diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 1018d05221..cdf51d6df5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     "@backstage/dev-utils": "^0.1.12",
     "@backstage/test-utils": "^0.1.8",
     "@backstage/theme": "^0.2.3",
-    "@types/diff": "^4.0.2",
+    "@types/diff": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "@types/html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0555d43b52..008245f573 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5838,10 +5838,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dagre/-/dagre-0.7.44.tgz#8f4b796b118ca29c132da7068fbc0d0351ee5851"
   integrity sha512-N6HD+79w77ZVAaVO7JJDW5yJ9LAxM62FpgNGO9xEde+KVYjDRyhIMzfiErXpr1g0JPon9kwlBzoBK6s4fOww9Q==
 
-"@types/diff@^4.0.2":
-  version "4.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/diff/-/diff-4.0.2.tgz#2e9bb89f9acc3ab0108f0f3dc4dbdcf2fff8a99c"
-  integrity sha512-mIenTfsIe586/yzsyfql69KRnA75S8SVXQbTLpDejRrjH0QSJcpu3AUOi/Vjnt9IOsXKxPhJfGpQUNMueIU1fQ==
+"@types/diff@^5.0.0":
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/diff/-/diff-5.0.0.tgz#eb71e94feae62548282c4889308a3dfb57e36020"
+  integrity sha512-jrm2K65CokCCX4NmowtA+MfXyuprZC13jbRuwprs6/04z/EcFg/MCwYdsHn+zgV4CQBiATiI7AEq7y1sZCtWKA==
 
 "@types/dockerode@^3.2.1":
   version "3.2.1"