diff --git a/api/api-component.yaml b/api/api-component.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a57872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api-component.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: API
+metadata:
+  name: hello-world
+  description: Hello World example for gRPC
+spec:
+  type: grpc
+  lifecycle: deprecated
+  owner: team-c
+  definition:
+    $text: example.yaml
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diff --git a/backstage/all-apis.yaml b/backstage/all-apis.yaml
index 9874ac7..021bdb8 100644
--- a/backstage/all-apis.yaml
+++ b/backstage/all-apis.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ metadata:
   description: A collection of Athena APIs
 spec:
   targets:
-    - ../api/example.yaml
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+    - ../api/api-component.yaml
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