diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
index 51492699a8..6eb94fbd5b 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   AwsCredentialProvider,
   DefaultAwsCredentialsManager,
 } from '@backstage/integration-aws-node';
+import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 export type { ElasticSearchClientOptions };
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export type ElasticSearchQueryTranslator = (
  * @public
  */
 export type ElasticSearchOptions = {
-  logger: Logger;
+  logger: Logger | LoggerService;
   config: Config;
   aliasPostfix?: string;
   indexPrefix?: string;
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ export class ElasticSearchSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
     private readonly elasticSearchClientOptions: ElasticSearchClientOptions,
     private readonly aliasPostfix: string,
     private readonly indexPrefix: string,
-    private readonly logger: Logger,
+    private readonly logger: Logger | LoggerService,
     private readonly batchSize: number,
     highlightOptions?: ElasticSearchHighlightOptions,
   ) {
@@ -229,11 +230,10 @@ export class ElasticSearchSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
             .boolQuery()
             .should(value.map(it => esb.matchQuery(key, it.toString())));
         }
-        this.logger.error(
-          'Failed to query, unrecognized filter type',
+        this.logger.error('Failed to query, unrecognized filter type', {
           key,
           value,
-        );
+        });
         throw new Error(
           'Failed to add filters to query. Unrecognized filter type',
         );
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngineIndexer.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngineIndexer.ts
index a9d15c421e..b742216d52 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngineIndexer.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngineIndexer.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ElasticSearchClientWrapper } from './ElasticSearchClientWrapper';
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
+import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 /**
  * Options for instantiate ElasticSearchSearchEngineIndexer
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export type ElasticSearchSearchEngineIndexerOptions = {
   indexPrefix: string;
   indexSeparator: string;
   alias: string;
-  logger: Logger;
+  logger: Logger | LoggerService;
   elasticSearchClientWrapper: ElasticSearchClientWrapper;
   batchSize: number;
 };
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ export class ElasticSearchSearchEngineIndexer extends BatchSearchEngineIndexer {
   private readonly indexSeparator: string;
   private readonly alias: string;
   private readonly removableAlias: string;
-  private readonly logger: Logger;
+  private readonly logger: Logger | LoggerService;
   private readonly sourceStream: Readable;
   private readonly elasticSearchClientWrapper: ElasticSearchClientWrapper;
   private configuredBatchSize: number;
@@ -186,7 +187,9 @@ export class ElasticSearchSearchEngineIndexer extends BatchSearchEngineIndexer {
     // If any indices are removable, remove them. Do not bubble up this error,
     // as doing so would delete the now aliased index. Log instead.
     if (this.removableIndices.length) {
-      this.logger.info('Removing stale search indices', this.removableIndices);
+      this.logger.info('Removing stale search indices', {
+        removableIndices: this.removableIndices,
+      });
       try {
         await this.elasticSearchClientWrapper.deleteIndex({
           index: this.removableIndices,