diff --git a/.changeset/soft-rice-remember.md b/.changeset/soft-rice-remember.md
index bcb2860d18..bf207a0dd5 100644
--- a/.changeset/soft-rice-remember.md
+++ b/.changeset/soft-rice-remember.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-permission-react': patch
 ---
 
-Make `IdentityPermissionApi#authorize` typing more strict, using `AuthorizePermissionRequest` and `AuthorizePermissionResponse`.
+**BREAKING:** Make `IdentityPermissionApi#authorize` typing more strict, using `AuthorizePermissionRequest` and `AuthorizePermissionResponse`.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedLocationService.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedLocationService.test.ts
index 3db6bff208..151ba1c3e8 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedLocationService.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedLocationService.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('AuthorizedLocationService', () => {
   };
   const fakePermissionApi = {
     authorize: jest.fn(),
-    policyDecision: jest.fn(),
+    query: jest.fn(),
   };
 
   const mockAllow = () => {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedRefreshService.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedRefreshService.test.ts
index d1c4fe3fc1..5d0a192470 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedRefreshService.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedRefreshService.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('AuthorizedRefreshService', () => {
   };
   const permissionApi = {
     authorize: jest.fn(),
-    policyDecision: jest.fn(),
+    query: jest.fn(),
   };
 
   afterEach(() => {
diff --git a/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.test.ts b/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.test.ts
index e11ed32c54..7c4214f714 100644
--- a/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const fakePermissionApi = {
       result: AuthorizeResult.ALLOW,
     },
   ]),
-  policyDecision: jest.fn(),
+  query: jest.fn(),
 };
 
 describe('JenkinsApi', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/permission-common/src/PermissionClient.ts b/plugins/permission-common/src/PermissionClient.ts
index 3f7b459cb5..07d60a8e65 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-common/src/PermissionClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-common/src/PermissionClient.ts
@@ -57,26 +57,27 @@ const permissionCriteriaSchema: z.ZodSchema<
     .or(z.object({ not: permissionCriteriaSchema }).strict()),
 );
 
-const authorizeDecisionSchema: z.ZodSchema<AuthorizePermissionResponse> =
+const authorizePermissionResponseSchema: z.ZodSchema<AuthorizePermissionResponse> =
   z.object({
     result: z
       .literal(AuthorizeResult.ALLOW)
       .or(z.literal(AuthorizeResult.DENY)),
   });
 
-const policyDecisionSchema: z.ZodSchema<QueryPermissionResponse> = z.union([
-  z.object({
-    result: z
-      .literal(AuthorizeResult.ALLOW)
-      .or(z.literal(AuthorizeResult.DENY)),
-  }),
-  z.object({
-    result: z.literal(AuthorizeResult.CONDITIONAL),
-    pluginId: z.string(),
-    resourceType: z.string(),
-    conditions: permissionCriteriaSchema,
-  }),
-]);
+const queryPermissionResponseSchema: z.ZodSchema<QueryPermissionResponse> =
+  z.union([
+    z.object({
+      result: z
+        .literal(AuthorizeResult.ALLOW)
+        .or(z.literal(AuthorizeResult.DENY)),
+    }),
+    z.object({
+      result: z.literal(AuthorizeResult.CONDITIONAL),
+      pluginId: z.string(),
+      resourceType: z.string(),
+      conditions: permissionCriteriaSchema,
+    }),
+  ]);
 
 const responseSchema = <T>(
   itemSchema: z.ZodSchema<T>,
@@ -122,7 +123,11 @@ export class PermissionClient implements PermissionEvaluator {
     requests: AuthorizePermissionRequest[],
     options?: EvaluatorRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<AuthorizePermissionResponse[]> {
-    return this.makeRequest(requests, authorizeDecisionSchema, options);
+    return this.makeRequest(
+      requests,
+      authorizePermissionResponseSchema,
+      options,
+    );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ export class PermissionClient implements PermissionEvaluator {
     queries: QueryPermissionRequest[],
     options?: EvaluatorRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<QueryPermissionResponse[]> {
-    return this.makeRequest(queries, policyDecisionSchema, options);
+    return this.makeRequest(queries, queryPermissionResponseSchema, options);
   }
 
   private async makeRequest<TQuery, TResult>(