diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/README.md b/packages/backend-tasks/README.md
index 71c54b0a7f..abb25079e3 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/README.md
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/README.md
@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@ import { TaskManager } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
 
 const manager = TaskManager.fromConfig(rootConfig).forPlugin('my-plugin');
 
-const { unschedule } = await manager.scheduleTask(
-  'refresh-things',
-  {
-    frequency: Duration.fromObject({ minutes: 10 }),
-  },
-  async () => {
+const { unschedule } = await manager.scheduleTask({
+  id: 'refresh-things',
+  frequency: Duration.fromObject({ minutes: 10 }),
+  fn: async () => {
     await entityProvider.run();
   },
-);
+});
 ```
 
 ## Documentation
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/api-report.md b/packages/backend-tasks/api-report.md
index e9d7884b43..f3aaf0e9bf 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/api-report.md
@@ -10,15 +10,20 @@ import { Logger as Logger_2 } from 'winston';
 
 // @public
 export interface PluginTaskManager {
-  scheduleTask(
-    id: string,
-    options: TaskOptions,
-    fn: () => void | Promise<void>,
-  ): Promise<{
+  scheduleTask(task: TaskDefinition): Promise<{
     unschedule: () => Promise<void>;
   }>;
 }
 
+// @public
+export interface TaskDefinition {
+  fn: () => void | Promise<void>;
+  frequency: Duration;
+  id: string;
+  initialDelay?: Duration;
+  timeout: Duration;
+}
+
 // @public
 export class TaskManager {
   constructor(databaseManager: DatabaseManager, logger: Logger_2);
@@ -32,11 +37,4 @@ export class TaskManager {
     },
   ): TaskManager;
 }
-
-// @public
-export interface TaskOptions {
-  frequency?: Duration;
-  initialDelay?: Duration;
-  timeout?: Duration;
-}
 ```
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskManagerImpl.test.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskManagerImpl.test.ts
index 193dd2a95d..bbb54a2aa0 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskManagerImpl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskManagerImpl.test.ts
@@ -45,14 +45,12 @@ describe('PluginTaskManagerImpl', () => {
         const { manager } = await init(databaseId);
 
         const fn = jest.fn();
-        const { unschedule } = await manager.scheduleTask(
-          'task1',
-          {
-            timeout: Duration.fromMillis(5000),
-            frequency: Duration.fromMillis(5000),
-          },
+        const { unschedule } = await manager.scheduleTask({
+          id: 'task1',
+          timeout: Duration.fromMillis(5000),
+          frequency: Duration.fromMillis(5000),
           fn,
-        );
+        });
 
         await waitForExpect(() => {
           expect(fn).toBeCalled();
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskManagerImpl.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskManagerImpl.ts
index 1b890a69c8..fd543cf828 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskManagerImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskManagerImpl.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { TaskWorker } from './TaskWorker';
-import { PluginTaskManager, TaskOptions } from './types';
+import { PluginTaskManager, TaskDefinition } from './types';
 import { validateId } from './util';
 
 /**
@@ -30,25 +30,23 @@ export class PluginTaskManagerImpl implements PluginTaskManager {
   ) {}
 
   async scheduleTask(
-    id: string,
-    options: TaskOptions,
-    fn: () => void | Promise<void>,
+    task: TaskDefinition,
   ): Promise<{ unschedule: () => Promise<void> }> {
-    validateId(id);
+    validateId(task.id);
 
     const knex = await this.databaseFactory();
 
-    const task = new TaskWorker(id, fn, knex, this.logger);
-    await task.start({
+    const worker = new TaskWorker(task.id, task.fn, knex, this.logger);
+    await worker.start({
       version: 1,
-      initialDelayDuration: options.initialDelay?.toISO(),
-      recurringAtMostEveryDuration: options.frequency.toISO(),
-      timeoutAfterDuration: options.timeout.toISO(),
+      initialDelayDuration: task.initialDelay?.toISO(),
+      recurringAtMostEveryDuration: task.frequency.toISO(),
+      timeoutAfterDuration: task.timeout.toISO(),
     });
 
     return {
       async unschedule() {
-        await task.stop();
+        await worker.stop();
       },
     };
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskManager.test.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskManager.test.ts
index 002db0b3de..c81cfc8ee9 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskManager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskManager.test.ts
@@ -43,14 +43,12 @@ describe('TaskManager', () => {
       const database = await createDatabase(databaseId);
       const manager = new TaskManager(database, logger).forPlugin('test');
 
-      const task = await manager.scheduleTask(
-        'task1',
-        {
-          timeout: Duration.fromMillis(5000),
-          frequency: Duration.fromMillis(5000),
-        },
-        () => {},
-      );
+      const task = await manager.scheduleTask({
+        id: 'task1',
+        timeout: Duration.fromMillis(5000),
+        frequency: Duration.fromMillis(5000),
+        fn: () => {},
+      });
       expect(task.unschedule).toBeDefined();
     },
   );
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/index.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/index.ts
index d16a30b6c9..e4fe1ad2a3 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/index.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
  */
 
 export { TaskManager } from './TaskManager';
-export type { PluginTaskManager, TaskOptions } from './types';
+export type { PluginTaskManager, TaskDefinition } from './types';
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/types.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/types.ts
index 989414ec12..e2dfbea0a1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/types.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,17 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
  *
  * @public
  */
-export interface TaskOptions {
+export interface TaskDefinition {
+  /**
+   * A unique ID (within the scope of the plugin) for the task.
+   */
+  id: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The actual task function to be invoked regularly.
+   */
+  fn: () => void | Promise<void>;
+
   /**
    * The maximum amount of time that a single task invocation can take, before
    * it's considered timed out and gets "released" such that a new invocation
@@ -77,17 +87,13 @@ export interface PluginTaskManager {
    * its options are just overwritten with the given options, and things
    * continue from there.
    *
-   * @param id - A unique ID (within the scope of the plugin) for the task
-   * @param options - Options for the task
-   * @param fn - The actual task function to be invoked
+   * @param definition - The task definition
    * @returns An `unschedule` function that can be used to stop the task
    *          invocations later on. This removes the task entirely from storage
    *          and stops its invocations across all workers.
    */
   scheduleTask(
-    id: string,
-    options: TaskOptions,
-    fn: () => void | Promise<void>,
+    task: TaskDefinition,
   ): Promise<{ unschedule: () => Promise<void> }>;
 }