diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
index cea0e85148..57f73b1876 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TemplateEntityV1alpha1 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { TemplateEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { ConflictError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class CatalogEntityClient {
   async findTemplate(
     templateName: string,
     options?: { token?: string },
-  ): Promise<TemplateEntityV1alpha1> {
+  ): Promise<TemplateEntity> {
     const { items: templates } = (await this.catalogClient.getEntities(
       {
         filter: {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class CatalogEntityClient {
         },
       },
       options,
-    )) as { items: TemplateEntityV1alpha1[] };
+    )) as { items: TemplateEntity[] };
 
     if (templates.length !== 1) {
       if (templates.length > 1) {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
index e7ad21e703..9d0c0863aa 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import * as winston from 'winston';
-import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/config';
+import { JsonValue, JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
 import { TaskBroker, Task } from './types';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -57,10 +57,11 @@ export class TaskWorker {
       );
 
       const templateCtx: {
+        parameters: JsonObject;
         steps: {
           [stepName: string]: { output: { [outputName: string]: JsonValue } };
         };
-      } = { steps: {} };
+      } = { parameters: task.spec.values, steps: {} };
 
       for (const step of task.spec.steps) {
         const metadata = { stepId: step.id };
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TemplateConverter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TemplateConverter.ts
index 4139948513..8019b676b5 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TemplateConverter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TemplateConverter.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export function templateEntityToSpec(
   });
 
   return {
+    values: {},
     steps,
     output: {
       remoteUrl: '{{ steps.publish.output.remoteUrl }}',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
index ae18a59e41..7fc35d9e46 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export type DbTaskEventRow = {
 };
 
 export type TaskSpec = {
+  values: JsonObject;
   steps: Array<{
     id: string;
     name: string;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 3d10bbd101..358d571000 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import {
 import { registerLegacyActions } from '../scaffolder/stages/legacy';
 import { getWorkingDirectory } from './helpers';
 import {
+  InputError,
   NotFoundError,
   PluginDatabaseManager,
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
@@ -250,7 +251,25 @@ export async function createRouter(
         res.status(400).json({ errors: validationResult.errors });
         return;
       }
-      const taskSpec = templateEntityToSpec(template, values);
+
+      let taskSpec;
+      if (template.apiVersion === 'backstage.io/v1alpha1') {
+        taskSpec = templateEntityToSpec(template, values);
+      } else if (template.apiVersion === 'backstage.io/v1beta1') {
+        // TODO: add v1beta1 type
+        // const betaTemplate = template as TemplateEntityV1beta1
+        const betaTemplate = template as any;
+        taskSpec = {
+          values,
+          steps: betaTemplate.spec.steps,
+          output: betaTemplate.spec.output,
+        };
+      } else {
+        throw new InputError(
+          `Unknown apiVersion field in schema entity, ${template.apiVersion}`,
+        );
+      }
+
       const result = await taskBroker.dispatch(taskSpec);
 
       res.status(201).json({ id: result.taskId });