diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 65844e339a..f6f5f4f79d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: verify api reference
         run: node scripts/verify-api-reference.js
 
+      - name: verify catalog-info.yaml consistency
+        run: yarn backstage-repo-tools generate-catalog-info --ci
+
       - name: lint openapi yaml files
         run: yarn backstage-repo-tools schema openapi lint
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a8007944b..b1a72fe198 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@
     "*.md": [
       "node ./scripts/check-docs-quality"
     ],
+    "{plugins,packages}/*/catalog-info.yaml": [
+      "yarn backstage-repo-tools generate-catalog-info --ci"
+    ],
+    "{.github/CODEOWNERS,package.json}": [
+      "yarn backstage-repo-tools generate-catalog-info",
+      "git add */catalog-info.yaml"
+    ],
     "./yarn.lock": [
       "node ./scripts/verify-lockfile-duplicates --fix"
     ],
diff --git a/packages/app-next-example-plugin/catalog-info.yaml b/packages/app-next-example-plugin/catalog-info.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b89b43285a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-next-example-plugin/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+metadata:
+  name: app-next-example-plugin
+  title: app-next-example-plugin
+  description: Backstage internal example plugin
+spec:
+  lifecycle: experimental
+  type: backstage-frontend-plugin
+  owner: maintainers
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-manager/catalog-info.yaml b/packages/backend-plugin-manager/catalog-info.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc1845fe49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-manager/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+metadata:
+  name: backstage-backend-plugin-manager
+  title: '@backstage/backend-plugin-manager'
+  description: Backstage plugin management backend
+spec:
+  lifecycle: experimental
+  type: backstage-node-library
+  owner: maintainers
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-entity-model/catalog-info.yaml b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-entity-model/catalog-info.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6107adee5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-entity-model/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+metadata:
+  name: backstage-plugin-catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-entity-model
+  title: '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-entity-model'
+  description: >-
+    Adds support for the scaffolder specific entity model (e.g. the Template
+    kind) to the catalog backend plugin.
+spec:
+  lifecycle: experimental
+  type: backstage-backend-plugin-module
+  owner: maintainers
diff --git a/plugins/permission-backend-module-policy-allow-all/catalog-info.yaml b/plugins/permission-backend-module-policy-allow-all/catalog-info.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa412acab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/permission-backend-module-policy-allow-all/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+metadata:
+  name: backstage-plugin-permission-backend-module-allow-all-policy
+  title: '@backstage/plugin-permission-backend-module-allow-all-policy'
+  description: Allow all policy backend module for the permission plugin.
+spec:
+  lifecycle: experimental
+  type: backstage-backend-plugin-module
+  owner: permission-maintainers