diff --git a/app-config.yaml b/app-config.yaml
index c53a6475f4..8e2b176985 100644
--- a/app-config.yaml
+++ b/app-config.yaml
@@ -304,6 +304,14 @@ scaffolder:
   #   email: scaffolder@backstage.io
   # Use to customize the default commit message when new components are created
   # defaultCommitMessage: 'Initial commit'
+  #
+  # Use to run check on stale tasks every minute. By default, it is '*/5 * * * *', what means to run every 5 minutes.
+  # staleTasks:
+  #   cron: * * * * *
+  #
+  # Use to consider the task stale when no task heartbeat during 2 minutes. By default, it is 24 hours.
+  # staleTasks:
+  #   timeout: 120 # seconds
 
 auth:
   ### Add auth.keyStore.provider to more granularly control how to store JWK data when running
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
index 9f9b86b723..be9d02a737 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,19 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TaskContext, TaskBroker, WorkflowRunner } from './types';
+import { WorkflowRunner } from './types';
+import {
+  TaskContext,
+  TaskBroker,
+  TemplateFilter,
+  TemplateGlobal,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import PQueue from 'p-queue';
 import { NunjucksWorkflowRunner } from './NunjucksWorkflowRunner';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { TemplateActionRegistry } from '../actions';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { assertError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import { TemplateFilter, TemplateGlobal } from '../../lib';
 import { PermissionEvaluator } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 /**
  * TaskWorkerOptions
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/helpers.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/helpers.ts
index 97d4ab93aa..3412fec2d3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/helpers.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,3 @@ export async function findTemplate(options: {
 
   return template as TemplateEntityV1beta3;
 }
-
-export type TemplateTransform = (
-  template: TemplateEntityV1beta3,
-) => TemplateEntityV1beta3;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index f5aa043ce0..7a0bcc6877 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ import {
   stringifyEntityRef,
   UserEntity,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { createRouter, DatabaseTaskStore, TaskBroker } from '../index';
+import { createRouter, DatabaseTaskStore } from '../index';
+import { TaskBroker } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { StorageTaskBroker } from '../scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker';
 import {
   IdentityApiGetIdentityRequest,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 15f7c11eba..a76b47fad2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,14 @@ import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { validate } from 'jsonschema';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { TemplateFilter, TemplateGlobal } from '../lib';
+import {
+  TaskBroker,
+  TemplateFilter,
+  TemplateGlobal,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import {
   createBuiltinActions,
   DatabaseTaskStore,
-  TaskBroker,
   TaskWorker,
   TemplateActionRegistry,
 } from '../scaffolder';
@@ -256,11 +259,18 @@ export async function createRouter(
     if (scheduler && databaseTaskStore.listStaleTasks) {
       await scheduler.scheduleTask({
         id: 'close_stale_tasks',
-        frequency: { cron: '*/5 * * * *' }, // every 5 minutes, also supports Duration
+        frequency: {
+          cron:
+            options.config.getOptionalString('scaffolder.staleTasks.cron') ??
+            '*/5 * * * *',
+        }, // every 5 minutes, also supports Duration
         timeout: { minutes: 15 },
         fn: async () => {
           const { tasks } = await databaseTaskStore.listStaleTasks({
-            timeoutS: 86400,
+            timeoutS:
+              options.config.getOptionalNumber(
+                'scaffolder.staleTasks.timeout',
+              ) ?? 86400,
           });
 
           for (const task of tasks) {