diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c75079be762..0444a9deb61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Breaking Changes
 - Removed Retesteth rpc service and commands [#7833](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7783)
 - TLS for P2P (early access feature) has been removed [#7942](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7942)
+- In the plugin API, `BesuContext` has been renamed to `ServiceManager` to better reflect its function, plugins must be updated to work with this version
 - With the upgrade of the Prometheus Java Metrics library, there are the following changes:
   - Gauge names are not allowed to end with `total`, therefore the metric `besu_blockchain_difficulty_total` is losing the `_total` suffix
   - The `_created` timestamps are not returned by default, you can set the env var `BESU_OPTS="-Dio.prometheus.exporter.includeCreatedTimestamps=true"` to enable them
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/BadCLIOptionsPlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/BadCLIOptionsPlugin.java
index 2bf826ec42e..ec048ea0d32 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/BadCLIOptionsPlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/BadCLIOptionsPlugin.java
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ public class BadCLIOptionsPlugin implements BesuPlugin {
   private File callbackDir;
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     LOG.info("Registering BadCliOptionsPlugin");
     callbackDir = new File(System.getProperty("besu.plugins.dir", "plugins"));
     writeStatus("init");
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestBesuEventsPlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestBesuEventsPlugin.java
index 7c218126d63..7a4a17cf711 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestBesuEventsPlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestBesuEventsPlugin.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.plugins;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.data.BlockHeader;
@@ -43,8 +42,7 @@ public class TestBesuEventsPlugin implements BesuPlugin {
   private File callbackDir;
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     this.context = context;
     LOG.info("Registered");
     callbackDir = new File(System.getProperty("besu.plugins.dir", "plugins"));
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestBlockchainServiceFinalizedPlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestBlockchainServiceFinalizedPlugin.java
index 29ccc83d8bb..4984e7a00e8 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestBlockchainServiceFinalizedPlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestBlockchainServiceFinalizedPlugin.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Hash;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.internal.parameters.JsonRpcParameter;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.internal.response.RpcErrorType;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.data.BlockContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BlockchainService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.RpcEndpointService;
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ public class TestBlockchainServiceFinalizedPlugin implements BesuPlugin {
   private static final String RPC_METHOD_SAFE_BLOCK = "updateSafeBlockV1";
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext serviceManager) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager serviceManager) {
     LOG.trace("Registering plugin ...");
 
     final RpcEndpointService rpcEndpointService =
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestInProcessRpcServicePlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestInProcessRpcServicePlugin.java
index a304da09380..adbc1a35792 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestInProcessRpcServicePlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestInProcessRpcServicePlugin.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 package org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.plugins;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.RpcEndpointService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.rpc.RpcResponseType;
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ public class TestInProcessRpcServicePlugin implements BesuPlugin {
   long minGasPrice = -1;
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     final PicoCLIOptions cmdlineOptions =
         context
             .getService(PicoCLIOptions.class)
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestMetricsPlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestMetricsPlugin.java
index 8b731725225..9400fb4bccd 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestMetricsPlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestMetricsPlugin.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.plugins;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.MetricsSystem;
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ public class TestMetricsPlugin implements BesuPlugin {
   private ServiceManager serviceManager;
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     LOG.info("Registering TestMetricsPlugin");
     serviceManager = context;
     context
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPermissioningPlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPermissioningPlugin.java
index b41bcbc4a5f..c2503ed8112 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPermissioningPlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPermissioningPlugin.java
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.plugins;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PermissioningService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
 
