diff --git a/packages/app/package.json b/packages/app/package.json
index 46769e7dfb..e924d9bc04 100644
--- a/packages/app/package.json
+++ b/packages/app/package.json
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
     "@backstage/theme": "^0.1.1-alpha.12",
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
+    "history": "^5.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^16.12.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.12.0",
     "react-hot-loader": "^4.12.21",
-    "react-router": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0",
     "zen-observable": "^0.8.15"
   },
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/default-app/packages/app/package.json.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/default-app/packages/app/package.json.hbs
index 31e6baa63e..26cce2c5e6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/default-app/packages/app/package.json.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/default-app/packages/app/package.json.hbs
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
     "@backstage/core": "^{{version}}",
     "@backstage/test-utils": "^{{version}}",
     "@backstage/theme": "^{{version}}",
+    "history": "^5.0.0",
     "plugin-welcome": "0.0.0",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
-    "react-router": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/default-app/plugins/welcome/package.json.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/default-app/plugins/welcome/package.json.hbs
index b686abab9a..52e7a04f72 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/default-app/plugins/welcome/package.json.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/default-app/plugins/welcome/package.json.hbs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5"
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^{{version}}",
diff --git a/packages/core-api/package.json b/packages/core-api/package.json
index f9f206daf5..4e488206f1 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/core-api/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@types/react": "^16.9",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^16.12.0",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0",
     "zen-observable": "^0.8.15"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index e49e4616ae..562f3894fa 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     "react-dom": "^16.12.0",
     "react-helmet": "6.1.0",
     "react-hook-form": "^5.7.2",
-    "react-router": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-sparklines": "^1.7.0",
     "react-syntax-highlighter": "^12.2.1",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0"
diff --git a/packages/dev-utils/package.json b/packages/dev-utils/package.json
index fce1340386..1a08f0fb22 100644
--- a/packages/dev-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/dev-utils/package.json
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
     "react": "^16.12.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.12.0",
     "react-hot-loader": "^4.12.21",
-    "react-router": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "^6.0.0-alpha.5"
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^25.2.2",
diff --git a/packages/test-utils/package.json b/packages/test-utils/package.json
index f0ed4905d5..08214b285a 100644
--- a/packages/test-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/test-utils/package.json
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     "@types/react": "^16.9",
     "react": "^16.12.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.12.0",
-    "react-router": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "zen-observable": "^0.8.15"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/package.json b/plugins/catalog/package.json
index 818a8c4bc6..06c83136f5 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog/package.json
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
     "moment": "^2.26.0",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
-    "react-router": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0",
     "swr": "^0.2.2"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/package.json b/plugins/circleci/package.json
index 8eede54580..89f6335dcc 100644
--- a/plugins/circleci/package.json
+++ b/plugins/circleci/package.json
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
     "react-lazylog": "^4.5.2",
-    "react-router": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/gitops-profiles/package.json b/plugins/gitops-profiles/package.json
index 67a76ef872..b96843d412 100644
--- a/plugins/gitops-profiles/package.json
+++ b/plugins/gitops-profiles/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.45",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/graphiql/package.json b/plugins/graphiql/package.json
index af971f9160..45cad52ac8 100644
--- a/plugins/graphiql/package.json
+++ b/plugins/graphiql/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "@types/jest": "^25.2.2",
     "@types/node": "^12.0.0",
     "jest-fetch-mock": "^3.0.3",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5"
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse/package.json b/plugins/lighthouse/package.json
index bb79e57179..6f3a67ef64 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse/package.json
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
     "react-markdown": "^4.3.1",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/register-component/package.json b/plugins/register-component/package.json
index 738cabea4b..de57e8a233 100644
--- a/plugins/register-component/package.json
+++ b/plugins/register-component/package.json
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
     "react-hook-form": "^5.7.2",
-    "react-router": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder/package.json
index 1bccd6a738..83a80aef56 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.45",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0",
     "swr": "^0.2.2"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/package.json b/plugins/techdocs/package.json
index ca8e957a46..6b879a2d78 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/package.json
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/package.json
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.45",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
-    "react-router": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "react-router-dom": "^6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/welcome/package.json b/plugins/welcome/package.json
index c4b9b5e5bd..df33c222f4 100644
--- a/plugins/welcome/package.json
+++ b/plugins/welcome/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.45",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-alpha.5",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^14.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3e45dc74a4..986b54791f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9754,10 +9754,10 @@ highlight.js@~9.15.0, highlight.js@~9.15.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-9.15.10.tgz#7b18ed75c90348c045eef9ed08ca1319a2219ad2"
   integrity sha512-RoV7OkQm0T3os3Dd2VHLNMoaoDVx77Wygln3n9l5YV172XonWG6rgQD3XnF/BuFFZw9A0TJgmMSO8FEWQgvcXw==
 
