diff --git a/.changeset/four-walls-perform.md b/.changeset/four-walls-perform.md
index bb30a0cc2b..e680a8b549 100644
--- a/.changeset/four-walls-perform.md
+++ b/.changeset/four-walls-perform.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder': minor
 ---
 
-Scaffolding - EntityPicker component - now it does not load full entity data, only a specified set - defaults to `['metadata.name', 'metadata.namespace', 'metadata.title', 'kind']`. It can significantly reduce loaded time bigger data set. It's possible to set fields to ignore configure via `fieldsToIgnore` in UI options of the EntityPicker component.
+Scaffolding - EntityPicker component - now it does not load full entity data, only a specified set - defaults to `['metadata.name', 'metadata.namespace', 'metadata.title', 'kind']`. It can significantly reduce loaded time bigger data set. It's possible to set fields to ignore configure via `fields` in UI options of the EntityPicker component.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
index d2c88a0b03..760a14b8a8 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const EntityPicker = (props: EntityPickerProps) => {
   } = props;
   const catalogFilter = buildCatalogFilter(uiSchema);
   const defaultKind = uiSchema['ui:options']?.defaultKind;
-  const fieldsToIgnore = uiSchema['ui:options']?.fieldsToIgnore;
+  const fieldsToIgnore = uiSchema['ui:options']?.fields;
   const defaultNamespace =
     uiSchema['ui:options']?.defaultNamespace || undefined;
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
index 5617ca2073..fd02e80c73 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const EntityPickerFieldSchema = makeFieldSchemaFromZod(
       .describe(
         'DEPRECATED: Use `catalogFilter` instead. List of kinds of entities to derive options from',
       ),
-    fieldsToIgnore: z
+    fields: z
       .array(z.string())
       .optional()
       .describe(