diff --git a/.changeset/lemon-ways-lay.md b/.changeset/lemon-ways-lay.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..725e57c141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lemon-ways-lay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/frontend-app-api': patch
+---
+
+Renaming the `getNodesByRoutePath` parameter from `sourcePath` to `routePath`
diff --git a/packages/frontend-app-api/src/wiring/createSpecializedApp.tsx b/packages/frontend-app-api/src/wiring/createSpecializedApp.tsx
index 575aa76c50..e5c565f117 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-app-api/src/wiring/createSpecializedApp.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-app-api/src/wiring/createSpecializedApp.tsx
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ class AppTreeApiProxy implements AppTreeApi {
     return { tree: this.tree };
   }
 
-  getNodesByRoutePath(sourcePath: string): { nodes: AppNode[] } {
+  getNodesByRoutePath(routePath: string): { nodes: AppNode[] } {
     this.checkIfInitialized();
 
-    let path = sourcePath;
+    let path = routePath;
     if (path.startsWith(this.appBasePath)) {
       path = path.slice(this.appBasePath.length);
     }
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
index d0bb500319..9c56943589 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export interface AppTree {
 
 // @public
 export interface AppTreeApi {
-  getNodesByRoutePath(sourcePath: string): {
+  getNodesByRoutePath(routePath: string): {
     nodes: AppNode[];
   };
   getTree(): {
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/apis/definitions/AppTreeApi.ts b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/apis/definitions/AppTreeApi.ts
index c205790aae..3ce55e1525 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/apis/definitions/AppTreeApi.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/apis/definitions/AppTreeApi.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export interface AppTreeApi {
   /**
    * Get all nodes in the app that are mounted at a given route path.
    */
-  getNodesByRoutePath(sourcePath: string): { nodes: AppNode[] };
+  getNodesByRoutePath(routePath: string): { nodes: AppNode[] };
 }
 
 /**