diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-lemons-reply.md b/.changeset/chatty-lemons-reply.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..118f832646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-lemons-reply.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch': patch
+---
+
+Export `decodeElasticSearchPageCursor` utility function
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report.md
index 9e3ca40ec7..8545e3fd8f 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report.md
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ export interface BaseElasticSearchClientOptions {
   Transport?: ElasticSearchTransportConstructor;
 }
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export function decodeElasticSearchPageCursor(pageCursor?: string): {
+  page: number;
+};
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface ElasticSearchAgentOptions {
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
index 9edad973de..c2f4224db3 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ export class ElasticSearchSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
 export function decodePageCursor(pageCursor?: string): { page: number } {
   if (!pageCursor) {
     return { page: 0 };
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/index.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/index.ts
index 8c3b9e3c6d..cb24bdc56a 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export { ElasticSearchSearchEngine } from './ElasticSearchSearchEngine';
+export {
+  decodePageCursor as decodeElasticSearchPageCursor,
+  ElasticSearchSearchEngine,
+} from './ElasticSearchSearchEngine';
 export { isOpenSearchCompatible } from './ElasticSearchClientOptions';
 export type {
   BaseElasticSearchClientOptions,
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/index.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/index.ts
index cb4f62098a..e0b05014cc 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
 
-export { ElasticSearchSearchEngine, isOpenSearchCompatible } from './engines';
+export {
+  decodeElasticSearchPageCursor,
+  ElasticSearchSearchEngine,
+  isOpenSearchCompatible,
+} from './engines';
 export type {
   BaseElasticSearchClientOptions,
   ElasticSearchAgentOptions,