diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/backend-plugin-api/CHANGELOG.md
index a77cdb71eb..98fec63957 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
   createServiceFactory({
     service: coreServices.cache,
     deps: {
-      config: coreServices.config,
+      config: coreServices.rootConfig,
       plugin: coreServices.pluginMetadata,
     },
     async createRootContext({ config }) {
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/ConfigService.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/RootConfigService.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/ConfigService.ts
rename to packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/RootConfigService.ts
index db9aa88dda..02343e4ee8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/ConfigService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/RootConfigService.ts
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 /**
  * @public
  */
-export interface ConfigService extends Config {}
+export interface RootConfigService extends Config {}
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/coreServices.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/coreServices.ts
index 7dad94cebf..cb96c21d8b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/coreServices.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/coreServices.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ export namespace coreServices {
    *
    * @public
    */
-  export const config = createServiceRef<
-    import('./ConfigService').ConfigService
-  >({ id: 'core.config', scope: 'root' });
+  export const rootConfig = createServiceRef<
+    import('./RootConfigService').RootConfigService
+  >({ id: 'core.rootConfig', scope: 'root' });
 
   /**
    * The service reference for the plugin scoped {@link DatabaseService}.
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
index ab0f0b84b1..98be8211db 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export type {
   CacheServiceOptions,
   CacheServiceSetOptions,
 } from './CacheService';
-export type { ConfigService } from './ConfigService';
+export type { RootConfigService } from './RootConfigService';
 export type { DatabaseService } from './DatabaseService';
 export type { DiscoveryService } from './DiscoveryService';
 export type { HttpRouterService } from './HttpRouterService';