diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ReadTreeResponseFactory.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ReadTreeResponseFactory.ts
index a134d185f3..90d74e1f20 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ReadTreeResponseFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ReadTreeResponseFactory.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import os from 'os';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { ReadTreeResponse } from '../types';
-import { ArchiveResponse } from './ArchiveResponse';
+import { TarArchiveResponse } from './TarArchiveResponse';
 
 type FromArchiveOptions = {
   // A binary stream of a tar archive.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class ReadTreeResponseFactory {
   constructor(private readonly workDir: string) {}
 
   async fromArchive(options: FromArchiveOptions): Promise<ReadTreeResponse> {
-    return new ArchiveResponse(
+    return new TarArchiveResponse(
       options.stream,
       options.path ?? '',
       this.workDir,
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ArchiveResponse.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/TarArchiveResponse.test.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ArchiveResponse.test.ts
rename to packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/TarArchiveResponse.test.ts
index fd351863b2..3589a8d333 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ArchiveResponse.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/TarArchiveResponse.test.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import mockFs from 'mock-fs';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
-import { ArchiveResponse } from './ArchiveResponse';
+import { TarArchiveResponse } from './TarArchiveResponse';
 
 const archiveData = fs.readFileSync(
   resolvePath(__filename, '../../__fixtures__/repo.tar.gz'),
 );
 
-describe('ArchiveResponse', () => {
+describe('TarArchiveResponse', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockFs({
       '/test-archive.tar.gz': archiveData,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('ArchiveResponse', () => {
   it('should read files', async () => {
     const stream = fs.createReadStream('/test-archive.tar.gz');
 
-    const res = new ArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/', '/tmp');
+    const res = new TarArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/', '/tmp');
     const files = await res.files();
 
     expect(files).toEqual([
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('ArchiveResponse', () => {
   it('should read files with filter', async () => {
     const stream = fs.createReadStream('/test-archive.tar.gz');
 
-    const res = new ArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/', '/tmp', path =>
+    const res = new TarArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/', '/tmp', path =>
       path.endsWith('.yml'),
     );
     const files = await res.files();
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ describe('ArchiveResponse', () => {
   it('should read as archive and files', async () => {
     const stream = fs.createReadStream('/test-archive.tar.gz');
 
-    const res = new ArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/', '/tmp');
+    const res = new TarArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/', '/tmp');
     const buffer = await res.archive();
 
     await expect(res.archive()).rejects.toThrow(
       'Response has already been read',
     );
 
-    const res2 = new ArchiveResponse(buffer, '', '/tmp');
+    const res2 = new TarArchiveResponse(buffer, '', '/tmp');
     const files = await res2.files();
 
     expect(files).toEqual([
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('ArchiveResponse', () => {
   it('should extract entire archive into directory', async () => {
     const stream = fs.createReadStream('/test-archive.tar.gz');
 
-    const res = new ArchiveResponse(stream, '', '/tmp');
+    const res = new TarArchiveResponse(stream, '', '/tmp');
     const dir = await res.dir();
 
     await expect(
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('ArchiveResponse', () => {
   it('should extract archive into directory with a subpath', async () => {
     const stream = fs.createReadStream('/test-archive.tar.gz');
 
-    const res = new ArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/docs/', '/tmp');
+    const res = new TarArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/docs/', '/tmp');
     const dir = await res.dir();
 
     expect(dir).toMatch(/^\/tmp\/.*$/);
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe('ArchiveResponse', () => {
   it('should extract archive into directory with a subpath and filter', async () => {
     const stream = fs.createReadStream('/test-archive.tar.gz');
 
-    const res = new ArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/', '/tmp', path =>
+    const res = new TarArchiveResponse(stream, 'mock-repo/', '/tmp', path =>
       path.endsWith('.yml'),
     );
     const dir = await res.dir({ targetDir: '/tmp' });
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ArchiveResponse.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/TarArchiveResponse.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ArchiveResponse.ts
rename to packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/TarArchiveResponse.ts
index e16be63127..5d18ec7dc6 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ArchiveResponse.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/TarArchiveResponse.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const pipeline = promisify(pipelineCb);
 /**
  * Wraps a tar archive stream into a tree response reader.
  */
-export class ArchiveResponse implements ReadTreeResponse {
+export class TarArchiveResponse implements ReadTreeResponse {
   private read = false;
 
   constructor(
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class ArchiveResponse implements ReadTreeResponse {
       }
       if (subPath.startsWith('/')) {
         throw new TypeError(
-          `ArchiveResponse subPath must not start with a /, got '${subPath}'`,
+          `TarArchiveResponse subPath must not start with a /, got '${subPath}'`,
         );
       }
     }