diff --git a/docs/features/software-templates/writing-custom-actions.md b/docs/features/software-templates/writing-custom-actions.md
index f5ed9e4854..744c15ed75 100644
--- a/docs/features/software-templates/writing-custom-actions.md
+++ b/docs/features/software-templates/writing-custom-actions.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ its generated unit test. We will replace the existing placeholder code with our
 import { resolveSafeChildPath } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { createTemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { type z } from 'zod';
+import { type z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 export const createNewFileAction = () => {
   return createTemplateAction({
diff --git a/docs/features/software-templates/writing-custom-field-extensions.md b/docs/features/software-templates/writing-custom-field-extensions.md
index 3fe4d82a1f..f2e8486a07 100644
--- a/docs/features/software-templates/writing-custom-field-extensions.md
+++ b/docs/features/software-templates/writing-custom-field-extensions.md
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ and type for your field props to preventing having to duplicate the definitions:
 ```tsx
 //packages/app/src/scaffolder/MyCustomExtensionWithOptions/MyCustomExtensionWithOptions.tsx
 ...
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { makeFieldSchemaFromZod } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder';
 
 const MyCustomExtensionWithOptionsFieldSchema = makeFieldSchemaFromZod(
diff --git a/docs/permissions/custom-rules.md b/docs/permissions/custom-rules.md
index 4b188ce7f9..039805bcb4 100644
--- a/docs/permissions/custom-rules.md
+++ b/docs/permissions/custom-rules.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   createConditionFactory,
   createPermissionRule,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 export const isInSystemRule = createPermissionRule({
   name: 'IS_IN_SYSTEM',
diff --git a/docs/permissions/plugin-authors/03-adding-a-resource-permission-check.md b/docs/permissions/plugin-authors/03-adding-a-resource-permission-check.md
index 1e1a73607b..afdb3b8c62 100644
--- a/docs/permissions/plugin-authors/03-adding-a-resource-permission-check.md
+++ b/docs/permissions/plugin-authors/03-adding-a-resource-permission-check.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ import {
   createPermissionRule,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { TODO_LIST_RESOURCE_TYPE } from '@internal/plugin-todo-list-common';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { Todo, TodoFilter } from './todos';
 
 export const todoListPermissionResourceRef = createPermissionResourceRef<
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/alpha/entrypoints/actionsRegistry/DefaultActionsRegistryService.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/alpha/entrypoints/actionsRegistry/DefaultActionsRegistryService.ts
index 73b5126ab5..01255db10c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/alpha/entrypoints/actionsRegistry/DefaultActionsRegistryService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/alpha/entrypoints/actionsRegistry/DefaultActionsRegistryService.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import PromiseRouter from 'express-promise-router';
 import { Router, json } from 'express';
-import { z, AnyZodObject } from 'zod';
+import { z, AnyZodObject } from 'zod/v3';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 import {
   ActionsRegistryActionOptions,
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/auditor/types.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/auditor/types.ts
index 7827a31d1f..49a6de75ea 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/auditor/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/auditor/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /** @internal */
 export const severityLogLevelMappingsSchema = z.record(
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/auditor/utils.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/auditor/utils.ts
index 719a227bf9..bf1e1f4756 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/auditor/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/auditor/utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import type { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { CONFIG_ROOT_KEY, severityLogLevelMappingsSchema } from './types';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/types.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/types.ts
index f691ef78a0..c7f77e7a85 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/types.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { CronTime } from 'cron';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 function isValidOptionalDurationString(d: string | undefined): boolean {
   try {
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/report-alpha.api.md b/packages/backend-plugin-api/report-alpha.api.md
index 0f2c220609..72d9a2561e 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
-import { AnyZodObject } from 'zod';
+import { AnyZodObject } from 'zod/v3';
 import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { BasicPermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { JSONSchema7 } from 'json-schema';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { ServiceRef } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export type ActionsRegistryActionContext<TInputSchema extends AnyZodObject> = {
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/alpha/ActionsRegistryService.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/alpha/ActionsRegistryService.ts
index a707e350e9..20b4d769cc 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/alpha/ActionsRegistryService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/alpha/ActionsRegistryService.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { z, AnyZodObject } from 'zod';
+import { z, AnyZodObject } from 'zod/v3';
 import { BasicPermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import {
   LoggerService,
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/ActionsRegistryService.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/ActionsRegistryService.ts
index a17c82c6f2..05f6879f07 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/ActionsRegistryService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/ActionsRegistryService.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { z, AnyZodObject } from 'zod';
+import { z, AnyZodObject } from 'zod/v3';
 import { BasicPermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { LoggerService } from './LoggerService';
 import { BackstageCredentials } from './AuthService';
diff --git a/packages/backend-test-utils/report-alpha.api.md b/packages/backend-test-utils/report-alpha.api.md
index b6bf9e883d..4813f49c35 100644
--- a/packages/backend-test-utils/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/packages/backend-test-utils/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ActionsRegistryActionOptions } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alph
 import { ActionsRegistryService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
 import { ActionsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
