diff --git a/.changeset/large-eagles-shop.md b/.changeset/large-eagles-shop.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd5bd2e28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/large-eagles-shop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-airbrake-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-dynatrace': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-periskop-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-stack-overflow-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-vault-backend': patch
+---
+
+Switched to using node-fetch instead of cross-fetch as is standard for our backend packages
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake-backend/package.json b/plugins/airbrake-backend/package.json
index ba9940b51c..db128b4c79 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/airbrake-backend/package.json
@@ -25,19 +25,18 @@
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.15.1-next.0",
     "@backstage/config": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/express": "*",
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
+    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "^2.0.0",
     "winston": "^3.2.1",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.0.6",
     "yn": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.18.2-next.0",
     "@types/http-proxy-middleware": "^0.19.3",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
-    "supertest": "^6.1.6",
-    "msw": "^0.45.0"
+    "msw": "^0.45.0",
+    "supertest": "^6.1.6"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/api-report.md
index 1f40f22242..7d95e148a3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/api-report.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { EntityProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
 import { EntityProviderConnection } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
 import { LocationSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { Response as Response_2 } from 'node-fetch';
 import { TaskRunner } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
 
 // @public
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export class BitbucketServerClient {
     projectKey: string;
     repo: string;
     path: string;
-  }): Promise<Response>;
+  }): Promise<Response_2>;
   // (undocumented)
   getRepository(options: {
     projectKey: string;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/package.json
index 8facc9cceb..ebc7b929ca 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
     "@backstage/errors": "^1.0.0",
     "@backstage/integration": "^1.3.1-next.0",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "^1.3.2-next.0",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
+    "@types/node-fetch": "^2.5.12",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "uuid": "^8.0.0",
     "winston": "^3.2.1"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/lib/BitbucketServerClient.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/lib/BitbucketServerClient.ts
index 025cc555ce..b5baf66afd 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/lib/BitbucketServerClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/lib/BitbucketServerClient.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { fetch, Request } from 'cross-fetch';
+import fetch, { Request, Response } from 'node-fetch';
 import {
   BitbucketServerIntegrationConfig,
   getBitbucketServerRequestOptions,
diff --git a/plugins/dynatrace/package.json b/plugins/dynatrace/package.json
index 93bc1911cc..e544c193d9 100644
--- a/plugins/dynatrace/package.json
+++ b/plugins/dynatrace/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.9.13",
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.57",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
     "react-use": "^17.2.4"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.0.0",
     "@types/jest": "*",
     "@types/node": "*",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
     "express": "^4.18.1",
     "msw": "^0.45.0"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/dynatrace/src/setupTests.ts b/plugins/dynatrace/src/setupTests.ts
index 9bb3e72355..7a459ed24e 100644
--- a/plugins/dynatrace/src/setupTests.ts
+++ b/plugins/dynatrace/src/setupTests.ts
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
-import 'cross-fetch/polyfill';
diff --git a/plugins/example-todo-list-backend/package.json b/plugins/example-todo-list-backend/package.json
index e95436b632..216b9dd440 100644
--- a/plugins/example-todo-list-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/example-todo-list-backend/package.json
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@
     "@backstage/errors": "^1.1.0",
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "^0.2.5-next.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
+    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "winston": "^3.2.1",
     "yn": "^4.0.0"
diff --git a/plugins/periskop-backend/package.json b/plugins/periskop-backend/package.json
index a52eefdf35..58374896d2 100644
--- a/plugins/periskop-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/periskop-backend/package.json
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.15.1-next.0",
     "@backstage/config": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/express": "*",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.0.6",
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
-    "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
+    "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "winston": "^3.2.1",
     "yn": "^4.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/package.json b/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/package.json
index db883dbfd1..27886b9625 100644
--- a/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/package.json
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
     "clean": "backstage-cli package clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "^1.0.1-next.0",
     "@backstage/config": "^1.0.1",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "^1.0.1-next.0",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "qs": "^6.9.4",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
     "winston": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/src/search/StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory.ts b/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/src/search/StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory.ts
index 45261ce546..4550c5aa9b 100644
--- a/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/src/search/StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/stack-overflow-backend/src/search/StackOverflowQuestionsCollatorFactory.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
-import fetch from 'cross-fetch';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import qs from 'qs';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 
diff --git a/plugins/vault-backend/package.json b/plugins/vault-backend/package.json
index 27ca7069fe..af097d50e4 100644
--- a/plugins/vault-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/vault-backend/package.json
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     "@types/express": "*",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
+    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "helmet": "^5.0.2",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "winston": "^3.7.2",
     "yn": "^5.0.0"
diff --git a/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.ts b/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.ts
index 16aa39ae03..785352fea8 100644
--- a/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/vault-backend/src/service/vaultApi.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import fetch from 'cross-fetch';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import plimit from 'p-limit';
 import { getVaultConfig, VaultConfig } from '../config';
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c973b39612..93495d935e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11338,7 +11338,7 @@ cross-env@^7.0.0:
   dependencies:
     cross-spawn "^7.0.1"
 
-cross-fetch@3.1.5, cross-fetch@^3.0.4, cross-fetch@^3.0.6, cross-fetch@^3.1.3, cross-fetch@^3.1.5:
+cross-fetch@3.1.5, cross-fetch@^3.0.4, cross-fetch@^3.1.3, cross-fetch@^3.1.5:
   version "3.1.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-fetch/-/cross-fetch-3.1.5.tgz#e1389f44d9e7ba767907f7af8454787952ab534f"
   integrity sha512-lvb1SBsI0Z7GDwmuid+mU3kWVBwTVUbe7S0H52yaaAdQOXq2YktTCZdlAcNKFzE6QtRz0snpw9bNiPeOIkkQvw==