diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index 64efe0275c..e1d7627326 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     "globby": "^11.0.0",
     "isbinaryfile": "^5.0.0",
     "isolated-vm": "^5.0.1",
-    "json-schema": "^0.4.0",
+    "jsonschema": "^1.5.0",
     "knex": "^3.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "logform": "^2.3.2",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/helper.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/helper.ts
index 75168d022a..da47bfd563 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/helper.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/helper.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Config, readDurationFromConfig } from '@backstage/config';
 import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 
 import { isArray } from 'lodash';
-import { JSONSchema7 } from 'json-schema';
+import { Schema } from 'jsonschema';
 
 /**
  * Returns true if the input is not `false`, `undefined`, `null`, `""`, `0`, or
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function isTruthy(value: any): boolean {
   return isArray(value) ? value.length > 0 : !!value;
 }
 
-export function generateExampleOutput(schema: JSONSchema7): unknown {
+export function generateExampleOutput(schema: Schema): unknown {
   const { examples } = schema as { examples?: unknown };
   if (examples && Array.isArray(examples)) {
     return examples[0];
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ export function generateExampleOutput(schema: JSONSchema7): unknown {
     return Object.fromEntries(
       Object.entries(schema.properties ?? {}).map(([key, value]) => [
         key,
-        generateExampleOutput(value as JSONSchema7),
+        generateExampleOutput(value as Schema),
       ]),
     );
   } else if (schema.type === 'array') {
     const [firstSchema] = [schema.items]?.flat();
     if (firstSchema) {
-      return [generateExampleOutput(firstSchema as JSONSchema7)];
+      return [generateExampleOutput(firstSchema as Schema)];
     }
     return [];
   } else if (schema.type === 'string') {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
index c239684ccf..d36da9306e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "globby": "^11.0.0",
     "isomorphic-git": "^1.23.0",
-    "json-schema": "^0.4.0",
+    "jsonschema": "^1.5.0",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "tar": "^6.1.12",
     "winston": "^3.2.1",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
index c72fbb6d99..92a2c7464a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { JsonObject, JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { TaskSecrets } from '../tasks';
 import { TemplateInfo } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { JSONSchema7 } from 'json-schema';
+import { Schema } from 'jsonschema';
 import {
   BackstageCredentials,
   LoggerService,
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ export type TemplateAction<
   examples?: { description: string; example: string }[];
   supportsDryRun?: boolean;
   schema?: {
-    input?: JSONSchema7;
-    output?: JSONSchema7;
+    input?: Schema;
+    output?: Schema;
   };
   handler: (
     ctx: ActionContext<TActionInput, TActionOutput, TSchemaType>,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
index fe42909031..f1775bb318 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { TemplateActionOptions } from './createTemplateAction';
 import zodToJsonSchema from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { JSONSchema7 } from 'json-schema';
+import { Schema } from 'jsonschema';
 
 /**
  * @public
@@ -145,16 +145,16 @@ const isNativeZodSchema = (
 
 export const parseSchemas = (
   action: TemplateActionOptions,
-): { inputSchema?: JSONSchema7; outputSchema?: JSONSchema7 } => {
+): { inputSchema?: Schema; outputSchema?: Schema } => {
   if (!action.schema) {
     return { inputSchema: undefined, outputSchema: undefined };
   }
 
   if (isZodSchema(action.schema.input)) {
     return {
-      inputSchema: zodToJsonSchema(action.schema.input) as JSONSchema7,
+      inputSchema: zodToJsonSchema(action.schema.input) as Schema,
       outputSchema: isZodSchema(action.schema.output)
-        ? (zodToJsonSchema(action.schema.output) as JSONSchema7)
+        ? (zodToJsonSchema(action.schema.output) as Schema)
         : undefined,
     };
   }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export const parseSchemas = (
     );
 
     return {
-      inputSchema: zodToJsonSchema(input) as JSONSchema7,
+      inputSchema: zodToJsonSchema(input) as Schema,
       outputSchema: isNativeZodSchema(action.schema.output)
         ? (zodToJsonSchema(
             z.object(
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export const parseSchemas = (
                 Object.entries(action.schema.output).map(([k, v]) => [k, v(z)]),
               ),
             ),
-          ) as JSONSchema7)
+          ) as Schema)
         : undefined,
     };
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 48b50e1e9e..a3a6be7dcd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7716,7 +7716,7 @@ __metadata:
     globby: ^11.0.0
     isbinaryfile: ^5.0.0
     isolated-vm: ^5.0.1
-    json-schema: ^0.4.0
+    jsonschema: ^1.5.0
     knex: ^3.0.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     logform: ^2.3.2
@@ -7794,7 +7794,7 @@ __metadata:
     fs-extra: ^11.2.0
     globby: ^11.0.0
     isomorphic-git: ^1.23.0
-    json-schema: ^0.4.0
+    jsonschema: ^1.5.0
     p-limit: ^3.1.0
     tar: ^6.1.12
     winston: ^3.2.1
@@ -34244,10 +34244,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"jsonschema@npm:^1.2.6":
-  version: 1.4.1
-  resolution: "jsonschema@npm:1.4.1"
-  checksum: 1ef02a6cd9bc32241ec86bbf1300bdbc3b5f2d8df6eb795517cf7d1cd9909e7beba1e54fdf73990fd66be98a182bda9add9607296b0cb00b1348212988e424b2
+"jsonschema@npm:^1.2.6, jsonschema@npm:^1.5.0":
+  version: 1.5.0
+  resolution: "jsonschema@npm:1.5.0"
+  checksum: 170b9c375967bc135f4d029fedc31f5686f2c3bb07e7472cebddbb907b5369bf75a1a50287d6af9c31f61c76fe0b7786e78044c188aaddd329b77d856475e6db
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard