diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
index 99e9c6b0df..9750272fae 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { NotFoundError, serializeError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import express, { Router } from 'express';
+import express from 'express';
+import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import yn from 'yn';
 import { z } from 'zod';
diff --git a/plugins/openapi-router-common/package.json b/plugins/openapi-router-common/package.json
index c121084abc..9607f39bfa 100644
--- a/plugins/openapi-router-common/package.json
+++ b/plugins/openapi-router-common/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
     "json-schema-to-ts": "^2.6.2",
     "openapi-types": "^12.1.0",
     "openapi3-ts": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/plugins/openapi-router-common/src/example.ts b/plugins/openapi-router-common/src/example.ts
index f89fe17e3f..798e5ea3b8 100644
--- a/plugins/openapi-router-common/src/example.ts
+++ b/plugins/openapi-router-common/src/example.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import express, { Router } from 'express';
+import express from 'express';
+import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { ApiRouter, DeepWriteable } from './router';
 import doc from './schema/petstore';
 
diff --git a/plugins/openapi-router-common/src/index.ts b/plugins/openapi-router-common/src/index.ts
index 3aab4ab1d1..8ca7bd3c5b 100644
--- a/plugins/openapi-router-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/openapi-router-common/src/index.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
 
-export type { ApiRouter } from './router';
+export type { ApiRouter, DeepWriteable } from './router';
 export * from './types';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5d2931cc57..8c689e4ae9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7801,6 +7801,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     express: ^4.17.1
+    express-promise-router: ^4.1.0
     json-schema-to-ts: ^2.6.2
     openapi-types: ^12.1.0
     openapi3-ts: ^3.1.2