diff --git a/.changeset/dependabot-a525941.md b/.changeset/dependabot-a525941.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..962b59d05b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dependabot-a525941.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-signals-backend': patch
+---
+
+chore(deps): Bump `ws` from 8.20.0 to 8.20.1
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
index b6096b4550..c91be28165 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "msw": "^1.0.0",
     "supertest": "^7.0.0",
-    "ws": "^8.18.0"
+    "ws": "^8.20.1"
   },
   "configSchema": "config.d.ts"
 }
diff --git a/plugins/signals-backend/package.json b/plugins/signals-backend/package.json
index 5878edbc14..08af6723b9 100644
--- a/plugins/signals-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/signals-backend/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
     "express": "^4.22.0",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
-    "ws": "^8.18.0"
+    "ws": "^8.20.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 821e3bfb8c..f9d32350c9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5993,7 +5993,7 @@ __metadata:
     msw: "npm:^1.0.0"
     node-fetch: "npm:^2.7.0"
     supertest: "npm:^7.0.0"
-    ws: "npm:^8.18.0"
+    ws: "npm:^8.20.1"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -7406,7 +7406,7 @@ __metadata:
     express: "npm:^4.22.0"
     express-promise-router: "npm:^4.1.0"
     supertest: "npm:^7.0.0"
-    ws: "npm:^8.18.0"
+    ws: "npm:^8.20.1"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -49023,9 +49023,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"ws@npm:*, ws@npm:^8.18.0, ws@npm:^8.18.2, ws@npm:^8.18.3, ws@npm:^8.19.0, ws@npm:^8.8.0":
-  version: 8.20.0
-  resolution: "ws@npm:8.20.0"
+"ws@npm:*, ws@npm:^8.18.0, ws@npm:^8.18.2, ws@npm:^8.18.3, ws@npm:^8.19.0, ws@npm:^8.20.1, ws@npm:^8.8.0":
+  version: 8.20.1
+  resolution: "ws@npm:8.20.1"
   peerDependencies:
     bufferutil: ^4.0.1
     utf-8-validate: ">=5.0.2"
@@ -49034,7 +49034,7 @@ __metadata:
       optional: true
     utf-8-validate:
       optional: true
-  checksum: 10/b7ab934b21ffdea9f25a5af5097e8c1ec7625db553bca026c5a23e35b7c236f3fb89782f2b57fab9da553864512f9aa7d245827ef998d26ffa1b2187a19a6d10
+  checksum: 10/8c4d2b06dc65381b6bfab1f2e584275dabd30a99a5ce058b4dc76f3d03fad1921cef3a21d8f53127d30a808cfd1864aa2fe6890a5d43359f682457315baec873
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard