diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-rivers-hope.md b/.changeset/chatty-rivers-hope.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97fdd644fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-rivers-hope.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-sonarqube-backend': patch
+---
+
+Updated README
diff --git a/plugins/sonarqube-backend/README.md b/plugins/sonarqube-backend/README.md
index 1a1e2ae2dd..4eeac67498 100644
--- a/plugins/sonarqube-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/sonarqube-backend/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ In your `packages/backend/src/index.ts` make the following changes:
   import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
   const backend = createBackend();
   // ... other feature additions
-+ backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-sonarqube-backend');
++ backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-sonarqube-backend'));
   backend.start();
 ```