 import { ActionsServiceAction } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
-import { AnyZodObject } from 'zod';
+import { AnyZodObject } from 'zod/v3';
 import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
diff --git a/packages/backend-test-utils/src/alpha/services/MockActionsRegistry.ts b/packages/backend-test-utils/src/alpha/services/MockActionsRegistry.ts
index 94d844746f..03edb42fad 100644
--- a/packages/backend-test-utils/src/alpha/services/MockActionsRegistry.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-test-utils/src/alpha/services/MockActionsRegistry.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { InputError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { JsonObject, JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
-import { z, AnyZodObject } from 'zod';
+import { z, AnyZodObject } from 'zod/v3';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 import { mockCredentials } from '../../services';
 import {
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/examples/apis/hello-world-trpc-api.yaml b/packages/catalog-model/examples/apis/hello-world-trpc-api.yaml
index f5807537b3..f1847154ce 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/examples/apis/hello-world-trpc-api.yaml
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/examples/apis/hello-world-trpc-api.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spec:
   lifecycle: experimental
   owner: team-c
   definition: |
-    import { z } from 'zod';
+    import { z } from 'zod/v3';
     import { publicProcedure, router } from '../trpc';
 
     export const apiRouter = router({
diff --git a/packages/cli-module-auth/src/lib/auth.ts b/packages/cli-module-auth/src/lib/auth.ts
index 0344d4636e..36bdf3dfbc 100644
--- a/packages/cli-module-auth/src/lib/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-module-auth/src/lib/auth.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   StoredInstance,
   upsertInstance,
diff --git a/packages/cli-module-auth/src/lib/storage.ts b/packages/cli-module-auth/src/lib/storage.ts
index 9d2551a4f9..0e7668a0ea 100644
--- a/packages/cli-module-auth/src/lib/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-module-auth/src/lib/storage.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import lockfile from 'proper-lockfile';
 import YAML from 'yaml';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 const METADATA_FILE = 'auth-instances.yaml';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplate.ts b/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplate.ts
index 6a683fb31c..13bae23f3c 100644
--- a/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplate.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import recursiveReaddir from 'recursive-readdir';
 import { resolve as resolvePath, relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
diff --git a/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplateConfig.ts b/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplateConfig.ts
index 50ffda7516..06625c79f8 100644
--- a/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplateConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-module-new/src/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplateConfig.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME,
 } from '../types';
 import { parse as parseYaml } from 'yaml';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
 import { ForwardedError } from '@backstage/errors';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-module-new/templates/backend-plugin/src/router.ts b/packages/cli-module-new/templates/backend-plugin/src/router.ts
index fba8a24cb2..0fbbc54cc3 100644
--- a/packages/cli-module-new/templates/backend-plugin/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-module-new/templates/backend-plugin/src/router.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { HttpAuthService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import express from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { todoListServiceRef } from './services/TodoListService';
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/roles/PackageRoles.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/roles/PackageRoles.ts
index 7761b0d4cc..2987a7cbda 100644
--- a/packages/cli-node/src/roles/PackageRoles.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/roles/PackageRoles.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { PackageRole, PackageRoleInfo } from './types';
 
 const packageRoleInfos: PackageRoleInfo[] = [
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
index 65383edd0c..78f6c724be 100644
--- a/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
 import yaml from 'yaml';
-import z from 'zod';
+import z from 'zod/v3';
 import { targetPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 const yarnRcSchema = z.object({
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/saml/types.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/saml/types.ts
index e5e32e3457..bc3e0c20fb 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/saml/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/saml/types.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   BackstageIdentityResponse,
   ProfileInfo,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /** @internal */
 export type SamlSession = {
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/AuthSessionStore.test.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/AuthSessionStore.test.ts
index 3f8622890b..b1bba12027 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/AuthSessionStore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/AuthSessionStore.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { withLogCollector } from '@backstage/test-utils';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { AuthSessionStore } from './AuthSessionStore';
 import { SessionManager } from './types';
 
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/AuthSessionStore.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/AuthSessionStore.ts
index e1fb80d41f..d3be6748bf 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/AuthSessionStore.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/AuthSessionStore.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { ZodSchema } from 'zod';
+import { ZodSchema } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   MutableSessionManager,
   SessionScopesFunc,
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/ProxiedSignInPage/types.test.ts b/packages/core-components/src/layout/ProxiedSignInPage/types.test.ts
index 178714ecf9..d3088e5f19 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/ProxiedSignInPage/types.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/ProxiedSignInPage/types.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { TypeOf } from 'zod';
+import { TypeOf } from 'zod/v3';
 import { ProxiedSession, proxiedSessionSchema } from './types';
 
 describe('types', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/ProxiedSignInPage/types.ts b/packages/core-components/src/layout/ProxiedSignInPage/types.ts
