diff --git a/.changeset/violet-bobcats-sin.md b/.changeset/violet-bobcats-sin.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..577ecab8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-bobcats-sin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-auth-backend': patch
+---
+
+expose verifyNonce and readState publicly from auth-backend
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/oauth/index.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/oauth/index.ts
index bf3e0658e4..6bbe017eb3 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/oauth/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/oauth/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 export { OAuthEnvironmentHandler } from './OAuthEnvironmentHandler';
 export { OAuthAdapter } from './OAuthAdapter';
-export { encodeState } from './helpers';
+export { encodeState, verifyNonce, readState } from './helpers';
 export type {
   OAuthHandlers,
   OAuthProviderInfo,