diff --git a/.changeset/tall-tables-smash.md b/.changeset/tall-tables-smash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bf277879e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tall-tables-smash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-graphiql': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-api-docs': patch
+---
+
+Add the dependency `graphql-ws` to fix the latest release of `@graphiql/toolkit` that has a missing dependency
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/package.json b/plugins/api-docs/package.json
index 1c00a4b01e..ddf837493b 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/package.json
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.57",
     "graphiql": "^1.8.8",
+    "graphql-ws": "^5.4.1",
     "graphql": "^16.0.0",
     "isomorphic-form-data": "^2.0.0",
     "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
diff --git a/plugins/graphiql/package.json b/plugins/graphiql/package.json
index e19a3e40d1..99903cb63c 100644
--- a/plugins/graphiql/package.json
+++ b/plugins/graphiql/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.57",
     "graphiql": "^1.5.12",
+    "graphql-ws": "^5.4.1",
     "graphql": "^16.0.0",
     "react-use": "^17.2.4"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c1f374323b..6ec8648cac 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2246,9 +2246,9 @@
     xdg-basedir "^4.0.0"
 
 "@graphiql/toolkit@^0.4.4":
-  version "0.4.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@graphiql/toolkit/-/toolkit-0.4.4.tgz#c5f2cd0d7fc47707f68406655836aedc5e6ca2b1"
-  integrity sha512-HrppQ5u0uJPYpImLqQUJWNrS9E97Cmz8DO3Dn0dXeCg1iBoKjRnZoFf2rjFF5ge9Uc9RihL181Uph/Iw9YYMFg==
+  version "0.4.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@graphiql/toolkit/-/toolkit-0.4.5.tgz#9fb5020444712562eae9581724695c235f610836"
+  integrity sha512-QXuuMSSK/0GfBS7tltrGZdyhIvm6oe9TK4VW9pfa8dALYttpzyJ64Q4Sx9I1Ng++yOMJWziM/ksa043zkNHsjQ==
   dependencies:
     "@n1ru4l/push-pull-async-iterable-iterator" "^3.1.0"
     meros "^1.1.4"
@@ -13485,7 +13485,7 @@ graphql-type-json@^0.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/graphql-type-json/-/graphql-type-json-0.3.2.tgz#f53a851dbfe07bd1c8157d24150064baab41e115"
   integrity sha512-J+vjof74oMlCWXSvt0DOf2APEdZOCdubEvGDUAlqH//VBYcOYsGgRW7Xzorr44LvkjiuvecWc8fChxuZZbChtg==
 
-graphql-ws@^5.4.1:
+graphql-ws@5.5.5, graphql-ws@^5.4.1:
   version "5.5.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/graphql-ws/-/graphql-ws-5.5.5.tgz#f375486d3f196e2a2527b503644693ae3a8670a9"
   integrity sha512-hvyIS71vs4Tu/yUYHPvGXsTgo0t3arU820+lT5VjZS2go0ewp2LqyCgxEN56CzOG7Iys52eRhHBiD1gGRdiQtw==