index dd4230cd8b..bf237aabc7 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/ProxiedSignInPage/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/ProxiedSignInPage/types.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   BackstageIdentityResponse,
   ProfileInfo,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 export const proxiedSessionSchema = z.object({
   providerInfo: z.object({}).catchall(z.unknown()).optional(),
diff --git a/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/schema.test.ts b/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/schema.test.ts
index 08c92c20e8..ff38dabfce 100644
--- a/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/schema.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   createZodV3FilterPredicateSchema,
   parseFilterPredicate,
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
index b9c5bf269a..c3936ba0da 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { Observable } from '@backstage/types';
 import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { SwappableComponentRef as SwappableComponentRef_2 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
-import type { z } from 'zod';
+import type { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @public @deprecated
 export type AlertApi = {
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/schema/createSchemaFromZod.ts b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/schema/createSchemaFromZod.ts
index b15ff980ec..6dbac61c62 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/schema/createSchemaFromZod.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/schema/createSchemaFromZod.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
-import { z, type ZodSchema, type ZodTypeDef } from 'zod';
+import { z, type ZodSchema, type ZodTypeDef } from 'zod/v3';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 import { PortableSchema } from './types';
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/createExtension.ts b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/createExtension.ts
index 8632b3caeb..1b5869460a 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/createExtension.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/createExtension.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from '@internal/frontend';
 import { ExtensionDataRef, ExtensionDataValue } from './createExtensionDataRef';
 import { ExtensionInput } from './createExtensionInput';
-import type { z } from 'zod';
+import type { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { createSchemaFromZod } from '../schema/createSchemaFromZod';
 import { OpaqueExtensionDefinition } from '@internal/frontend';
 import { ExtensionDataContainer } from './types';
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/createExtensionBlueprint.ts b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/createExtensionBlueprint.ts
index 2d2288b120..cd593f3c93 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/createExtensionBlueprint.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/createExtensionBlueprint.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
   ctxParamsSymbol,
   VerifyExtensionAttachTo,
 } from './createExtension';
-import type { z } from 'zod';
+import type { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { ExtensionInput } from './createExtensionInput';
 import { ExtensionDataRef, ExtensionDataValue } from './createExtensionDataRef';
 import { createExtensionDataContainer } from '@internal/frontend';
diff --git a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/package-docs/Cache.ts b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/package-docs/Cache.ts
index be005ac280..0ca38c1c39 100644
--- a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/package-docs/Cache.ts
+++ b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/package-docs/Cache.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { dirname, join as joinPath, relative } from 'node:path';
 import crypto from 'node:crypto';
 import { Lockfile } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { exists, rm, mkdirp } from 'fs-extra';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { CACHE_DIR, CACHE_FILE } from './constants';
 
 const version = '1';
diff --git a/packages/scaffolder-internal/src/wiring/InternalFormDecorator.ts b/packages/scaffolder-internal/src/wiring/InternalFormDecorator.ts
index 7942544acb..39de69a5bf 100644
--- a/packages/scaffolder-internal/src/wiring/InternalFormDecorator.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffolder-internal/src/wiring/InternalFormDecorator.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { OpaqueType } from '@internal/opaque';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 import {
   ScaffolderFormDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/scaffolder-internal/src/wiring/InternalFormField.ts b/packages/scaffolder-internal/src/wiring/InternalFormField.ts
index b711341ea5..24e279f47f 100644
--- a/packages/scaffolder-internal/src/wiring/InternalFormField.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffolder-internal/src/wiring/InternalFormField.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { OpaqueType } from '@internal/opaque';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 import {
   FormFieldExtensionData,
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/dev/trpc-example-api.yaml b/plugins/api-docs/dev/trpc-example-api.yaml
index f5807537b3..f1847154ce 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/dev/trpc-example-api.yaml
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/dev/trpc-example-api.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spec:
   lifecycle: experimental
   owner: team-c
   definition: |
-    import { z } from 'zod';
+    import { z } from 'zod/v3';
     import { publicProcedure, router } from '../trpc';
 
     export const apiRouter = router({
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-atlassian-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-atlassian-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 949f25db9c..21d07b772c 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-atlassian-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-atlassian-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   PassportProfile,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the Atlassian auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-aws-alb-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-aws-alb-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 38b4b60f27..f3a65c9108 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-aws-alb-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-aws-alb-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
 import { AwsAlbResult } from './types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the AWS ALB auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-azure-easyauth-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-azure-easyauth-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 94afa90c5f..b40b137a11 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-azure-easyauth-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-azure-easyauth-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
 import { AzureEasyAuthResult } from './types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /** @public */
