diff --git a/.changeset/cold-otters-prove.md b/.changeset/cold-otters-prove.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37438b333e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cold-otters-prove.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+chore(deps-dev): bump `@types/tar` from 4.0.5 to 6.1.1
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index 130a3fcaa5..824b676c82 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "@types/recursive-readdir": "^2.2.0",
     "@types/stoppable": "^1.1.0",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
-    "@types/tar": "^4.0.3",
+    "@types/tar": "^6.1.1",
     "@types/unzipper": "^0.10.3",
     "@types/webpack-env": "^1.15.2",
     "aws-sdk-mock": "^5.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 984fdc9129..4208662f76 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     "@types/recursive-readdir": "^2.2.0",
     "@types/rollup-plugin-peer-deps-external": "^2.2.0",
     "@types/rollup-plugin-postcss": "^2.0.0",
-    "@types/tar": "^4.0.3",
+    "@types/tar": "^6.1.1",
     "@types/terser-webpack-plugin": "^5.0.4",
     "@types/webpack": "^5.28.0",
     "@types/webpack-dev-server": "^3.11.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7cff1b6243..19f6ad2b27 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8382,6 +8382,14 @@
     "@types/minipass" "*"
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/tar@^6.1.1":
+  version "6.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/tar/-/tar-6.1.1.tgz#ab341ec1f149d7eb2a4f4ded56ff85f0d4fe7cb5"
+  integrity sha512-8mto3YZfVpqB1CHMaYz1TUYIQfZFbh/QbEq5Hsn6D0ilCfqRVCdalmc89B7vi3jhl9UYIk+dWDABShNfOkv5HA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/minipass" "*"
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/tern@*":
   version "0.23.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/tern/-/tern-0.23.3.tgz#4b54538f04a88c9ff79de1f6f94f575a7f339460"