diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/DocsBuilder/builder.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/DocsBuilder/builder.ts
index 1d725bd69e..66eb52c1aa 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/DocsBuilder/builder.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/DocsBuilder/builder.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ export class DocsBuilder {
 
     // Invalidate the cache for any published objects.
     if (this.cache && published && published?.objects?.length) {
+      this.logger.debug(
+        `Invalidating ${published.objects.length} cache objects`,
+      );
       await this.cache.invalidateMultiple(published.objects);
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.test.ts
index ac60f3da3a..c579f62fb8 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   PreparerBuilder,
   PublisherBase,
 } from '@backstage/techdocs-common';
+import { TechDocsCache } from '../cache';
 import { DocsBuilder, shouldCheckForUpdate } from '../DocsBuilder';
 import { DocsSynchronizer, DocsSynchronizerSyncOpts } from './DocsSynchronizer';
 
@@ -52,6 +53,12 @@ describe('DocsSynchronizer', () => {
     getBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
     getExternalBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
   };
+  const cache: jest.Mocked<TechDocsCache> = ({
+    get: jest.fn(),
+    set: jest.fn(),
+    invalidate: jest.fn(),
+    invalidateMultiple: jest.fn(),
+  } as unknown) as jest.Mocked<TechDocsCache>;
 
   let docsSynchronizer: DocsSynchronizer;
   const mockResponseHandler: jest.Mocked<DocsSynchronizerSyncOpts> = {
@@ -71,6 +78,7 @@ describe('DocsSynchronizer', () => {
       config: new ConfigReader({}),
       logger: getVoidLogger(),
       scmIntegrations: ScmIntegrations.fromConfig(new ConfigReader({})),
+      cache,
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.ts
index 6f977dcb47..d76420d936 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/techdocs-common';
 import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import * as winston from 'winston';
+import { TechDocsCache } from '../cache';
 import { DocsBuilder, shouldCheckForUpdate } from '../DocsBuilder';
 
 export type DocsSynchronizerSyncOpts = {
@@ -38,22 +39,26 @@ export class DocsSynchronizer {
   private readonly logger: winston.Logger;
   private readonly config: Config;
   private readonly scmIntegrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
+  private readonly cache: TechDocsCache | undefined;
 
   constructor({
     publisher,
     logger,
     config,
     scmIntegrations,
+    cache,
   }: {
     publisher: PublisherBase;
     logger: winston.Logger;
     config: Config;
     scmIntegrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
+    cache: TechDocsCache | undefined;
   }) {
     this.config = config;
     this.logger = logger;
     this.publisher = publisher;
     this.scmIntegrations = scmIntegrations;
+    this.cache = cache;
   }
 
   async doSync({
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ export class DocsSynchronizer {
         config: this.config,
         scmIntegrations: this.scmIntegrations,
         logStream,
+        cache: this.cache,
       });
 
       const updated = await docsBuilder.build();
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 07c6887ef7..96c5aaf172 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -85,13 +85,6 @@ export async function createRouter(
   const router = Router();
   const { publisher, config, logger, discovery } = options;
   const catalogClient = new CatalogClient({ discoveryApi: discovery });
-  const scmIntegrations = ScmIntegrations.fromConfig(config);
-  const docsSynchronizer = new DocsSynchronizer({
-    publisher,
-    logger,
-    config,
-    scmIntegrations,
-  });
 
   // Set up a cache client if configured.
   let cache: TechDocsCache | undefined;
@@ -101,6 +94,15 @@ export async function createRouter(
     cache = new TechDocsCache({ cache: cacheClient, logger });
   }
 
+  const scmIntegrations = ScmIntegrations.fromConfig(config);
+  const docsSynchronizer = new DocsSynchronizer({
+    publisher,
+    logger,
+    config,
+    scmIntegrations,
+    cache,
+  });
+
   router.get('/metadata/techdocs/:namespace/:kind/:name', async (req, res) => {
     const { kind, namespace, name } = req.params;
     const entityName = { kind, namespace, name };