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+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Use `ServerPermissionClient` instead of `PermissionAuthorizer`.
+
+Apply the following to `packages/backend/src/types.ts`:
+
+```diff
+- import { PermissionAuthorizer } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
++ import { ServerPermissionClient } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
+
+  export type PluginEnvironment = {
+    ...
+    discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+    tokenManager: TokenManager;
+    scheduler: PluginTaskScheduler;
+-   permissions: PermissionAuthorizer;
++   permissions: ServerPermissionClient;
+  };
+```