diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.test.ts
index e77d2cde7b..00b3de2fc7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   DbRefreshStateRow,
   DbRelationsRow,
 } from './tables';
-import { createRandomRefreshInterval } from '../next/refresh';
+import { createRandomRefreshInterval } from '../processing/refresh';
 import { timestampToDateTime } from './conversion';
 import { generateStableHash } from './util';
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
index fd16ca5384..9785ac3935 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
   UpdateEntityCacheOptions,
 } from './types';
 import { DeferredEntity } from '../processing/types';
-import { RefreshIntervalFunction } from '../next/refresh';
+import { RefreshIntervalFunction } from '../processing/refresh';
 import { rethrowError, timestampToDateTime } from './conversion';
 import { initDatabaseMetrics } from './metrics';
 import {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/NextCatalogBuilder.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/NextCatalogBuilder.ts
index e1723ff627..2150c10756 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/NextCatalogBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/NextCatalogBuilder.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ import { Stitcher } from '../stitching/Stitcher';
 import {
   createRandomRefreshInterval,
   RefreshIntervalFunction,
-} from './refresh';
+} from '../processing/refresh';
 import { createNextRouter } from '../service/NextRouter';
 import { DefaultRefreshService } from '../service/DefaultRefreshService';
 import { DefaultCatalogRulesEnforcer } from '../ingestion/CatalogRules';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/index.ts
index c3fa4316f5..c37ebf4ff7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@
 
 export type { CatalogEnvironment } from './NextCatalogBuilder';
 export { NextCatalogBuilder } from './NextCatalogBuilder';
-export { createRandomRefreshInterval } from './refresh';
-export type { RefreshIntervalFunction } from './refresh';
 export type { LocationStore } from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/index.ts
index 7b60a1670b..dc8b07eceb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/index.ts
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ export type {
   DeferredEntity,
 } from './types';
 export { DefaultCatalogProcessingOrchestrator } from './DefaultCatalogProcessingOrchestrator';
+
+export { createRandomRefreshInterval } from './refresh';
+export type { RefreshIntervalFunction } from './refresh';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/refresh.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/refresh.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/refresh.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/refresh.ts