diff --git a/.changeset/renovate-2db7d40.md b/.changeset/renovate-2db7d40.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3269a6f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/renovate-2db7d40.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+'@backstage/backend-defaults': patch
+---
+
+Updated dependency `archiver` to `^7.0.0`.
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index da2099e121..435de0c991 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/luxon": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/webpack-env": "^1.15.2",
-    "archiver": "^6.0.0",
+    "archiver": "^7.0.0",
     "base64-stream": "^1.0.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "concat-stream": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/package.json b/packages/backend-defaults/package.json
index db95a98aab..093c4e55b7 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/package.json
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.3.0",
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.6",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
-    "archiver": "^6.0.0",
+    "archiver": "^7.0.0",
     "base64-stream": "^1.0.0",
     "better-sqlite3": "^11.0.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 82455ac5f1..aa94f5a2fd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3555,7 +3555,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/tar": ^6.1.1
     "@types/webpack-env": ^1.15.2
     "@types/yauzl": ^2.10.0
-    archiver: ^6.0.0
+    archiver: ^7.0.0
     aws-sdk-client-mock: ^4.0.0
     base64-stream: ^1.0.0
     better-sqlite3: ^11.0.0
@@ -3646,7 +3646,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/node-forge": ^1.3.0
     "@types/pg-format": ^1.0.5
     "@types/stoppable": ^1.1.0
-    archiver: ^6.0.0
+    archiver: ^7.0.0
     aws-sdk-client-mock: ^4.0.0
     base64-stream: ^1.0.0
     better-sqlite3: ^11.0.0
@@ -20396,20 +20396,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"archiver-utils@npm:^4.0.1":
-  version: 4.0.1
-  resolution: "archiver-utils@npm:4.0.1"
-  dependencies:
-    glob: ^8.0.0
-    graceful-fs: ^4.2.0
-    lazystream: ^1.0.0
-    lodash: ^4.17.15
-    normalize-path: ^3.0.0
-    readable-stream: ^3.6.0
-  checksum: 2917cdf63a912c74002a4a1e6de3076a4691030b4e722efdd6d862447b61cd64c8b7688d331b1d35f8d4fc661d6e34f91bc1ffc79478fca2e48ad060acece18c
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "archiver-utils@npm:^5.0.0, archiver-utils@npm:^5.0.2":
   version: 5.0.2
   resolution: "archiver-utils@npm:5.0.2"
@@ -20425,22 +20411,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"archiver@npm:^6.0.0":
-  version: 6.0.2
-  resolution: "archiver@npm:6.0.2"
-  dependencies:
-    archiver-utils: ^4.0.1
-    async: ^3.2.4
-    buffer-crc32: ^0.2.1
-    readable-stream: ^3.6.0
-    readdir-glob: ^1.1.2
-    tar-stream: ^3.0.0
-    zip-stream: ^5.0.1
-  checksum: 17a20a1291d9bf41e25c96f029373bec5306d6e381063b3ab06ea805d234afaf55a7829c3577dd003558c188c6631769a80c51f245175fdb8310631df36ceb4b
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"archiver@npm:^7.0.1":
+"archiver@npm:^7.0.0, archiver@npm:^7.0.1":
   version: 7.0.1
   resolution: "archiver@npm:7.0.1"
   dependencies:
@@ -21717,13 +21688,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"buffer-crc32@npm:^0.2.1, buffer-crc32@npm:~0.2.3":
-  version: 0.2.13
-  resolution: "buffer-crc32@npm:0.2.13"
-  checksum: 06252347ae6daca3453b94e4b2f1d3754a3b146a111d81c68924c22d91889a40623264e95e67955b1cb4a68cbedf317abeabb5140a9766ed248973096db5ce1c
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "buffer-crc32@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.0
   resolution: "buffer-crc32@npm:1.0.0"
@@ -21731,6 +21695,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"buffer-crc32@npm:~0.2.3":
+  version: 0.2.13
+  resolution: "buffer-crc32@npm:0.2.13"
+  checksum: 06252347ae6daca3453b94e4b2f1d3754a3b146a111d81c68924c22d91889a40623264e95e67955b1cb4a68cbedf317abeabb5140a9766ed248973096db5ce1c
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "buffer-equal-constant-time@npm:1.0.1":
   version: 1.0.1
   resolution: "buffer-equal-constant-time@npm:1.0.1"
@@ -22887,18 +22858,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"compress-commons@npm:^5.0.1":
-  version: 5.0.1
-  resolution: "compress-commons@npm:5.0.1"
-  dependencies:
-    crc-32: ^1.2.0
-    crc32-stream: ^5.0.0
-    normalize-path: ^3.0.0
-    readable-stream: ^3.6.0
-  checksum: 65a68e56211a8d1dbe9dab0d35f1bd60a4df27aa01e6c3f0883080263e228c460758bab4f083637a380d4a96d2326722972a42ea1951360cc69728a3915f209f
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "compress-commons@npm:^6.0.2":
   version: 6.0.2
   resolution: "compress-commons@npm:6.0.2"
@@ -23381,16 +23340,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"crc32-stream@npm:^5.0.0":
-  version: 5.0.0
-  resolution: "crc32-stream@npm:5.0.0"
-  dependencies:
-    crc-32: ^1.2.0
-    readable-stream: ^3.4.0
-  checksum: 8e5dd04f22f3fbecc623492395107fbed2114f225bd606e39e8ed338f2fc1c454ac02a05741243620ab526473cb867fa86411a44a7ffcd88457cc1c2af82d0bc
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "crc32-stream@npm:^6.0.0":
   version: 6.0.0
   resolution: "crc32-stream@npm:6.0.0"
@@ -27945,7 +27894,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"glob@npm:^8.0.0, glob@npm:^8.0.1, glob@npm:^8.0.3, glob@npm:^8.1.0":
+"glob@npm:^8.0.1, glob@npm:^8.0.3, glob@npm:^8.1.0":
   version: 8.1.0
   resolution: "glob@npm:8.1.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -44778,17 +44727,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"zip-stream@npm:^5.0.1":
-  version: 5.0.1
-  resolution: "zip-stream@npm:5.0.1"
-  dependencies:
-    archiver-utils: ^4.0.1
-    compress-commons: ^5.0.1
-    readable-stream: ^3.6.0
-  checksum: 116cee5a2c1ecce7aa440b665470653f58ef56670c6aafa1b5491c9f9335992352145502af5fa865ac82f46336905e37fb7cbc649c2be72e2152c6b91802995c
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "zip-stream@npm:^6.0.1":
   version: 6.0.1
   resolution: "zip-stream@npm:6.0.1"