diff --git a/.changeset/thick-donkeys-carry.md b/.changeset/thick-donkeys-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41cd319654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thick-donkeys-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Migrate from the `command-exists-promise` dependency to `command-exists`.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index 8eb6097fb6..9c782d7053 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/git-url-parse": "^9.0.0",
     "azure-devops-node-api": "^10.1.1",
-    "command-exists-promise": "^2.0.2",
+    "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "cross-fetch": "^3.0.6",
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.7.0",
     "@backstage/test-utils": "^0.1.13",
+    "@types/command-exists": "^1.2.0",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "@types/mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts
index 59fb72d515..a9227c742e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const runCommand = jest.fn();
 const commandExists = jest.fn();
 
 jest.mock('./helpers', () => ({ runCommand }));
-jest.mock('command-exists-promise', () => commandExists);
+jest.mock('command-exists', () => commandExists);
 jest.mock('fs-extra');
 
 import { ContainerRunner } from '@backstage/backend-common';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts
index 8819a90d63..c0abc44521 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
 
 import { ContainerRunner } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/config';
+import commandExists from 'command-exists';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import { runCommand } from './helpers';
 import { TemplaterBase, TemplaterRunOptions } from './types';
 
-const commandExists = require('command-exists-promise');
-
 export class CookieCutter implements TemplaterBase {
   private readonly containerRunner: ContainerRunner;
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4bf6d53619..61692a1f7e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5506,6 +5506,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/color-convert" "*"
 
+"@types/command-exists@^1.2.0":
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/command-exists/-/command-exists-1.2.0.tgz#d97e0ed10097090e4ab0367ed425b0312fad86f3"
+  integrity sha512-ugsxEJfsCuqMLSuCD4PIJkp5Uk2z6TCMRCgYVuhRo5cYQY3+1xXTQkSlPtkpGHuvWMjS2KTeVQXxkXRACMbM6A==
+
 "@types/compression@^1.7.0":
   version "1.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/compression/-/compression-1.7.0.tgz#8dc2a56604873cf0dd4e746d9ae4d31ae77b2390"
@@ -9794,11 +9799,6 @@ comma-separated-tokens@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/comma-separated-tokens/-/comma-separated-tokens-1.0.8.tgz#632b80b6117867a158f1080ad498b2fbe7e3f5ea"
   integrity sha512-GHuDRO12Sypu2cV70d1dkA2EUmXHgntrzbpvOB+Qy+49ypNfGgFQIC2fhhXbnyrJRynDCAARsT7Ou0M6hirpfw==
 
-command-exists-promise@^2.0.2:
-  version "2.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/command-exists-promise/-/command-exists-promise-2.0.2.tgz#7beecc4b218299f3c61fa69a4047aa0b36a64a99"
-  integrity sha512-T6PB6vdFrwnHXg/I0kivM3DqaCGZLjjYSOe0a5WgFKcz1sOnmOeIjnhQPXVXX3QjVbLyTJ85lJkX6lUpukTzaA==
-
 command-exists@^1.2.9:
   version "1.2.9"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/command-exists/-/command-exists-1.2.9.tgz#c50725af3808c8ab0260fd60b01fbfa25b954f69"