diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/backends.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/backends.ts
index 35a52cf3778f..53418fe7f9b6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/backends.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/backends.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import {
 import { environmentQuery } from './utils/environment_query';
 
 export const kueryBarPlaceholder = i18n.translate(
-  'xpack.apm.backends.kueryBarPlaceholder',
+  'xpack.apm.dependencies.kueryBarPlaceholder',
   {
-    defaultMessage: `Search backend metrics (e.g. span.destination.service.resource:elasticsearch)`,
+    defaultMessage: `Search dependency metrics (e.g. span.destination.service.resource:elasticsearch)`,
   }
 );
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/cypress/integration/read_only_user/service_overview/service_overview.spec.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/cypress/integration/read_only_user/service_overview/service_overview.spec.ts
index de8969cbecde..b90ad12b4602 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/cypress/integration/read_only_user/service_overview/service_overview.spec.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/cypress/integration/read_only_user/service_overview/service_overview.spec.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ describe('Service Overview', () => {
     cy.contains('Service Map');
     // Waits until the agent request is finished to check the tab.
     cy.wait('@agentRequest');
-    cy.contains('Dependencies').should('not.exist');
+    cy.get('.euiTabs .euiTab__content').then((elements) => {
+      elements.map((index, element) => {
+        expect(element.innerText).to.not.equal('Dependencies');
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/backend_detail_overview/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/backend_detail_overview/index.tsx
index 1adb41acab70..2c9ec0a23297 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/backend_detail_overview/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/backend_detail_overview/index.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { useApmParams } from '../../../hooks/use_apm_params';
 import { useApmRouter } from '../../../hooks/use_apm_router';
 import { SearchBar } from '../../shared/search_bar';
 import { BackendLatencyChart } from './backend_latency_chart';
-import { BackendInventoryTitle } from '../../routing/home';
+import { DependenciesInventoryTitle } from '../../routing/home';
 import { BackendDetailDependenciesTable } from './backend_detail_dependencies_table';
 import { BackendThroughputChart } from './backend_throughput_chart';
 import { BackendFailedTransactionRateChart } from './backend_error_rate_chart';
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function BackendDetailOverview() {
 
   useBreadcrumb([
     {
-      title: BackendInventoryTitle,
+      title: DependenciesInventoryTitle,
       href: apmRouter.link('/backends', {
         query: { rangeFrom, rangeTo, environment, kuery },
       }),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/backend_inventory/backend_inventory_dependencies_table/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/backend_inventory/backend_inventory_dependencies_table/index.tsx
index 7ccf3f166fc6..ea135104982e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/backend_inventory/backend_inventory_dependencies_table/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/backend_inventory/backend_inventory_dependencies_table/index.tsx
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ export function BackendInventoryDependenciesTable() {
       dependencies={dependencies}
       title={null}
       nameColumnTitle={i18n.translate(
-        'xpack.apm.backendInventory.dependenciesTableColumnBackend',
+        'xpack.apm.backendInventory.dependencyTableColumn',
         {
-          defaultMessage: 'Backend',
+          defaultMessage: 'Dependency',
         }
       )}
       status={status}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_map/Popover/backend_contents.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_map/Popover/backend_contents.tsx
index 0a42dbab9a45..9bc30ee67d2c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_map/Popover/backend_contents.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_map/Popover/backend_contents.tsx
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ export function BackendContents({
             });
           }}
         >
-          {i18n.translate('xpack.apm.serviceMap.backendDetailsButtonText', {
-            defaultMessage: 'Backend Details',
+          {i18n.translate('xpack.apm.serviceMap.dependencyDetailsButtonText', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Dependency Details',
           })}
         </EuiButton>
       </EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_map/Popover/popover.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_map/Popover/popover.test.tsx
index 9678258c4740..5bec70b9eb84 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_map/Popover/popover.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_map/Popover/popover.test.tsx
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ const { Backend, ExternalsList, Resource, Service } = composeStories(stories);
 
 describe('Popover', () => {
   describe('with backend data', () => {
-    it('renders a backend link', async () => {
+    it('renders a dependency link', async () => {
       render(<Backend />);
 