 export namespace azureEasyAuthSignInResolvers {
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 6691806e63..bef3d2b34d 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   PassportProfile,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the Bitbucket auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-server-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-server-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 2e92d8c6ad..96821669bd 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-server-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-server-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   PassportProfile,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the Bitbucket Server auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 21cb124be4..aadd80b2a2 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
 import { CloudflareAccessResult } from './types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the Cloudflare Access auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-gcp-iap-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-gcp-iap-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 77dc7b1062..9d57dc198e 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-gcp-iap-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-gcp-iap-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
 import { GcpIapResult } from './types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the Google auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-github-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-github-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index e065432826..b66478d7a6 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-github-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-github-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   OAuthAuthenticatorResult,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 import { GithubProfile } from './authenticator';
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-gitlab-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-gitlab-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 0b6abd0f28..42e30709af 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-gitlab-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-gitlab-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   OAuthAuthenticatorResult,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 import { GitlabProfile } from './authenticator';
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-google-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-google-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 297ac0da6e..ed9b080b25 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-google-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-google-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   PassportProfile,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the Google auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-microsoft-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-microsoft-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 0ce276522e..e27c406844 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-microsoft-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-microsoft-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   PassportProfile,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the Microsoft auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-oauth2-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-oauth2-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index bad3f015c8..f27f3c70a4 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-oauth2-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-oauth2-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   PassportProfile,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the oauth2 auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-oauth2-proxy-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-oauth2-proxy-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 8ac639b3c0..6453b2ab6e 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-oauth2-proxy-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-oauth2-proxy-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
 import { OAuth2ProxyResult } from './types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * @public
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-okta-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-okta-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index cdb37dbaae..35839b4581 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-okta-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-okta-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   PassportProfile,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the Okta auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-onelogin-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-onelogin-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index 56710472be..288e070530 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-onelogin-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-onelogin-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   PassportProfile,
   SignInInfo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Available sign-in resolvers for the OneLogin auth provider.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-openshift-provider/src/authenticator.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-openshift-provider/src/authenticator.ts
index 0c9acb6287..9972c62adf 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-openshift-provider/src/authenticator.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-openshift-provider/src/authenticator.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import OAuth2Strategy from 'passport-oauth2';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /** @public */
 export interface OpenShiftAuthenticatorContext {
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-openshift-provider/src/resolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-openshift-provider/src/resolvers.ts
index dee55ec4ca..f342b69133 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-openshift-provider/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-openshift-provider/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_NAMESPACE,
   stringifyEntityRef,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 export namespace openshiftSignInResolvers {
   export const displayNameMatchingUserEntityName = createSignInResolverFactory({
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/service/OidcRouter.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/service/OidcRouter.ts
index dc921a9489..304bfa5ed9 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/service/OidcRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/service/OidcRouter.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { UserInfoDatabase } from '../database/UserInfoDatabase';
 import { OidcDatabase } from '../database/OidcDatabase';
 import { OfflineAccessService } from './OfflineAccessService';
 import { json } from 'express';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v4';
