diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/api-report.md
index c2bfcedfce..4088b05bb5 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/api-report.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
+/// <reference types="express" />
+
 import { CatalogBuilder } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
 import type { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import type { DeferredEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';