diff --git a/.changeset/fluffy-forks-happen.md b/.changeset/fluffy-forks-happen.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c9c2217ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fluffy-forks-happen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-explore-backend': patch
+---
+
+Bump `msw` to `^0.49.0`
diff --git a/plugins/explore-backend/package.json b/plugins/explore-backend/package.json
index 0801aa1d38..748a4e0a09 100644
--- a/plugins/explore-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/explore-backend/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
-    "msw": "^0.47.0",
+    "msw": "^0.49.0",
     "supertest": "^6.2.4"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1ac302afcf..e0005eec02 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5831,7 +5831,7 @@ __metadata:
     express: ^4.18.1
     express-promise-router: ^4.1.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21
-    msw: ^0.47.0
+    msw: ^0.49.0
     node-fetch: ^2.6.7
     supertest: ^6.2.4
     winston: ^3.2.1
@@ -29242,44 +29242,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"msw@npm:^0.47.0":
-  version: 0.47.4
-  resolution: "msw@npm:0.47.4"
-  dependencies:
-    "@mswjs/cookies": ^0.2.2
-    "@mswjs/interceptors": ^0.17.5
-    "@open-draft/until": ^1.0.3
-    "@types/cookie": ^0.4.1
-    "@types/js-levenshtein": ^1.1.1
-    chalk: 4.1.1
-    chokidar: ^3.4.2
-    cookie: ^0.4.2
-    graphql: ^15.0.0 || ^16.0.0
-    headers-polyfill: ^3.1.0
-    inquirer: ^8.2.0
-    is-node-process: ^1.0.1
-    js-levenshtein: ^1.1.6
-    node-fetch: ^2.6.7
-    outvariant: ^1.3.0
-    path-to-regexp: ^6.2.0
-    statuses: ^2.0.0
-    strict-event-emitter: ^0.2.6
-    type-fest: ^2.19.0
-    yargs: ^17.3.1
-  peerDependencies:
-    typescript: ">= 4.2.x <= 4.8.x"
-  peerDependenciesMeta:
-    typescript:
-      optional: true
-  bin:
-    msw: cli/index.js
-  checksum: 10ff632641d40384d6622abf4df6399e4ae649db0f676b5d1ee2d0a515ec96f33abe9d4fecba08cdba4b2e43255af419da9eefc020d40a7e10669d0906457197
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "msw@npm:^0.49.0":
-  version: 0.49.1
-  resolution: "msw@npm:0.49.1"
+  version: 0.49.2
+  resolution: "msw@npm:0.49.2"
   dependencies:
     "@mswjs/cookies": ^0.2.2
     "@mswjs/interceptors": ^0.17.5
@@ -29307,7 +29272,7 @@ __metadata:
       optional: true
   bin:
     msw: cli/index.js
-  checksum: 4d8ebcc21cbe20d73070857653a1e90b1be7c78ac2ea68ae497baa2a5d9bc1fb764ccfb292fc8eda0b6cfabd4542a80bbacb0302e9ba939a0bc94b024848850d
+  checksum: 10ec35671e10e53c2a24ca22c5e7a2262d4cdfb409a403a3ffe221150af404805490e7661611a581986e61790bb8996ce8a0f057d521ef359498304c2431234a
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard