diff --git a/.changeset/polite-books-suffer.md b/.changeset/polite-books-suffer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2a3c88e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-books-suffer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-app-api': patch
+---
+
+Tweaked the plugin logger to use `plugin` as the label for the plugin ID, rather than `pluginId`.
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/loggerService.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/loggerService.ts
index 52b391249d..5cefe808f8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/loggerService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/loggerService.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const loggerFactory = createServiceFactory({
   },
   async factory({ rootLogger }) {
     return async ({ plugin }) => {
-      return rootLogger.child({ pluginId: plugin.getId() });
+      return rootLogger.child({ plugin: plugin.getId() });
     };
   },
 });