-history@5.0.0-beta.9:
-  version "5.0.0-beta.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/history/-/history-5.0.0-beta.9.tgz#fe230706c18c5f7f132001e55215e71b4aaab6d6"
-  integrity sha512-iLpu0fzu3iM041KDMNsawyB6YZjPLB+Bn+Pvq2lMnY7xxpxDIYvEz7r4et3Na8FthWzbYeukjl74ZKGWXcLhIA==
+history@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/history/-/history-5.0.0.tgz#0cabbb6c4bbf835addb874f8259f6d25101efd08"
+  integrity sha512-3NyRMKIiFSJmIPdq7FxkNMJkQ7ZEtVblOQ38VtKaA0zZMW1Eo6Q6W8oDKEflr1kNNTItSnk4JMCO1deeSgbLLg==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.7.6"
 
@@ -15443,20 +15443,19 @@ react-redux@^7.1.1:
     prop-types "^15.7.2"
     react-is "^16.9.0"
 
-react-router-dom@6.0.0-alpha.5, react-router-dom@^6.0.0-alpha.5:
-  version "6.0.0-alpha.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-router-dom/-/react-router-dom-6.0.0-alpha.5.tgz#3c3e22226ee610eb91042a351741ce3f53596323"
-  integrity sha512-xo3VM55aE563uyZBPoUplfCPOYKJmTP2oA8wamm0k4K07e/6T4x4DDunS5Gu2VIy+m2+5mZp8n0rT6S+tYCb6Q==
+react-router-dom@6.0.0-beta.0:
+  version "6.0.0-beta.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-router-dom/-/react-router-dom-6.0.0-beta.0.tgz#9dcc8555365f22f7fbd09f26b6b82543f3eb97d6"
+  integrity sha512-36yNNGMT8RB9FRPL9nKJi6HKDkgOakU+o/2hHpSzR6e37gN70MpOU6QQlmif4oAWWBwjyGc3ZNOMFCsFuHUY5w==
   dependencies:
-    history "5.0.0-beta.9"
     prop-types "^15.7.2"
+    react-router "6.0.0-beta.0"
 
-react-router@6.0.0-alpha.5, react-router@^6.0.0-alpha.5:
-  version "6.0.0-alpha.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-router/-/react-router-6.0.0-alpha.5.tgz#c98805e50dc0e64787aa8aa4fa6753b435f2496b"
-  integrity sha512-cDj70bTUAgcfx6b5Fx1+wVlBSDVZGo8N+GUDk/yNFDCyGLfAsFlRpS3BhQqx8c49w2cCW+OrXxFhB4cbLZxWJw==
+react-router@6.0.0-beta.0:
+  version "6.0.0-beta.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-router/-/react-router-6.0.0-beta.0.tgz#3e11f39b6ded4412c2fed9e4f989dd4c8156724d"
+  integrity sha512-VgMdfpVcmFQki/LZuLh8E/MNACekDetz4xqft+a6fBZvvJnVqKbLqebF7hyoawGrV1HcO5tVaUang2Og4W2j1Q==
   dependencies:
-    history "5.0.0-beta.9"
     prop-types "^15.7.2"
 
 react-side-effect@^2.1.0: