diff --git a/.changeset/fuzzy-jars-compare.md b/.changeset/fuzzy-jars-compare.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8c404c001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fuzzy-jars-compare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend': patch
+---
+
+Adds skipMetricsLookup to the kubernetes-backend schema
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/schema.d.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/schema.d.ts
index fed243ef17..59fa7a5d97 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/schema.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/schema.d.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export interface Config {
           region?: string;
           /** @visibility frontend */
           skipTLSVerify?: boolean;
+          /** @visibility frontend */
+          skipMetricsLookup?: boolean;
         }
       | {
           /** @visibility frontend */
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ export interface Config {
             oidcTokenProvider?: string;
             /** @visibility frontend */
             skipTLSVerify?: boolean;
+            /** @visibility frontend */
+            skipMetricsLookup?: boolean;
           }>;
         }
     >;