diff --git a/workspaces/adr/.changeset/young-peaches-carry.md b/workspaces/adr/.changeset/young-peaches-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..334528d525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspaces/adr/.changeset/young-peaches-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage-community/search-backend-module-adr': patch
+---
+
+Removed usages of `@backstage/backend-tasks`
diff --git a/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/config.d.ts b/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/config.d.ts
index 3476c06403..84d01865a0 100644
--- a/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/config.d.ts
+++ b/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/config.d.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TaskScheduleDefinitionConfig } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
+import { SchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinitionConfig } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 export interface Config {
   search?: {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface Config {
         /**
          * The schedule for how often to run the collation job.
          */
-        schedule?: TaskScheduleDefinitionConfig;
+        schedule?: SchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinitionConfig;
       };
     };
   };
diff --git a/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/package.json b/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/package.json
index 6865cde5e1..fdd885fbde 100644
--- a/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage-community/plugin-adr-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "^1.1.0",
-    "@backstage/backend-tasks": "^0.6.1",
     "@backstage/catalog-client": "^1.9.0",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "^1.7.2",
     "@backstage/config": "^1.3.1",
diff --git a/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/src/collators/config.ts b/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/src/collators/config.ts
index d02941656b..6cb02df5ed 100644
--- a/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/src/collators/config.ts
+++ b/workspaces/adr/plugins/search-backend-module-adr/src/collators/config.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig,
-  TaskScheduleDefinition,
-} from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
+  readSchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig,
+  SchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinition,
+} from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/index';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@ export const defaults = {
 
 export function readScheduleConfigOptions(
   configRoot: Config,
-): TaskScheduleDefinition {
-  let schedule: TaskScheduleDefinition | undefined = undefined;
+): SchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinition {
+  let schedule: SchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinition | undefined = undefined;
 
   const config = configRoot.getOptionalConfig(configKey);
   if (config) {
     const scheduleConfig = config.getOptionalConfig('schedule');
     if (scheduleConfig) {
       try {
-        schedule = readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig(scheduleConfig);
+        schedule =
+          readSchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig(scheduleConfig);
       } catch (error) {
         throw new InputError(`Invalid schedule at ${configKey}, ${error}`);
       }
diff --git a/workspaces/adr/yarn.lock b/workspaces/adr/yarn.lock
index 104064a6c7..c7e8919e8a 100644
--- a/workspaces/adr/yarn.lock
+++ b/workspaces/adr/yarn.lock
@@ -2666,7 +2666,6 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@backstage-community/plugin-adr-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": ^1.1.0
-    "@backstage/backend-tasks": ^0.6.1
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": ^1.2.0
     "@backstage/catalog-client": ^1.9.0
     "@backstage/catalog-model": ^1.7.2
@@ -2719,83 +2718,6 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
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-  version: 0.24.1
-  resolution: "@backstage/backend-common@npm:0.24.1"
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-    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": ^3.350.0
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-    "@aws-sdk/types": ^3.347.0
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-    "@backstage/errors": ^1.2.4
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-    "@keyv/redis": ^2.5.3
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-    "@types/dockerode": ^3.3.0
-    "@types/express": ^4.17.6
-    "@types/luxon": ^3.0.0
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-    git-url-parse: ^14.0.0
-    helmet: ^6.0.0
-    isomorphic-git: ^1.23.0
-    jose: ^5.0.0
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-    knex: ^3.0.0
-    lodash: ^4.17.21
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-    luxon: ^3.0.0
-    minimatch: ^9.0.0
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-    node-forge: ^1.3.1
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-    pg: ^8.11.3
-    pg-format: ^1.0.4
-    raw-body: ^2.4.1
-    selfsigned: ^2.0.0
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-    tar: ^6.1.12
-    triple-beam: ^1.4.1
-    uuid: ^9.0.0
-    winston: ^3.2.1
-    winston-transport: ^4.5.0
-    yauzl: ^3.0.0
-    yn: ^4.0.0
-  peerDependencies:
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-  peerDependenciesMeta:
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-      optional: true
-  checksum: 5a326dec02d1d43a819e5b1d4a0be87ee00be23013e4a74c7c700f996d3b486d359ba2866c20a25788a9eef6a97d2f99b5ccbb140bcac3180d703eee6ad82c04
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
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   version: 0.25.0
   resolution: "@backstage/backend-common@npm:0.25.0"
@@ -2963,25 +2885,6 @@ __metadata:
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-"@backstage/backend-plugin-api@npm:^0.8.1":
-  version: 0.8.1
-  resolution: "@backstage/backend-plugin-api@npm:0.8.1"
-  dependencies:
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-    "@backstage/config": ^1.2.0
-    "@backstage/errors": ^1.2.4
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-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": ^0.8.1
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-    "@types/express": ^4.17.6
-    "@types/luxon": ^3.0.0
-    express: ^4.17.1
-    knex: ^3.0.0
-    luxon: ^3.0.0
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-  languageName: node
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-
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   resolution: "@backstage/backend-plugin-api@npm:1.1.0"
@@ -3000,27 +2903,6 @@ __metadata:
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-"@backstage/backend-tasks@npm:^0.6.1":
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-  resolution: "@backstage/backend-tasks@npm:0.6.1"
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-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
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   resolution: "@backstage/backend-test-utils@npm:1.2.0"
@@ -3254,7 +3136,7 @@ __metadata:
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   resolution: "@backstage/config-loader@npm:1.9.4"
   dependencies:
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-"@backstage/integration@npm:^1.14.0, @backstage/integration@npm:^1.15.0, @backstage/integration@npm:^1.16.0":
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   resolution: "@backstage/integration@npm:1.16.0"
   dependencies:
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-"@backstage/plugin-auth-node@npm:^0.5.1, @backstage/plugin-auth-node@npm:^0.5.2, @backstage/plugin-auth-node@npm:^0.5.5":
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   resolution: "@backstage/plugin-auth-node@npm:0.5.5"
   dependencies:
@@ -3749,7 +3631,7 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
-"@backstage/plugin-permission-common@npm:^0.8.1, @backstage/plugin-permission-common@npm:^0.8.3":
+"@backstage/plugin-permission-common@npm:^0.8.3":
   version: 0.8.3
   resolution: "@backstage/plugin-permission-common@npm:0.8.3"
   dependencies:
@@ -6562,7 +6444,7 @@ __metadata:
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-"@opentelemetry/api@npm:^1.3.0, @opentelemetry/api@npm:^1.9.0":
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@@ -9947,20 +9829,6 @@ __metadata:
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-"archiver-utils@npm:^4.0.1":
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-  resolution: "archiver-utils@npm:4.0.1"
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-
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   resolution: "archiver-utils@npm:5.0.2"
@@ -9991,21 +9859,6 @@ __metadata:
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-"archiver@npm:^6.0.0":
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-  resolution: "archiver@npm:6.0.2"
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   resolution: "archiver@npm:7.0.1"
@@ -11687,18 +11540,6 @@ __metadata:
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-"compress-commons@npm:^5.0.1":
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-"crc32-stream@npm:^5.0.0":
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   dependencies:
@@ -20734,13 +20565,6 @@ __metadata:
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