diff --git a/.changeset/tiny-icons-sit.md b/.changeset/tiny-icons-sit.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dc35a46fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tiny-icons-sit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+---
+
+Small internal fix to better work with recent `lodash` versions
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/defaultEntityPresentation.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/defaultEntityPresentation.ts
index 8d841f3c3c..b546f9aa93 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/defaultEntityPresentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/defaultEntityPresentation.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ export function defaultEntityPresentation(
   };
 }
 
+const isString = (value: unknown): value is string =>
+  Boolean(value) && typeof value === 'string';
+
 // Try to extract display-worthy parts of an entity or ref as best we can, without throwing
 function getParts(entityOrRef: Entity | CompoundEntityRef | string): {
   kind?: string;
@@ -99,35 +102,29 @@ function getParts(entityOrRef: Entity | CompoundEntityRef | string): {
   }
 
   if (typeof entityOrRef === 'object' && entityOrRef !== null) {
-    const kind = [get(entityOrRef, 'kind')].find(
-      candidate => candidate && typeof candidate === 'string',
-    );
+    const kind = [get(entityOrRef, 'kind')].find(isString);
 
     const namespace = [
       get(entityOrRef, 'metadata.namespace'),
       get(entityOrRef, 'namespace'),
-    ].find(candidate => candidate && typeof candidate === 'string');
+    ].find(isString);
 
     const name = [
       get(entityOrRef, 'metadata.name'),
       get(entityOrRef, 'name'),
-    ].find(candidate => candidate && typeof candidate === 'string');
+    ].find(isString);
 
-    const title = [get(entityOrRef, 'metadata.title')].find(
-      candidate => candidate && typeof candidate === 'string',
-    );
+    const title = [get(entityOrRef, 'metadata.title')].find(isString);
 
     const description = [get(entityOrRef, 'metadata.description')].find(
-      candidate => candidate && typeof candidate === 'string',
+      isString,
     );
 
     const displayName = [get(entityOrRef, 'spec.profile.displayName')].find(
-      candidate => candidate && typeof candidate === 'string',
+      isString,
     );
 
-    const type = [get(entityOrRef, 'spec.type')].find(
-      candidate => candidate && typeof candidate === 'string',
-    );
+    const type = [get(entityOrRef, 'spec.type')].find(isString);
 
     return { kind, namespace, name, title, description, displayName, type };
   }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityOwnerPicker/useFacetsEntities.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityOwnerPicker/useFacetsEntities.ts
index 9bb27eab98..f43bba97c7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityOwnerPicker/useFacetsEntities.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityOwnerPicker/useFacetsEntities.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ type FacetsInitialRequest = {
   text: string;
 };
 
+const maybeString = (value: unknown): string | undefined =>
+  typeof value === 'string' ? value : undefined;
+
 /**
  * This hook asynchronously loads the entity owners using the facets endpoint.
  * EntityOwnerPicker uses this hook when mode="owners-only" is passed as prop.
@@ -67,11 +70,11 @@ export function useFacetsEntities({ enabled }: { enabled: boolean }) {
                 'en-US',
               ) ||
               (
-                get(a, 'spec.profile.displayName') ||
+                maybeString(get(a, 'spec.profile.displayName')) ||
                 a.metadata.title ||
                 a.metadata.name
               ).localeCompare(
-                get(b, 'spec.profile.displayName') ||
+                maybeString(get(b, 'spec.profile.displayName')) ||
                   b.metadata.title ||
                   b.metadata.name,
                 'en-US',
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4cfb70c24f..770a4b5d60 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -18161,9 +18161,9 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "@types/lodash@npm:^4.14.151":
-  version: 4.17.5
-  resolution: "@types/lodash@npm:4.17.5"
-  checksum: 3c9bb15772509f0ecb40428531863dbc3f064f2bf34bbccc2ce2b2923c69fb0868aec7e357b1d97fd0d7f7e435a014ea5c1adef8a64715529887179c97a5a823
+  version: 4.17.7
+  resolution: "@types/lodash@npm:4.17.7"
+  checksum: 09e58a119cd8a70acfb33f8623dc2fc54f74cdce3b3429b879fc2daac4807fe376190a04b9e024dd300f9a3ee1876d6623979cefe619f70654ca0fe0c47679a7
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard