diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 46e99b762b..1673c62513 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     "del": "^5.1.0",
     "mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.2",
-    "ts-node": "^8.6.2"
+    "ts-node": "^9.1.1"
   },
   "files": [
     "asset-types",
diff --git a/packages/create-app/package.json b/packages/create-app/package.json
index 071a0a5ebd..8129dbf5d4 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-app/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "@types/inquirer": "^7.3.1",
     "@types/react-dev-utils": "^9.0.4",
     "@types/recursive-readdir": "^2.2.0",
-    "ts-node": "^8.6.2"
+    "ts-node": "^9.1.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "*",
diff --git a/packages/docgen/package.json b/packages/docgen/package.json
index bb00620967..a7d7615e19 100644
--- a/packages/docgen/package.json
+++ b/packages/docgen/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "commander": "^6.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
     "github-slugger": "^1.3.0",
-    "ts-node": "^8.6.2",
+    "ts-node": "^9.1.1",
     "typescript": "^4.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/package.json b/packages/e2e-test/package.json
index 6cd740c7b7..77a3e3960a 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "handlebars": "^4.7.3",
     "pgtools": "^0.3.0",
     "tree-kill": "^1.2.2",
-    "ts-node": "^8.6.2",
+    "ts-node": "^9.1.1",
     "zombie": "^6.1.4"
   },
   "nodemonConfig": {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-graphql/package.json b/plugins/catalog-graphql/package.json
index 3ab6d64dc8..18aac98aa5 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-graphql/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-graphql/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-graphql": "^4.0.0",
     "msw": "^0.21.2",
     "supertest": "^6.1.3",
-    "ts-node": "^8.10.2"
+    "ts-node": "^9.1.1"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 23cf3b2fd2..266171ae3e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -25582,17 +25582,6 @@ ts-log@^2.2.3:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-log/-/ts-log-2.2.3.tgz#4da5640fe25a9fb52642cd32391c886721318efb"
   integrity sha512-XvB+OdKSJ708Dmf9ore4Uf/q62AYDTzFcAdxc8KNML1mmAWywRFVt/dn1KYJH8Agt5UJNujfM3znU5PxgAzA2w==
 
-ts-node@^8.10.2, ts-node@^8.6.2:
-  version "8.10.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-node/-/ts-node-8.10.2.tgz#eee03764633b1234ddd37f8db9ec10b75ec7fb8d"
-  integrity sha512-ISJJGgkIpDdBhWVu3jufsWpK3Rzo7bdiIXJjQc0ynKxVOVcg2oIrf2H2cejminGrptVc6q6/uynAHNCuWGbpVA==
-  dependencies:
-    arg "^4.1.0"
-    diff "^4.0.1"
-    make-error "^1.1.1"
-    source-map-support "^0.5.17"
-    yn "3.1.1"
-
 ts-node@^9, ts-node@^9.1.1:
   version "9.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-node/-/ts-node-9.1.1.tgz#51a9a450a3e959401bda5f004a72d54b936d376d"