diff --git a/.changeset/friendly-flies-fly.md b/.changeset/friendly-flies-fly.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfccf621fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/friendly-flies-fly.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Change AWS Account type from Component to Resource
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor.test.ts
index 5044a16aea..6eb7a45c63 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor', () => {
         location,
         entity: {
           apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
-          kind: 'Component',
+          kind: 'Resource',
           metadata: {
             annotations: {
               'amazonaws.com/arn':
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ describe('AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor', () => {
           },
           spec: {
             type: 'cloud-account',
-            lifecycle: 'unknown',
             owner: 'unknown',
           },
         },
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ describe('AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor', () => {
         location,
         entity: {
           apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
-          kind: 'Component',
+          kind: 'Resource',
           metadata: {
             annotations: {
               'amazonaws.com/arn':
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ describe('AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor', () => {
           },
           spec: {
             type: 'cloud-account',
-            lifecycle: 'unknown',
             owner: 'unknown',
           },
         },
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor.ts
index 298fcb82ec..40516f88f7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import {
-  ComponentEntityV1alpha1,
-  LocationSpec,
-} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { LocationSpec, ResourceEntityV1alpha1 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import {
   Account,
   Organizations,
@@ -82,13 +79,13 @@ export class AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
     return awsAccounts;
   }
 
-  mapAccountToComponent(account: Account): ComponentEntityV1alpha1 {
+  mapAccountToComponent(account: Account): ResourceEntityV1alpha1 {
     const { accountId, organizationId } = this.extractInformationFromArn(
       account.Arn as string,
     );
     return {
       apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
-      kind: 'Component',
+      kind: 'Resource',
       metadata: {
         annotations: {
           [ACCOUNTID_ANNOTATION]: accountId,
@@ -100,7 +97,6 @@ export class AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
       },
       spec: {
         type: 'cloud-account',
-        lifecycle: 'unknown',
         owner: 'unknown',
       },
     };
@@ -129,7 +125,7 @@ export class AwsOrganizationCloudAccountProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
         }
         return true;
       })
-      .forEach((entity: ComponentEntityV1alpha1) => {
+      .forEach((entity: ResourceEntityV1alpha1) => {
         emit(results.entity(location, entity));
       });