 import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
 import { OidcError } from './OidcError';
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-node/report.api.md b/plugins/auth-node/report.api.md
index a5939e6e24..7cc68b44b3 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/auth-node/report.api.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import { Profile } from 'passport';
 import { Request as Request_2 } from 'express';
 import { Response as Response_2 } from 'express';
 import { Strategy } from 'passport';
-import { ZodSchema } from 'zod';
-import { ZodTypeDef } from 'zod';
+import { ZodSchema } from 'zod/v3';
+import { ZodTypeDef } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface AuthOwnershipResolutionExtensionPoint {
diff --git a/plugins/auth-node/src/sign-in/commonSignInResolvers.ts b/plugins/auth-node/src/sign-in/commonSignInResolvers.ts
index 2b7442f746..2d593ec44a 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-node/src/sign-in/commonSignInResolvers.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-node/src/sign-in/commonSignInResolvers.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { createSignInResolverFactory } from './createSignInResolverFactory';
 import { NotAllowedError } from '@backstage/errors';
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-node/src/sign-in/createSignInResolverFactory.ts b/plugins/auth-node/src/sign-in/createSignInResolverFactory.ts
index 2bcdbefbb2..e74be6dbb8 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-node/src/sign-in/createSignInResolverFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-node/src/sign-in/createSignInResolverFactory.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { ZodSchema, ZodTypeDef } from 'zod';
+import { ZodSchema, ZodTypeDef } from 'zod/v3';
 import { SignInResolver } from '../types';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/CatalogRules.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/CatalogRules.ts
index cfac644e34..3a5fec5891 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/CatalogRules.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/CatalogRules.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { LocationSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
 import { minimatch } from 'minimatch';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Rules to apply to catalog entities.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/createPropertyRule.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/createPropertyRule.ts
index d0a37802e0..a7f348763b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/createPropertyRule.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/createPropertyRule.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { catalogEntityPermissionResourceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
 import { createPermissionRule } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { get } from 'lodash';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 export const createPropertyRule = (propertyType: 'metadata' | 'spec') =>
   createPermissionRule({
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasAnnotation.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasAnnotation.ts
index 32e0019715..825eb75cb8 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasAnnotation.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasAnnotation.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { catalogEntityPermissionResourceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
 import { createPermissionRule } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * A catalog {@link @backstage/plugin-permission-node#PermissionRule} which
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasLabel.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasLabel.ts
index 40a96dbf49..f4bc8f3fee 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasLabel.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasLabel.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { catalogEntityPermissionResourceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
 import { createPermissionRule } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * A catalog {@link @backstage/plugin-permission-node#PermissionRule} which
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityKind.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityKind.ts
index 6291692556..c0d045bea9 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityKind.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityKind.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { catalogEntityPermissionResourceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
 import { createPermissionRule } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * A catalog {@link @backstage/plugin-permission-node#PermissionRule} which
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityOwner.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityOwner.ts
index de336ba966..74b22842e6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityOwner.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityOwner.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { RELATION_OWNED_BY } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { createPermissionRule } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { catalogEntityPermissionResourceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts
index 88cd5abde3..9d5944f664 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import {
 import express from 'express';
 import { Server } from 'node:http';
 import request from 'supertest';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { Cursor, EntitiesCatalog } from '../catalog/types';
 import { applyDatabaseMigrations } from '../database/migrations';
 import { DbLocationsRow } from '../database/tables';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
index 89377c9e12..c2711a00ed 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { InputError, serializeError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { LocationAnalyzer } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import express from 'express';
 import yn from 'yn';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { Cursor, EntitiesCatalog } from '../catalog/types';
 import { CatalogProcessingOrchestrator } from '../processing/types';
 import { validateEntityEnvelope } from '../processing/util';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/entitiesBatchRequest.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/entitiesBatchRequest.ts
index 02ad1d5566..09e40f45bc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/entitiesBatchRequest.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/entitiesBatchRequest.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
 import { Request } from 'express';
 import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
-
 const filterPredicateSchema = createZodV3FilterPredicateSchema(z);
 
 const schema = z.object({
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/util.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/util.ts
