diff --git a/.changeset/techdocs-flying-inspection.md b/.changeset/techdocs-flying-inspection.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baf956ee19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/techdocs-flying-inspection.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node': patch
+---
+
+Updated deprecated use of `express`' `res.redirect()` method when handling legacy path casing.
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
index daf943dce4..0119def16d 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import request from 'supertest';
 import mockFs from 'mock-fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import { LocalPublish } from './local';
+import path from 'path';
 
 const createMockEntity = (annotations = {}, lowerCase = false) => {
   return {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ describe('local publisher', () => {
         ...{
           kind: 'component',
           metadata: {
-            name: '../component/other-component',
+            name: path.join('..', 'component', 'other-component'),
             namespace: 'default',
           },
         },
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/local.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/local.ts
index c0de46eb22..11c6e6dd2b 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/local.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/local.ts
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export class LocalPublish implements PublisherBase {
       }
 
       // Otherwise, redirect to the new path.
-      return res.redirect(req.baseUrl + newPath, 301);
+      return res.redirect(301, req.baseUrl + newPath);
     });
 
     router.use(