diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
index ef032e9f8b..ebf9d03c5a 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export async function createRouter({
     const { kind, namespace, name } = req.params;
     const storageUrl =
       config.getOptionalString('techdocs.storageUrl') ??
-      `${await discovery.getBaseUrl('techdocs')}/static/docs`;
+      `${await discovery.getExternalBaseUrl('techdocs')}/static/docs`;
 
     const catalogUrl = await discovery.getBaseUrl('catalog');
     const triple = [kind, namespace, name].map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');