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ public class TestPermissioningPlugin implements BesuPlugin {
   PermissioningService service;
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     context.getService(PicoCLIOptions.class).orElseThrow().addPicoCLIOptions("permissioning", this);
     service = context.getService(PermissioningService.class).orElseThrow();
   }
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPicoCLIPlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPicoCLIPlugin.java
index ec242fa4c68..bb83ba676db 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPicoCLIPlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPicoCLIPlugin.java
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.plugins;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ public class TestPicoCLIPlugin implements BesuPlugin {
   private File callbackDir;
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     LOG.info("Registering.  Test Option is '{}'", testOption);
     state = "registering";
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPrivacyServicePlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPrivacyServicePlugin.java
index 15fc22a42fa..698653f356f 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPrivacyServicePlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestPrivacyServicePlugin.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.plugins;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
@@ -41,8 +40,7 @@ public class TestPrivacyServicePlugin implements BesuPlugin {
       new TestSigningPrivateMarkerTransactionFactory();
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     this.context = context;
 
     context
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestRpcEndpointServicePlugin.java b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestRpcEndpointServicePlugin.java
index e4f0e8fdbd1..75d72473bf1 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestRpcEndpointServicePlugin.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/test-plugins/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/TestRpcEndpointServicePlugin.java
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.RpcEndpointService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.rpc.PluginRpcRequest;
 
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ private String throwException(final PluginRpcRequest request) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     context
         .getService(RpcEndpointService.class)
         .ifPresent(
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuPluginContextImpl.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuPluginContextImpl.java
index fdcf8554751..fbee90edef9 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuPluginContextImpl.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuPluginContextImpl.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.plugins.PluginConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuService;
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /** The Besu plugin context implementation. */
-@SuppressWarnings("removal")
-public class BesuPluginContextImpl implements BesuContext, ServiceManager, PluginVersionsProvider {
+public class BesuPluginContextImpl implements ServiceManager, PluginVersionsProvider {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BesuPluginContextImpl.class);
 
diff --git a/plugin-api/build.gradle b/plugin-api/build.gradle
index 078f37eb5a4..157db4236dc 100644
--- a/plugin-api/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-api/build.gradle
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Calculated : ${currentHash}
 tasks.register('checkAPIChanges', FileStateChecker) {
   description = "Checks that the API for the Plugin-API project does not change without deliberate thought"
   files = sourceSets.main.allJava.files
-  knownHash = 'zuu5jdZ35LcQyu3g2+p+4rcwUhCAY3woS+ZuAxSFCSg='
+  knownHash = 'dkhT5PziIX6nhIRA4EghMEGKkEB7NTAyqRaKDcAidKc='
 }
 check.dependsOn('checkAPIChanges')
 
diff --git a/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/BesuPlugin.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/BesuPlugin.java
index d4f2a08f2c2..b05fbf83c09 100644
--- a/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/BesuPlugin.java
+++ b/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/BesuPlugin.java
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ default Optional<String> getName() {
    *
    * @param context the context that provides access to Besu services.
    */
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  void register(BesuContext context);
+  void register(ServiceManager context);
 
   /**
    * Called once when besu has loaded configuration but before external services have been started
diff --git a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBPlugin.java b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBPlugin.java
index 0496bcb02b7..91e6e427bc3 100644
--- a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBPlugin.java
+++ b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBPlugin.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.rocksdb;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
@@ -60,8 +59,7 @@ public void addIgnorableSegmentIdentifier(final SegmentIdentifier ignorable) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     LOG.debug("Registering plugin");
     this.context = context;
 
diff --git a/services/kvstore/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/kvstore/InMemoryStoragePlugin.java b/services/kvstore/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/kvstore/InMemoryStoragePlugin.java
index ff691a2a68c..11e7656dfb7 100644
--- a/services/kvstore/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/kvstore/InMemoryStoragePlugin.java
+++ b/services/kvstore/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/kvstore/InMemoryStoragePlugin.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.services.kvstore;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.BesuPlugin;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.ServiceManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuConfiguration;
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ public class InMemoryStoragePlugin implements BesuPlugin {
   public InMemoryStoragePlugin() {}
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-  public void register(final BesuContext context) {
+  public void register(final ServiceManager context) {
     LOG.debug("Registering plugin");
     this.context = context;