diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-actors-shave.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-actors-shave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcf5f43018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-actors-shave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Update import location of catalogEntityCreatePermission.
+
+To apply this change to an existing app, make the following change to `packages/app/src/App.tsx`:
+
+```diff
+-import { catalogEntityCreatePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
++import { catalogEntityCreatePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common/alpha';
+```
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index 6f00993273..f4ff424926 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { createApp } from '@backstage/app-defaults';
 import { FlatRoutes } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
 import { CatalogGraphPage } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-graph';
 import { PermissionedRoute } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-react';
-import { catalogEntityCreatePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
+import { catalogEntityCreatePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common/alpha';
 
 const app = createApp({
   apis,