       await waitFor(() => {
         expect(
-          screen.getByRole('link', { name: /backend details/i })
+          screen.getByRole('link', { name: /Dependency Details/i })
         ).toBeInTheDocument();
       });
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_overview/service_overview_dependencies_table/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_overview/service_overview_dependencies_table/index.tsx
index 0d0842582335..08f29d7727cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_overview/service_overview_dependencies_table/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_overview/service_overview_dependencies_table/index.tsx
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ export function ServiceOverviewDependenciesTable({
       title={i18n.translate(
         'xpack.apm.serviceOverview.dependenciesTableTitle',
         {
-          defaultMessage: 'Downstream services and backends',
+          defaultMessage: 'Dependencies',
         }
       )}
       nameColumnTitle={i18n.translate(
-        'xpack.apm.serviceOverview.dependenciesTableColumnBackend',
+        'xpack.apm.serviceOverview.dependenciesTableColumn',
         {
-          defaultMessage: 'Backend',
+          defaultMessage: 'Dependency',
         }
       )}
       status={status}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/routing/home/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/routing/home/index.tsx
index d1304e192ddc..1430f5d8e475 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/routing/home/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/routing/home/index.tsx
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ export const ServiceInventoryTitle = i18n.translate(
   }
 );
 
-export const BackendInventoryTitle = i18n.translate(
-  'xpack.apm.views.backendInventory.title',
+export const DependenciesInventoryTitle = i18n.translate(
+  'xpack.apm.views.dependenciesInventory.title',
   {
-    defaultMessage: 'Backends',
+    defaultMessage: 'Dependencies',
   }
 );
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export const home = {
         },
         page({
           path: '/',
-          title: BackendInventoryTitle,
+          title: DependenciesInventoryTitle,
           element: <BackendInventory />,
         }),
       ],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/plugin.ts
index a329ad57e2b3..da2ea0ba8ae5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/plugin.ts
@@ -93,9 +93,12 @@ const serviceMapTitle = i18n.translate('xpack.apm.navigation.serviceMapTitle', {
   defaultMessage: 'Service Map',
 });
 
-const backendsTitle = i18n.translate('xpack.apm.navigation.backendsTitle', {
-  defaultMessage: 'Backends',
-});
+const dependenciesTitle = i18n.translate(
+  'xpack.apm.navigation.dependenciesTitle',
+  {
+    defaultMessage: 'Dependencies',
+  }
+);
 
 export class ApmPlugin implements Plugin<ApmPluginSetup, ApmPluginStart> {
   constructor(
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ export class ApmPlugin implements Plugin<ApmPluginSetup, ApmPluginStart> {
                   { label: servicesTitle, app: 'apm', path: '/services' },
                   { label: tracesTitle, app: 'apm', path: '/traces' },
                   {
-                    label: backendsTitle,
+                    label: dependenciesTitle,
                     app: 'apm',
                     path: '/backends',
                     isNewFeature: true,
@@ -270,7 +273,7 @@ export class ApmPlugin implements Plugin<ApmPluginSetup, ApmPluginStart> {
         { id: 'services', title: servicesTitle, path: '/services' },
         { id: 'traces', title: tracesTitle, path: '/traces' },
         { id: 'service-map', title: serviceMapTitle, path: '/service-map' },
-        { id: 'backends', title: backendsTitle, path: '/backends' },
+        { id: 'backends', title: dependenciesTitle, path: '/backends' },
       ],
 
       async mount(appMountParameters: AppMountParameters<unknown>) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index 770f24114d8e..6f9badea99a0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -5657,7 +5657,6 @@
     "xpack.apm.serviceNodeMetrics.unidentifiedServiceNodesWarningTitle": "JVM を特定できませんでした",
     "xpack.apm.serviceNodeNameMissing": " (空) ",
     "xpack.apm.serviceOveriew.errorsTableOccurrences": "{occurrencesCount} occ.",
-    "xpack.apm.serviceOverview.dependenciesTableColumnBackend": "バックエンド",
     "xpack.apm.serviceOverview.dependenciesTableTitle": "依存関係",
     "xpack.apm.serviceOverview.errorsTableColumnLastSeen": "前回の認識",
     "xpack.apm.serviceOverview.errorsTableColumnName": "名前",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index c28fdbed5f31..572e3699897a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -5685,7 +5685,6 @@
     "xpack.apm.serviceNodeMetrics.unidentifiedServiceNodesWarningTitle": "找不到 JVM",
     "xpack.apm.serviceNodeNameMissing": "（空）",
     "xpack.apm.serviceOveriew.errorsTableOccurrences": "{occurrencesCount} 次",
-    "xpack.apm.serviceOverview.dependenciesTableColumnBackend": "后端",
     "xpack.apm.serviceOverview.dependenciesTableTitle": "依赖项",
     "xpack.apm.serviceOverview.errorsTableColumnLastSeen": "最后看到时间",
     "xpack.apm.serviceOverview.errorsTableColumnName": "名称",