diff --git a/.changeset/red-vans-march.md b/.changeset/red-vans-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a168e89884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/red-vans-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gitea': patch
+---
+
+Migrate to new actions format
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/report.api.md
index dede7f013a..afc8286365 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/report.api.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 ```ts
 import { BackendFeature } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { TemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 
@@ -17,16 +16,20 @@ export function createPublishGiteaAction(options: {
   {
     repoUrl: string;
     description: string;
-    defaultBranch?: string;
-    repoVisibility?: 'private' | 'public';
-    gitCommitMessage?: string;
-    gitAuthorName?: string;
-    gitAuthorEmail?: string;
-    sourcePath?: string;
-    signCommit?: boolean;
+    defaultBranch?: string | undefined;
+    repoVisibility?: 'private' | 'public' | undefined;
+    gitCommitMessage?: string | undefined;
+    gitAuthorName?: string | undefined;
+    gitAuthorEmail?: string | undefined;
+    sourcePath?: string | undefined;
+    signCommit?: boolean | undefined;
   },
-  JsonObject,
-  'v1'
+  {
+    remoteUrl?: string | undefined;
+    repoContentsUrl?: string | undefined;
+    commitHash?: string | undefined;
+  },
+  'v2'
 >;
 
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.ts
index 4321de2167..160725c7bd 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ async function checkAvailabilityGiteaRepository(
     owner?: string;
     repo: string;
     defaultBranch: string;
-    ctx: ActionContext<any>;
+    ctx: ActionContext<any, any, any>;
   },
 ) {
   const startTimestamp = Date.now();
@@ -210,88 +210,83 @@ export function createPublishGiteaAction(options: {
 }) {
   const { integrations, config } = options;
 
-  return createTemplateAction<{
-    repoUrl: string;
-    description: string;
-    defaultBranch?: string;
-    repoVisibility?: 'private' | 'public';
-    gitCommitMessage?: string;
-    gitAuthorName?: string;
-    gitAuthorEmail?: string;
-    sourcePath?: string;
-    signCommit?: boolean;
-  }>({
+  return createTemplateAction({
     id: 'publish:gitea',
     description:
       'Initializes a git repository using the content of the workspace, and publishes it to Gitea.',
     examples,
     schema: {
       input: {
-        type: 'object',
-        required: ['repoUrl'],
-        properties: {
-          repoUrl: {
-            title: 'Repository Location',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          description: {
-            title: 'Repository Description',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          defaultBranch: {
-            title: 'Default Branch',
-            type: 'string',
-            description: `Sets the default branch on the repository. The default value is 'main'`,
-          },
-          repoVisibility: {
-            title: 'Repository Visibility',
-            description: `Sets the visibility of the repository. The default value is 'public'.`,
-            type: 'string',
-            enum: ['private', 'public'],
-          },
-          gitCommitMessage: {
-            title: 'Git Commit Message',
-            type: 'string',
-            description: `Sets the commit message on the repository. The default value is 'initial commit'`,
-          },
-          gitAuthorName: {
-            title: 'Default Author Name',
-            type: 'string',
-            description: `Sets the default author name for the commit. The default value is 'Scaffolder'`,
-          },
-          gitAuthorEmail: {
-            title: 'Default Author Email',
-            type: 'string',
-            description: `Sets the default author email for the commit.`,
-          },
-          sourcePath: {
-            title: 'Source Path',
-            type: 'string',
-            description: `Path within the workspace that will be used as the repository root. If omitted, the entire workspace will be published as the repository.`,
-          },
-          signCommit: {
-            title: 'Sign commit',
-            type: 'boolean',
-            description: 'Sign commit with configured PGP private key',
-          },
-        },
+        repoUrl: z =>
+          z.string({
+            description: 'Repository Location',
+          }),
+        description: z =>
+          z.string({
+            description: 'Repository Description',
+          }),
+        defaultBranch: z =>
+          z
+            .string({
+              description: `Sets the default branch on the repository. The default value is 'main'`,
+            })
+            .optional(),
+        repoVisibility: z =>
+          z
+            .enum(['private', 'public'], {
+              description: `Sets the visibility of the repository. The default value is 'public'.`,
+            })
+            .optional(),
+        gitCommitMessage: z =>
+          z
+            .string({
+              description: `Sets the commit message on the repository. The default value is 'initial commit'`,
+            })
+            .optional(),
+        gitAuthorName: z =>
+          z
+            .string({
+              description: `Sets the default author name for the commit. The default value is 'Scaffolder'`,
+            })
+            .optional(),
+        gitAuthorEmail: z =>
+          z
+            .string({
+              description: `Sets the default author email for the commit.`,
+            })
+            .optional(),
+        sourcePath: z =>
+          z
+            .string({
+              description: `Path within the workspace that will be used as the repository root. If omitted, the entire workspace will be published as the repository.`,
+            })
+            .optional(),
+        signCommit: z =>
+          z
+            .boolean({
+              description: 'Sign commit with configured PGP private key',
+            })
+            .optional(),
       },
       output: {
-        type: 'object',
-        properties: {
-          remoteUrl: {
-            title: 'A URL to the repository with the provider',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          repoContentsUrl: {
-            title: 'A URL to the root of the repository',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          commitHash: {
-            title: 'The git commit hash of the initial commit',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-        },
+        remoteUrl: z =>
+          z
+            .string({
+              description: 'A URL to the repository with the provider',
+            })
+            .optional(),
+        repoContentsUrl: z =>
+          z
+            .string({
+              description: 'A URL to the root of the repository',
+            })
+            .optional(),
+        commitHash: z =>
+          z
+            .string({
+              description: 'The git commit hash of the initial commit',
+            })
+            .optional(),
       },
     },
     async handler(ctx) {