diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
index 9528c55326..48153a9c78 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
@@ -194,7 +194,14 @@ export class EntityLifecycleFilter implements EntityFilter {
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-export const EntityLifecyclePicker: () => JSX.Element | null;
+export const EntityLifecyclePicker: (
+  props: EntityLifecyclePickerProps,
+) => JSX.Element | null;
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type EntityLifecyclePickerProps = {
+  initialFilter?: string[];
+};
 
 // @public
 export const EntityListContext: React_2.Context<
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityLifecyclePicker/EntityLifecyclePicker.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityLifecyclePicker/EntityLifecyclePicker.tsx
index 913e800ec0..3ec0bf8497 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityLifecyclePicker/EntityLifecyclePicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityLifecyclePicker/EntityLifecyclePicker.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export type EntityLifecyclePickerProps = {
 
 /** @public */
 export const EntityLifecyclePicker = (props: EntityLifecyclePickerProps) => {
-  const { initialFilter } = props;
+  const { initialFilter = [] } = props;
   const classes = useStyles();
   const {
     updateFilters,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const EntityLifecyclePicker = (props: EntityLifecyclePickerProps) => {
   const [selectedLifecycles, setSelectedLifecycles] = useState(
     queryParamLifecycles.length
       ? queryParamLifecycles
-      : filters.lifecycles?.values ?? (initialFilter || []),
+      : filters.lifecycles?.values ?? initialFilter,
   );
 
   // Set selected lifecycles on query parameter updates; this happens at initial page load and from
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityLifecyclePicker/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityLifecyclePicker/index.ts
index def25eabf4..b1e2d73080 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityLifecyclePicker/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityLifecyclePicker/index.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 export { EntityLifecyclePicker } from './EntityLifecyclePicker';
-export type { CatalogReactEntityLifecyclePickerClassKey } from './EntityLifecyclePicker';
+export type {
+  CatalogReactEntityLifecyclePickerClassKey,
+  EntityLifecyclePickerProps,
+} from './EntityLifecyclePicker';