diff --git a/.changeset/late-hounds-yell.md b/.changeset/late-hounds-yell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..903b161c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-hounds-yell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Updated Dockerfile to include `apt-get update` when installing the SQLite dependency
diff --git a/docs/deployment/docker.md b/docs/deployment/docker.md
index dc436129c5..3bbf06d614 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/docker.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/docker.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
 # in which case you should also move better-sqlite3 to "devDependencies" in package.json.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libsqlite3-dev
 
 # From here on we use the least-privileged `node` user to run the backend.
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
 # in which case you should also move better-sqlite3 to "devDependencies" in package.json.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libsqlite3-dev
 
 USER node
@@ -222,6 +224,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
 # in which case you should also move better-sqlite3 to "devDependencies" in package.json.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libsqlite3-dev
 
 # From here on we use the least-privileged `node` user to run the backend.
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
index d065e4a248..a60fee7a9c 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
 # in which case you should also move better-sqlite3 to "devDependencies" in package.json.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libsqlite3-dev
 
 # From here on we use the least-privileged `node` user to run the backend.