diff --git a/.changeset/shy-hounds-battle.md b/.changeset/shy-hounds-battle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfcf46c076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shy-hounds-battle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Fix a few minor issues with the backend template that were causing failing linting checks in the main repo.
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/default-backend-plugin/README.md.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/default-backend-plugin/README.md.hbs
index 366ed27104..d519c3f459 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/default-backend-plugin/README.md.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/default-backend-plugin/README.md.hbs
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ start` in the root directory, and then navigating to [/{{id}}/health](http://loc
 
 You can also serve the plugin in isolation by running `yarn start` in the plugin directory.
 This method of serving the plugin provides quicker iteration speed and a faster startup and hot reloads.
-It is only meant for local development, and the setup for it can be found inside the [/dev](/dev) directory.
+It is only meant for local development, and the setup for it can be found inside the [/dev](./dev) directory.
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/default-backend-plugin/package.json.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/default-backend-plugin/package.json.hbs
index c20a1854a2..303f17a580 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/default-backend-plugin/package.json.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/default-backend-plugin/package.json.hbs
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     "@backstage/backend-defaults": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/backend-defaults'}}",
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/backend-plugin-api'}}",
     "@backstage/config": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/config'}}",
-    "@types/express": "{{versionQuery '@types/express' '4.17.6'}}",
     "express": "{{versionQuery 'express' '4.17.1'}}",
     "express-promise-router": "{{versionQuery 'express-promise-router' '4.1.0'}}",
     "node-fetch": "{{versionQuery 'node-fetch' '2.6.7'}}"
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@
     "@backstage/cli": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/cli'}}",
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/plugin-auth-backend'}}",
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-guest-provider": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-guest-provider'}}",
+    "@types/express": "{{versionQuery '@types/express' '4.17.6'}}",
     "@types/supertest": "{{versionQuery '@types/supertest' '2.0.12'}}",
     "supertest": "{{versionQuery 'supertest' '6.2.4'}}",
     "msw": "{{versionQuery 'msw' '2.3.1'}}"