diff --git a/docs/pipeline-api.md b/docs/pipeline-api.md
index 4bee675fe6d..5a07522b52b 100644
--- a/docs/pipeline-api.md
+++ b/docs/pipeline-api.md
@@ -6783,6 +6783,19 @@ StepActionSpec
 <table>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<code>description</code><br/>
+<em>
+string
+</em>
+</td>
+<td>
+<em>(Optional)</em>
+<p>Description is a user-facing description of the stepaction that may be
+used to populate a UI.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
 <code>image</code><br/>
 <em>
 string
@@ -7619,6 +7632,19 @@ Refer Go&rsquo;s ParseDuration documentation for expected format: <a href="https
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<code>description</code><br/>
+<em>
+string
+</em>
+</td>
+<td>
+<em>(Optional)</em>
+<p>Description is a user-facing description of the stepaction that may be
+used to populate a UI.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
 <code>image</code><br/>
 <em>
 string
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/openapi_generated.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/openapi_generated.go
index 99ad0a618f6..93704735c87 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/openapi_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/openapi_generated.go
@@ -754,6 +754,13 @@ func schema_pkg_apis_pipeline_v1alpha1_StepActionSpec(ref common.ReferenceCallba
 				Description: "StepActionSpec contains the actionable components of a step.",
 				Type:        []string{"object"},
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+					"description": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "Description is a user-facing description of the stepaction that may be used to populate a UI.",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
 					"image": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 							Description: "Image reference name to run for this StepAction. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images",
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/stepaction_types.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/stepaction_types.go
index 2e90321b142..c0b25d8e306 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/stepaction_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/stepaction_types.go
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ type StepActionList struct {
 
 // StepActionSpec contains the actionable components of a step.
 type StepActionSpec struct {
+	// Description is a user-facing description of the stepaction that may be
+	// used to populate a UI.
+	// +optional
+	Description string `json:"description,omitempty"`
 	// Image reference name to run for this StepAction.
 	// More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images
 	// +optional
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/swagger.json b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/swagger.json
index 8aeabcc9c43..4da8930fc32 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/swagger.json
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/swagger.json
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@
           },
           "x-kubernetes-list-type": "atomic"
         },
+        "description": {
+          "description": "Description is a user-facing description of the stepaction that may be used to populate a UI.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
         "env": {
           "description": "List of environment variables to set in the container. Cannot be updated.",
           "type": "array",
diff --git a/test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta/go.mod b/test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta/go.mod
index 96f81c45951..fd55627f6e2 100644
--- a/test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta/go.mod
+++ b/test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/tektoncd/pipeline v0.53.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.27.12
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.12
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.14
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.27.11
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230505201702-9f6742963106
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20231011193800-bd99f2f98be7
diff --git a/test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta/go.sum b/test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta/go.sum
index 0a9bd4098c4..84535f9d0bb 100644
--- a/test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta/go.sum
+++ b/test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta/go.sum
@@ -2682,6 +2682,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0/go.mod h1:NF0Gs7EO5K4qLn+Ylc+fih8BSTeIjAP05siRnAh98y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0/go.mod h1:MVFd36DqK4CsrnJYDkBA3VC4m2GkXAM0PvzMCn4JQf4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0/go.mod h1:0BP7YvVV9gBbVKyeTG0Gyn+gZm94bibOW5BjDEYAOMs=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20180321215751-8460e604b9de/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20180807140117-3d87b88a115f/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
@@ -2846,8 +2848,10 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.14.0/go.mod h1:PpSgVXXLK0OxS0F31C1/tv6XNguvCrnXIDrFMspZIUI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.16.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
 golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
-golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 h1:zTwKpTd2XuCqf8huc7Fo2iSy+4RHPd10s4KzeTnVr1c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.19.0/go.mod h1:CfAk/cbD4CthTvqiEl8NpboMuiuOYsAr/7NOjZJtv1U=
+golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
+golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 h1:7EYJ93RZ9vYSZAIb2x3lnuvqO5zneoD6IvWjuhfxjTs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.23.0/go.mod h1:JKghWKKOSdJwpW2GEx0Ja7fmaKnMsbu+MWVZTokSYmg=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -3066,8 +3070,10 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
@@ -3087,8 +3093,10 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.10.0/go.mod h1:lpqdcUyK/oCiQxvxVrppt5ggO2KCZ5QblwqPnfZ6d5o=
 golang.org/x/term v0.11.0/go.mod h1:zC9APTIj3jG3FdV/Ons+XE1riIZXG4aZ4GTHiPZJPIU=
 golang.org/x/term v0.12.0/go.mod h1:owVbMEjm3cBLCHdkQu9b1opXd4ETQWc3BhuQGKgXgvU=
 golang.org/x/term v0.13.0/go.mod h1:LTmsnFJwVN6bCy1rVCoS+qHT1HhALEFxKncY3WNNh4U=
-golang.org/x/term v0.15.0 h1:y/Oo/a/q3IXu26lQgl04j/gjuBDOBlx7X6Om1j2CPW4=
 golang.org/x/term v0.15.0/go.mod h1:BDl952bC7+uMoWR75FIrCDx79TPU9oHkTZ9yRbYOrX0=
+golang.org/x/term v0.17.0/go.mod h1:lLRBjIVuehSbZlaOtGMbcMncT+aqLLLmKrsjNrUguwk=
+golang.org/x/term v0.18.0 h1:FcHjZXDMxI8mM3nwhX9HlKop4C0YQvCVCdwYl2wOtE8=
+golang.org/x/term v0.18.0/go.mod h1:ILwASektA3OnRv7amZ1xhE/KTR+u50pbXfZ03+6Nx58=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
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@@ -3670,8 +3678,9 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.5/go.mod h1:HUvk6wrOP4v22AIYqeCGSQ6xWCHo41J9d6psb3temA
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-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.12 h1:Nt20vwaAHcZsM4WdkOtLaDeBJHg9QJW8JyOOEn6xzRA=
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+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.14 h1:jAIGvPbvAg4XJysK7JPFa6DdjTR6vts4/p4Q6ZrcQ+4=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.14/go.mod h1:TWo+8wOIz3CytsrlI9k/LBWXLRr9dqf5hRSCbbggMAg=
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