+} from './lib';
 export { loadConfig } from './loader';
 export type { LoadConfigOptions } from './loader';
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.ts
index 0cbd075893..0ac1ea8045 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ export function compileConfigSchemas(
  */
 export function mergeConfigSchemas(
   schemas: ConfigSchemaPackageEntry[],
-): { schema: JSONSchema; parser: Ajv } {
+): {
+  schema: JSONSchema;
+  parser: Ajv;
+  visibilityByPath: Map<string, ConfigVisibility>;
+} {
   // The ajv instance below is stateful and doesn't really allow for additional
   // output during validation. We work around this by having this extra piece
   // of state that we reset before each validation.
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/index.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/index.ts
index 00bb5c7d10..dc2e471a28 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/index.ts
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@
 
 export { mergeConfigSchemas } from './compile';
 export { loadConfigSchema } from './load';
-export type { ConfigSchema, ConfigVisibility } from './types';
+export type {
+  ConfigSchema,
+  ConfigSchemaPackageEntry,
+  ConfigVisibility,
+} from './types';