diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md b/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
index 2e6b5b9203..e39fa7eb8d 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     locationRef: string,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<Location_2 | undefined>;
-  // @alpha
   getPaginatedEntities?(
     request?: GetPaginatedEntitiesRequest,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
@@ -267,12 +266,8 @@ export type GetPaginatedEntitiesRequest =
 export type GetPaginatedEntitiesResponse = {
   entities: Entity[];
   totalItems: number;
-  next?(
-    request?: Omit<GetPaginatedEntitiesCursorRequest, 'cursor'>,
-  ): Promise<GetPaginatedEntitiesResponse>;
-  prev?(
-    request?: Omit<GetPaginatedEntitiesCursorRequest, 'cursor'>,
-  ): Promise<GetPaginatedEntitiesResponse>;
+  nextCursor?: string;
+  prevCursor?: string;
 };
 
 // @public
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
index 4e5065e089..ed27bb0016 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ describe('CatalogClient', () => {
       const response = await client.getPaginatedEntities?.({}, { token });
       expect(response?.entities).toEqual(defaultClientResponse.entities);
       expect(response?.totalItems).toEqual(defaultClientResponse.totalItems);
-      expect(response?.next).toBeDefined();
-      expect(response?.prev).toBeDefined();
+      expect(response?.nextCursor).toBeDefined();
+      expect(response?.prevCursor).toBeDefined();
     });
 
     it('builds multiple entity search filters properly', async () => {
@@ -429,15 +429,15 @@ describe('CatalogClient', () => {
       });
       expect(mockedEndpoint.mock.calls[0][0].url.search).toBe('?limit=2');
 
-      expect(response?.next).toBeDefined();
-      expect(response?.prev).toBeDefined();
+      expect(response?.nextCursor).toBeDefined();
+      expect(response?.prevCursor).toBeDefined();
 
-      await response?.next?.();
+      await client.getPaginatedEntities?.({ cursor: response!.nextCursor! });
       expect(mockedEndpoint.mock.calls[1][0].url.search).toBe(
         '?cursor=nextcursor',
       );
 
-      await response?.prev?.();
+      await client.getPaginatedEntities?.({ cursor: response!.prevCursor! });
       expect(mockedEndpoint.mock.calls[2][0].url.search).toBe(
         '?cursor=prevcursor',
       );
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
index dca46c3ab6..52ed2fd8fc 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import {
   GetPaginatedEntitiesRequest,
   GetPaginatedEntitiesResponse,
   EntityFilterQuery,
-  GetPaginatedEntitiesCursorRequest,
 } from './types/api';
 import { DiscoveryApi } from './types/discovery';
 import { FetchApi } from './types/fetch';
@@ -247,18 +246,12 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     }
 
     const query = params.length ? `?${params.join('&')}` : '';
-    const { entities, totalItems, nextCursor, prevCursor } =
-      await this.requestRequired<{
-        entities: Entity[];
-        totalItems: number;
-        nextCursor?: string;
-        prevCursor?: string;
-      }>('GET', `/v2beta1/entities${query}`, options);
-
-    const next = this.getEntitiesFromCursor(nextCursor, options);
-    const prev = this.getEntitiesFromCursor(prevCursor, options);
-
-    return { entities, totalItems, next, prev };
+    return this.requestRequired<{
+      entities: Entity[];
+      totalItems: number;
+      nextCursor?: string;
+      prevCursor?: string;
+    }>('GET', `/v2beta1/entities${query}`, options);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -546,15 +539,4 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     }
     return params;
   }
-
-  private getEntitiesFromCursor(
-    cursor: string | undefined,
-    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
-  ) {
-    if (!cursor) {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-    return (request: Omit<GetPaginatedEntitiesCursorRequest, 'cursor'> = {}) =>
-      this.getPaginatedEntities!({ ...request, cursor }, options);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
index 0f0d0fe63c..fbee3d6afb 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
@@ -427,14 +427,10 @@ export type GetPaginatedEntitiesResponse = {
   entities: Entity[];
   /* The number of entities among all the requests */
   totalItems: number;
-  /* A method returning a promise containing the next batch of entities. */
-  next?(
-    request?: Omit<GetPaginatedEntitiesCursorRequest, 'cursor'>,
-  ): Promise<GetPaginatedEntitiesResponse>;
-  /* A method returning a promise containing the previous batch of entities. */
-  prev?(
-    request?: Omit<GetPaginatedEntitiesCursorRequest, 'cursor'>,
-  ): Promise<GetPaginatedEntitiesResponse>;
+  /* The cursor for the next batch of entities */
+  nextCursor?: string;
+  /* The cursor for the previous batch of entities */
+  prevCursor?: string;
 };
 
 /**