diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-aws/src/providers/AwsS3EntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-aws/src/providers/AwsS3EntityProvider.test.ts
index 9d3bba0e8a..3d59d738cf 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-aws/src/providers/AwsS3EntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-aws/src/providers/AwsS3EntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ describe('AwsS3EntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
 
     const provider = AwsS3EntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/providers/AzureDevOpsEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/providers/AzureDevOpsEntityProvider.test.ts
index 1c2c3d0082..c57455d8d6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/providers/AzureDevOpsEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/providers/AzureDevOpsEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ describe('AzureDevOpsEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
 
     const provider = AzureDevOpsEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.test.ts
index 08b127f69e..641150acbf 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ describe('BitbucketCloudEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
     const provider = BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
       logger,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/providers/BitbucketServerEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/providers/BitbucketServerEntityProvider.test.ts
index fe2c81b9b6..39689b6c1d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/providers/BitbucketServerEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/providers/BitbucketServerEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ describe('BitbucketServerEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
     const provider = BitbucketServerEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
       logger,
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ describe('BitbucketServerEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
     const provider = BitbucketServerEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
       logger,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gerrit/src/providers/GerritEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gerrit/src/providers/GerritEntityProvider.test.ts
index d5be045e6c..d6ad0ff668 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gerrit/src/providers/GerritEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gerrit/src/providers/GerritEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ describe('GerritEntityProvider', () => {
 
   const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
     applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+    refresh: jest.fn(),
   };
 
   it('discovers projects from the api.', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.test.ts
index 871718cc05..63fb77288b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ describe('GitHubEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
 
     const provider = GitHubEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ describe('GitHubEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
 
     const provider = GitHubEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ describe('GitHubEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
 
     const provider = GitHubEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
@@ -404,6 +407,7 @@ it('apply full update on scheduled execution with topic exclusion taking priorit
   const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
   const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
     applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+    refresh: jest.fn(),
   };
 
   const provider = GitHubEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
index 77d585eae1..2d05346f01 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ describe('GitHubOrgEntityProvider', () => {
 
       const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
         applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+        refresh: jest.fn(),
       };
 
       const logger = getVoidLogger();
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider.test.ts
index 7fb4bf8d09..3f3c4e7f91 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ describe('GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
     const provider = GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
       logger,
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ describe('GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider', () => {
     const schedule = new PersistingTaskRunner();
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
     const provider = GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
       logger,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-msgraph/src/processors/MicrosoftGraphOrgEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-msgraph/src/processors/MicrosoftGraphOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
index e34eee0499..ff68235c4c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-msgraph/src/processors/MicrosoftGraphOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-msgraph/src/processors/MicrosoftGraphOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ describe('MicrosoftGraphOrgEntityProvider', () => {
     };
     const entityProviderConnection: EntityProviderConnection = {
       applyMutation: jest.fn(),
+      refresh: jest.fn(),
     };
     const provider = MicrosoftGraphOrgEntityProvider.fromConfig(
       new ConfigReader(config),
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/DefaultLocationStore.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/DefaultLocationStore.test.ts
index dfbc37f6c9..2a9b1f8d65 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/DefaultLocationStore.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/DefaultLocationStore.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('DefaultLocationStore', () => {
   async function createLocationStore(databaseId: TestDatabaseId) {
     const knex = await databases.init(databaseId);
     await applyDatabaseMigrations(knex);
-    const connection = { applyMutation: jest.fn() };
+    const connection = { applyMutation: jest.fn(), refresh: jest.fn() };
     const store = new DefaultLocationStore(knex);
     await store.connect(connection);
     return { store, connection };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/src/api/provider.ts b/plugins/catalog-node/src/api/provider.ts
index 437da4e7d6..a29df7bcba 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-node/src/api/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/src/api/provider.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ export interface EntityProviderConnection {
    * Applies either a full or delta update to the catalog engine.
    */
   applyMutation(mutation: EntityProviderMutation): Promise<void>;
+
+  /**
+   * Schedules a refresh on all of the entities that has a matching refresh key associated with the provided keys.
+   */
   refresh(keys: string[]): Promise<void>;
 }