index 708eec2de3..a83782a31b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/util.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { InputError, NotAllowedError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { createZodV3FilterPredicateSchema } from '@backstage/filter-predicates';
 import { Request } from 'express';
 import lodash from 'lodash';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   Cursor,
   QueryEntitiesCursorRequest,
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/types.ts b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/types.ts
index 8d73d6d66d..9ca12334d5 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/types.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { CSSProperties, ReactElement, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { Layout } from 'react-grid-layout';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { RJSFSchema, UiSchema } from '@rjsf/utils';
 
 const RSJFTypeSchema: z.ZodType<RJSFSchema> = z.any();
diff --git a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/PermissionIntegrationClient.test.ts b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/PermissionIntegrationClient.test.ts
index 7d2a8a34c2..7f0caa9670 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/PermissionIntegrationClient.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/PermissionIntegrationClient.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
   createPermissionRule,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { PermissionIntegrationClient } from './PermissionIntegrationClient';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { DiscoveryService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 describe('PermissionIntegrationClient', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/PermissionIntegrationClient.ts b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/PermissionIntegrationClient.ts
index 610eb8b34b..83dc7780f3 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/PermissionIntegrationClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/PermissionIntegrationClient.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   AuthorizeResult,
   ConditionalPolicyDecision,
diff --git a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/router.ts
index b6f570562b..92a2e40259 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import express, { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
diff --git a/plugins/permission-common/src/PermissionClient.ts b/plugins/permission-common/src/PermissionClient.ts
index f801ba2a4b..d178dcf2af 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-common/src/PermissionClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-common/src/PermissionClient.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { ResponseError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import fetch from 'cross-fetch';
 import * as uuid from 'uuid';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   AuthorizeResult,
   PermissionMessageBatch,
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/report.api.md b/plugins/permission-node/report.api.md
index 6345861c93..09452b969b 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/report.api.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { PermissionsServiceRequestOptions } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api'
 import { PolicyDecision } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { QueryPermissionRequest } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { ResourcePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @public
 export type ApplyConditionsRequest = {
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionExports.test.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionExports.test.ts
index 926e607baa..341b4e73e1 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionExports.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionExports.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   AuthorizeResult,
   createPermission,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { createConditionExports } from './createConditionExports';
 import { createPermissionRule } from './createPermissionRule';
 import { createPermissionResourceRef } from './createPermissionResourceRef';
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionFactory.test.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionFactory.test.ts
index 520fcc01f9..02d01e7d14 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionFactory.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionFactory.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { createConditionFactory } from './createConditionFactory';
 import { createPermissionRule } from './createPermissionRule';
 
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionTransformer.test.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionTransformer.test.ts
index a5507f0b44..ce72567902 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionTransformer.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createConditionTransformer.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   PermissionCondition,
   PermissionCriteria,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { createConditionTransformer } from './createConditionTransformer';
 import { createPermissionRule } from './createPermissionRule';
 
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.test.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.test.ts
index 0d28ef710f..52352dc454 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import express from 'express';
 import request, { Response } from 'supertest';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   createPermissionIntegrationRouter,
   CreatePermissionIntegrationRouterResourceOptions,
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.ts
index 522e60bac5..6d96e45659 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionIntegrationRouter.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import express, { Response } from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import {
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionRule.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionRule.ts
index 36f8205cf8..f1970a0254 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionRule.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/integration/createPermissionRule.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   PermissionRuleParams,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { NoInfer, PermissionRule } from '../types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { PermissionResourceRef } from './createPermissionResourceRef';
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
index 578117a4f1..a8a337ca88 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type {
   PermissionCriteria,
   PermissionRuleParams,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * Prevent use of type parameter from contributing to type inference.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/actions/inputProperties.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/actions/inputProperties.ts
index fadc8bcefb..ed35bfeab8 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/actions/inputProperties.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/actions/inputProperties.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z as zod } from 'zod';
