diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-planets-glow.md b/.changeset/twelve-planets-glow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5470bec78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-planets-glow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Bump webpack-node-externals from `2.5.2` to `3.0.0`.
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 12d8373ba5..e83ec108a5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     "url-loader": "^4.1.0",
     "webpack": "^4.41.6",
     "webpack-dev-server": "3.11.0",
-    "webpack-node-externals": "^2.5.0",
+    "webpack-node-externals": "^3.0.0",
     "yaml": "^1.10.0",
     "yaml-jest": "^1.0.5",
     "yml-loader": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0879bf8385..c9ab1b46bc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -26571,10 +26571,10 @@ webpack-log@^2.0.0:
     ansi-colors "^3.0.0"
     uuid "^3.3.2"
 
-webpack-node-externals@^2.5.0:
-  version "2.5.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-node-externals/-/webpack-node-externals-2.5.2.tgz#178e017a24fec6015bc9e672c77958a6afac861d"
-  integrity sha512-aHdl/y2N7PW2Sx7K+r3AxpJO+aDMcYzMQd60Qxefq3+EwhewSbTBqNumOsCE1JsCUNoyfGj5465N0sSf6hc/5w==
+webpack-node-externals@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-node-externals/-/webpack-node-externals-3.0.0.tgz#1a3407c158d547a9feb4229a9e3385b7b60c9917"
+  integrity sha512-LnL6Z3GGDPht/AigwRh2dvL9PQPFQ8skEpVrWZXLWBYmqcaojHNN0onvHzie6rq7EWKrrBfPYqNEzTJgiwEQDQ==
 
 webpack-sources@^1.1.0, webpack-sources@^1.4.0, webpack-sources@^1.4.1, webpack-sources@^1.4.3:
   version "1.4.3"