diff --git a/.changeset/soft-rice-remember.md b/.changeset/soft-rice-remember.md
index 27e4c0a35d..bcb2860d18 100644
--- a/.changeset/soft-rice-remember.md
+++ b/.changeset/soft-rice-remember.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-permission-react': patch
 ---
 
-Fix typing when invoking `PermissionClient#authorize`
+Make `IdentityPermissionApi#authorize` typing more strict, using `AuthorizePermissionRequest` and `AuthorizePermissionResponse`.
diff --git a/plugins/permission-react/api-report.md b/plugins/permission-react/api-report.md
index 17b29a463a..12f1300c70 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/permission-react/api-report.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { ApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { AuthorizePermissionRequest } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import { AuthorizePermissionResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { ComponentProps } from 'react';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
@@ -26,8 +28,8 @@ export type AsyncPermissionResult = {
 export class IdentityPermissionApi implements PermissionApi {
   // (undocumented)
   authorize(
-    request: EvaluatePermissionRequest,
-  ): Promise<EvaluatePermissionResponse>;
+    request: AuthorizePermissionRequest,
+  ): Promise<AuthorizePermissionResponse>;
   // (undocumented)
   static create(options: {
     config: Config;
diff --git a/plugins/permission-react/src/apis/IdentityPermissionApi.ts b/plugins/permission-react/src/apis/IdentityPermissionApi.ts
index 0bb46f5587..1fe295c9f2 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-react/src/apis/IdentityPermissionApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-react/src/apis/IdentityPermissionApi.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 import { DiscoveryApi, IdentityApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { PermissionApi } from './PermissionApi';
 import {
-  EvaluatePermissionRequest,
-  EvaluatePermissionResponse,
-  isResourcePermission,
+  AuthorizePermissionRequest,
+  AuthorizePermissionResponse,
   PermissionClient,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
@@ -46,23 +45,10 @@ export class IdentityPermissionApi implements PermissionApi {
   }
 
   async authorize(
-    request: EvaluatePermissionRequest,
-  ): Promise<EvaluatePermissionResponse> {
-    const { permission, resourceRef } = request;
-    if (isResourcePermission(permission)) {
-      if (!resourceRef) {
-        throw new Error(
-          'A resourceRef should be provided when a ResourcePermission is used.',
-        );
-      }
-      const response = await this.permissionClient.authorize(
-        [{ permission, resourceRef }],
-        await this.identityApi.getCredentials(),
-      );
-      return response[0];
-    }
+    request: AuthorizePermissionRequest,
+  ): Promise<AuthorizePermissionResponse> {
     const response = await this.permissionClient.authorize(
-      [{ permission }],
+      [request],
       await this.identityApi.getCredentials(),
     );
     return response[0];