diff --git a/.changeset/six-goats-sort.md b/.changeset/six-goats-sort.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5df8924066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/six-goats-sort.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab': patch
+---
+
+Remove dependency on backend-common
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
index 9853904759..a6e8407182 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "test": "backstage-cli package test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
index b8e0cf3669..29914db705 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  CacheClient,
-  CacheManager,
-  PluginCacheManager,
-} from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   ScmIntegrationRegistry,
@@ -31,7 +26,11 @@ import {
   processingResult,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { GitLabClient, GitLabProject, paginated } from './lib';
-import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { CacheService, LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import {
+  CacheManager,
+  PluginCacheManager,
+} from '@backstage/backend-defaults/cache';
 
 /**
  * Extracts repositories out of an GitLab instance.
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 export class GitLabDiscoveryProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
   private readonly integrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
   private readonly logger: LoggerService;
-  private readonly cache: CacheClient;
+  private readonly cache: CacheService;
   private readonly skipReposWithoutExactFileMatch: boolean;
   private readonly skipForkedRepos: boolean;
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5c13778196..028d7cf763 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5501,7 +5501,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab@workspace:plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab"
   dependencies:
-    "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"