diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend/package.json
index 3220ec5fd1..38421af123 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/package.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
     "better-sqlite3": "^12.0.0",
     "luxon": "^3.0.0",
-    "msw": "^1.0.0",
+    "msw": "^2.0.0",
     "supertest": "^7.0.0",
     "wait-for-expect": "^3.0.2",
     "winston": "^3.13.0"
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processors/UrlReaderProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processors/UrlReaderProcessor.test.ts
index 0b17ecb19f..b279e98ec2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processors/UrlReaderProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processors/UrlReaderProcessor.test.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import {
   mockServices,
   registerMswTestHooks,
 } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { rest } from 'msw';
 import { setupServer } from 'msw/node';
+import { HttpResponse, http } from 'msw';
 import {
   CatalogProcessorCache,
   CatalogProcessorEntityResult,
@@ -61,13 +61,15 @@ describe('UrlReaderProcessor', () => {
     };
 
     server.use(
-      rest.get(`${mockApiOrigin}/component.yaml`, (_, res, ctx) =>
-        res(
-          ctx.set({ ETag: 'my-etag' }),
-          ctx.json({
+      http.get(`${mockApiOrigin}/component.yaml`, () =>
+        HttpResponse.json(
+          {
             kind: 'component',
             metadata: { name: 'mock-url-entity' },
-          }),
+          },
+          {
+            headers: { ETag: 'my-etag' },
+          },
         ),
       ),
     );
@@ -115,8 +117,8 @@ describe('UrlReaderProcessor', () => {
       }),
     });
     server.use(
-      rest.get(`${mockApiOrigin}/component.yaml`, (_, res, ctx) =>
-        res(ctx.status(304)),
+      http.get(`${mockApiOrigin}/component.yaml`, () =>
+        HttpResponse.json(null, { status: 304 }),
       ),
     );
     const spec = {
@@ -171,8 +173,8 @@ describe('UrlReaderProcessor', () => {
     };
 
     server.use(
-      rest.get(`${mockApiOrigin}/component-notfound.yaml`, (_, res, ctx) => {
-        return res(ctx.status(404));
+      http.get(`${mockApiOrigin}/component-notfound.yaml`, () => {
+        return HttpResponse.json(null, { status: 404 });
       }),
     );
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a3334417ab..912e9a7f56 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4719,7 +4719,7 @@ __metadata:
     lodash: "npm:^4.17.21"
     luxon: "npm:^3.0.0"
     minimatch: "npm:^9.0.0"
-    msw: "npm:^1.0.0"
+    msw: "npm:^2.0.0"
     p-limit: "npm:^3.0.2"
     prom-client: "npm:^15.0.0"
     supertest: "npm:^7.0.0"