diff --git a/.changeset/swift-fishes-rush.md b/.changeset/swift-fishes-rush.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccfa3a0e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/swift-fishes-rush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue where published frontend packages would end up with an invalid import structure if a single module imported both `.css` and `.svg` files.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/builder/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/builder/config.ts
index 8beb2cbb1e..a514158e9b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/builder/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/builder/config.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export async function makeRollupConfigs(
       ),
       output,
       onwarn,
+      makeAbsoluteExternalsRelative: false,
       preserveEntrySignatures: 'strict',
       // All module imports are always marked as external
       external: (source, importer, isResolved) =>