diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
index a3a3531bb3..fd2d368f15 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ export type TaskStoreListEventsOptions = {
 
 // @public
 export type TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions = {
-  timeoutS: HumanDuration;
+  timeout: HumanDuration;
 };
 
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
index 7f7dd01a6d..b7d7517c10 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ export class DatabaseTaskStore implements TaskStore {
 
   async recoverTasks(options: TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions): Promise<string[]> {
     const taskIdsToRecover: string[] = [];
-    const timeoutS = Duration.fromObject(options.timeoutS).as('seconds');
+    const timeoutS = Duration.fromObject(options.timeout).as('seconds');
 
     await this.db.transaction(async tx => {
       let heartbeatInterval = this.db.raw(
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
index 467da0f9de..5bd72d05a2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export class StorageTaskBroker implements TaskBroker {
     if (enabled) {
       const recoveredTaskIds =
         (await this.storage.recoverTasks?.({
-          timeoutS: readDuration(
+          timeout: readDuration(
             this.config,
             'scaffolder.EXPERIMENTAL_recoverTasksTimeout',
             {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
index c505f0f978..d113e23c5b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export type TaskStoreCreateTaskOptions = {
  * @public
  */
 export type TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions = {
-  timeoutS: HumanDuration;
+  timeout: HumanDuration;
 };
 
 /**