diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-adults-sing.md b/.changeset/chilly-adults-sing.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82f4cb88b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-adults-sing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Add lifecycle monitoring for the catalog processing
diff --git a/.changeset/late-planes-fix.md b/.changeset/late-planes-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a57d7ec1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-planes-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend': patch
+---
+
+Add lifecycle monitoring for the search index registry
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
index 039d9368bf..dd44e20add 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export const catalogPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
         permissions: coreServices.permissions,
         database: coreServices.database,
         httpRouter: coreServices.httpRouter,
-        lifecycle: coreServices.lifecycle,
+        lifecycle: coreServices.rootLifecycle,
         scheduler: coreServices.scheduler,
         discovery: coreServices.discovery,
         auth: coreServices.auth,
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ export const catalogPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
 
         const { processingEngine, router } = await builder.build();
 
-        await processingEngine.start();
+        lifecycle.addStartupHook(async () => {
+          await processingEngine.start();
+        });
         lifecycle.addShutdownHook(() => processingEngine.stop());
         httpRouter.use(router);
       },
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-node/api-report-alpha.md b/plugins/search-backend-node/api-report-alpha.md
index c8e5cbb65d..8e35e70f65 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-node/api-report-alpha.md
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-node/api-report-alpha.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const searchIndexRegistryExtensionPoint: ExtensionPoint<SearchIndexRegist
 export interface SearchIndexService {
   getDocumentTypes(): Record<string, DocumentTypeInfo>;
   start(options: SearchIndexServiceStartOptions): Promise<void>;
+  stop(): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 // @alpha
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-node/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/search-backend-node/src/alpha.ts
index 43bda67658..331f0ae304 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-node/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-node/src/alpha.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ import {
   LoggerService,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { DocumentTypeInfo } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
-
 import {
   IndexBuilder,
   RegisterCollatorParameters,
   RegisterDecoratorParameters,
+  Scheduler,
   SearchEngine,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node';
 
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ export interface SearchIndexService {
    * Starts indexing process
    */
   start(options: SearchIndexServiceStartOptions): Promise<void>;
+
+  /**
+   * Stops indexing process
+   */
+  stop(): Promise<void>;
   /**
    * Returns an index types list.
    */
@@ -81,8 +86,9 @@ type DefaultSearchIndexServiceOptions = {
  * Reponsible for register the indexing task and start the schedule.
  */
 class DefaultSearchIndexService implements SearchIndexService {
-  private logger: LoggerService;
+  private readonly logger: LoggerService;
   private indexBuilder: IndexBuilder | null = null;
+  private scheduler: Scheduler | null = null;
 
   private constructor(options: DefaultSearchIndexServiceOptions) {
     this.logger = options.logger;
@@ -107,7 +113,15 @@ class DefaultSearchIndexService implements SearchIndexService {
     );
 
     const { scheduler } = await this.indexBuilder?.build();
-    scheduler.start();
+    this.scheduler = scheduler;
+    this.scheduler!.start();
+  }
+
+  async stop(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.scheduler) {
+      this.scheduler.stop();
+      this.scheduler = null;
+    }
   }
 
   getDocumentTypes(): Record<string, DocumentTypeInfo> {
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/search-backend/src/alpha.ts
index 0ca5777102..a17b542903 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend/src/alpha.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export default createBackendPlugin({
         auth: coreServices.auth,
         http: coreServices.httpRouter,
         httpAuth: coreServices.httpAuth,
+        lifecycle: coreServices.rootLifecycle,
         searchIndexService: searchIndexServiceRef,
       },
       async init({
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ export default createBackendPlugin({
         auth,
         http,
         httpAuth,
+        lifecycle,
         searchIndexService,
       }) {
         let searchEngine = searchEngineRegistry.getSearchEngine();
@@ -120,10 +122,16 @@ export default createBackendPlugin({
         const collators = searchIndexRegistry.getCollators();
         const decorators = searchIndexRegistry.getDecorators();
 
-        await searchIndexService.start({
-          searchEngine,
-          collators,
-          decorators,
+        lifecycle.addStartupHook(async () => {
+          await searchIndexService.start({
+            searchEngine: searchEngine!,
+            collators,
+            decorators,
+          });
+        });
+
+        lifecycle.addShutdownHook(async () => {
+          await searchIndexService.stop();
         });
 
         const router = await createRouter({