diff --git a/.changeset/mean-seas-burn.md b/.changeset/mean-seas-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cd3a206dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mean-seas-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Minor internal tweak to support TypeScript 4.6
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db8816a7ac..a282aac2eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "semver": "^7.3.2",
     "shx": "^0.3.2",
     "ts-node": "^10.4.0",
-    "typescript": "~4.5.4",
+    "typescript": "~4.6.4",
     "yarn-lock-check": "^1.0.5"
   },
   "prettier": "@spotify/prettier-config",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.ts
index eaa0ce0189..fa11903447 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.ts
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ export class DefaultEntitiesCatalog implements EntitiesCatalog {
   async entities(request?: EntitiesRequest): Promise<EntitiesResponse> {
     const db = this.database;
 
-    let entitiesQuery = db<DbFinalEntitiesRow>('final_entities');
+    let entitiesQuery =
+      db<DbFinalEntitiesRow>('final_entities').select('final_entities.*');
     if (request?.filter) {
       entitiesQuery = parseFilter(request.filter, entitiesQuery, db);
     }
 
     // TODO: move final_entities to use entity_ref
     entitiesQuery = entitiesQuery
-      .select('final_entities.*')
       .whereNotNull('final_entities.final_entity')
       .orderBy('entity_id', 'asc');
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 24dfd6a6c0..62f4b84c21 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -24076,11 +24076,16 @@ typescript-json-schema@^0.53.0:
     typescript "~4.5.0"
     yargs "^17.1.1"
 
-typescript@~4.5.0, typescript@~4.5.2, typescript@~4.5.4:
+typescript@~4.5.0, typescript@~4.5.2:
   version "4.5.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.5.5.tgz#d8c953832d28924a9e3d37c73d729c846c5896f3"
   integrity sha512-TCTIul70LyWe6IJWT8QSYeA54WQe8EjQFU4wY52Fasj5UKx88LNYKCgBEHcOMOrFF1rKGbD8v/xcNWVUq9SymA==
 
+typescript@~4.6.4:
+  version "4.6.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.6.4.tgz#caa78bbc3a59e6a5c510d35703f6a09877ce45e9"
+  integrity sha512-9ia/jWHIEbo49HfjrLGfKbZSuWo9iTMwXO+Ca3pRsSpbsMbc7/IU8NKdCZVRRBafVPGnoJeFL76ZOAA84I9fEg==
+
 ua-parser-js@^0.7.18:
   version "0.7.28"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.28.tgz#8ba04e653f35ce210239c64661685bf9121dec31"