diff --git a/.changeset/renovate-0c3644c.md b/.changeset/renovate-0c3644c.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c32438b452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/renovate-0c3644c.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Updated dependency `esbuild` to `^0.17.0`.
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 486a64dcdb..59bb880ffb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
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     "css-loader": "^6.5.1",
     "diff": "^5.0.0",
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+    "esbuild": "^0.17.0",
     "esbuild-loader": "^2.18.0",
     "eslint": "^8.6.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index ad5edee668..6098fdc537 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
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     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
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diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bcc1177fdc..fcfa45ff1a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
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