+import { z as zod } from 'zod/v3';
 
 const repoUrl = (z: typeof zod) =>
   z.string({
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter/report.api.md
index 49888ad784..43303508e7 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter/report.api.md
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { BackendFeature } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { objectOutputType } from 'zod';
+import { objectOutputType } from 'zod/v3';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { TemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { UrlReaderService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
-import { ZodTypeAny } from 'zod';
+import { ZodTypeAny } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @public
 export interface ContainerRunner {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/inputProperties.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/inputProperties.ts
index a474272ef7..a2e0ae0bf3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/inputProperties.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/inputProperties.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { z as zod } from 'zod';
+import { z as zod } from 'zod/v3';
 
 const repoUrl = (z: typeof zod) =>
   z.string({
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/outputProperties.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/outputProperties.ts
index b35047083d..50a727be88 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/outputProperties.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/outputProperties.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z as zod } from 'zod';
+import { z as zod } from 'zod/v3';
 
 const remoteUrl = (z: typeof zod) =>
   z.string({
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/commonGitlabConfig.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/commonGitlabConfig.ts
index 5e8d92338e..4208cdb805 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/commonGitlabConfig.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/commonGitlabConfig.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 /* We want to maintain the same information as an enum, so we disable the redeclaration warning */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-redeclare */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 const commonGitlabConfig = z.object({
   repoUrl: z.string({ description: 'Repository Location' }),
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/util.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/util.ts
index e5e27231e5..328f9d237e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/util.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   ScmIntegrationRegistry,
 } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { Gitlab, GroupSchema, RepositoryTreeSchema } from '@gitbeaker/rest';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import commonGitlabConfig from './commonGitlabConfig';
 
 import { SerializedFile } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/read.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/read.ts
index 0e82092ab3..84fa7a33e5 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/read.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/read.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { createTemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { resolveSafeChildPath } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { z as zod } from 'zod';
+import { z as zod } from 'zod/v3';
 import { examples } from './read.examples';
 
 const contentSchema = (z: typeof zod) =>
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 0c9daf53c2..9e84b38e39 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ import express from 'express';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   DatabaseTaskStore,
   DefaultTemplateActionRegistry,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.ts
index 5753668089..7dea3e1f95 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/rules.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
 
 import { SerializedTask, TaskFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { JsonObject, JsonPrimitive } from '@backstage/types';
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/util/templating.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/util/templating.ts
index 3318b64fdf..a088c95525 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/util/templating.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/util/templating.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { Schema } from 'jsonschema';
-import { ZodType, z } from 'zod';
+import { ZodType, z } from 'zod/v3';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
index 3a01b7f788..62240f210a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { TaskBroker } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { TemplateFilter as TemplateFilter_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { TemplateGlobal as TemplateGlobal_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @alpha
 export type AutocompleteHandler = (input: {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
index 24b51ed989..538f19cd1e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/a
 import { UrlReaderService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @public
 export type ActionContext<
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/createTemplateAction.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/createTemplateAction.ts
index edf3e203b9..a3dfe3f469 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/createTemplateAction.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/createTemplateAction.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ActionContext, TemplateAction } from './types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { Expand, JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { parseSchemas } from './util';
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
index e698306a45..bddf3ba0f3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { join as joinPath, normalize as normalizePath } from 'node:path';
 import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { TemplateActionOptions } from './createTemplateAction';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { Schema } from 'jsonschema';
 import { trim } from 'lodash';
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/createTemplateFilter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/createTemplateFilter.ts
index f648658588..ce8bd517ee 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/createTemplateFilter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/createTemplateFilter.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../types';
 import { CreatedTemplateFilter, TemplateFilterExample } from './types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * This function is used to create new template filters in type-safe manner.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/types.ts
index 1906ba1c9c..e721618f7a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../types';
 
 export type { TemplateFilter } from '../../types';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/createTemplateGlobal.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/createTemplateGlobal.ts
index 2687b83bb4..0d5a01650c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/createTemplateGlobal.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/createTemplateGlobal.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   CreatedTemplateGlobalFunction,
   CreatedTemplateGlobalValue,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/types.ts
index 27a3a700e5..977f733673 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../types';
 
 export type { TemplateGlobal } from '../../types';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/types.ts
index ca52973775..171c8e85f9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /**
  * @alpha
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-react/report-alpha.api.md
index 9e01257c5c..84c88bd319 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { TemplatePresentationV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common
 import { TranslationRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { UiSchema } from '@rjsf/utils';
 import { WidgetProps } from '@rjsf/utils';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export type BackstageOverrides = Overrides & {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
index d40b0278bf..5c0ef0d2be 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import { TemplatesType } from '@rjsf/utils';
 import { UIOptionsType } from '@rjsf/utils';
 import { UiSchema } from '@rjsf/utils';
 import { ValidatorType } from '@rjsf/utils';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @public @deprecated
 export type Action = Action_2;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/blueprints/FormFieldBlueprint.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/blueprints/FormFieldBlueprint.tsx
index 8b5a88f7df..35eeb28c17 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/blueprints/FormFieldBlueprint.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/blueprints/FormFieldBlueprint.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   createExtensionBlueprint,
   createExtensionDataRef,
 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 import { OpaqueFormField } from '@internal/scaffolder';
 import { FormFieldExtensionData } from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/blueprints/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/blueprints/types.ts
index eccf7e4606..4f3de47e5e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/blueprints/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/blueprints/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   CustomFieldValidator,
   FieldExtensionComponentProps,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/extensions/createScaffolderFormDecorator.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/extensions/createScaffolderFormDecorator.ts
index 0064ae0397..51963072b4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/extensions/createScaffolderFormDecorator.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/extensions/createScaffolderFormDecorator.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import { AnyApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { JsonObject, JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { OpaqueFormDecorator } from '@internal/scaffolder';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 /** @alpha */
 export type ScaffolderFormDecoratorContext<
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/utils.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/utils.ts
index dc24df759d..c3ca898556 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 import { JSONSchema7 } from 'json-schema';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import {
   CustomFieldExtensionSchema,
   FieldExtensionComponentProps,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder/report.api.md
index 17fd25e646..7a34ac1cc2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/report.api.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import { TemplateGroupFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react';
 import { TemplateListPageProps } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder/alpha';
 import { TemplateParameterSchema as TemplateParameterSchema_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { TemplateWizardPageProps } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder/alpha';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export const createScaffolderFieldExtension: typeof createScaffolderFieldExtension_2;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
index 9a77d6b26e..e69fed9df3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { z as zod } from 'zod';
+import { z as zod } from 'zod/v3';
 import { makeFieldSchema } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react';
 
 export const createEntityQueryFilterExpressionSchema = (z: typeof zod) =>
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/MultiEntityPicker/schema.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/MultiEntityPicker/schema.ts
index 667b4638b8..d07e2d031c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/MultiEntityPicker/schema.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/MultiEntityPicker/schema.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { z as zod } from 'zod';
+import { z as zod } from 'zod/v3';
 import { makeFieldSchema } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react';
 
 export const entityQueryFilterExpressionSchema = zod.record(
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/utils.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/utils.ts
index 2fa6aab1b3..a2b01d91fa 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/utils.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { JSONSchema7 } from 'json-schema';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 import { FieldSchema as FieldSchemaType } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react';
 
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.ts
index eedd84105a..2be6612c8b 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import express from 'express';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { JsonObject, JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/user-settings-backend/src/service/router.ts
index c9971bbb4d..6d1518eb8e 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/user-settings-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import express, { Request } from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z } from 'zod/v3';
 import { UserSettingsStore } from '../database/UserSettingsStore';
 import { SignalsService } from '@backstage/plugin-signals-node';
 import {
diff --git a/scripts/verify-plugin-directory.js b/scripts/verify-plugin-directory.js
index 24c068b96e..70d3fbe9e9 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-plugin-directory.js
+++ b/scripts/verify-plugin-directory.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const { resolve, join } = require('node:path');
 const yaml = require('js-yaml');
-const z = require('zod');
+const z = require('zod/v3');
 
 const configSchema = z.object({
   title: z.string(),