diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-sides-wear.md b/.changeset/chatty-sides-wear.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da3b528ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-sides-wear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-graph': patch
+---
+
+fix zoom out description (replace & with &)
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-graph/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/catalog-graph/report-alpha.api.md
index 0d06beacc4..81b5377f36 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-graph/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-graph/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const catalogGraphTranslationRef: TranslationRef<
     readonly 'catalogGraphPage.supportButtonDescription': 'Start tracking your component in by adding it to the software catalog.';
     readonly 'catalogGraphPage.simplifiedSwitchLabel': 'Simplified';
     readonly 'catalogGraphPage.mergeRelationsSwitchLabel': 'Merge relations';
-    readonly 'catalogGraphPage.zoomOutDescription': 'Use pinch &amp; zoom to move around the diagram. Click to change active node, shift click to navigate to entity.';
+    readonly 'catalogGraphPage.zoomOutDescription': 'Use pinch & zoom to move around the diagram. Click to change active node, shift click to navigate to entity.';
     readonly 'catalogGraphPage.curveFilter.title': 'Curve';
     readonly 'catalogGraphPage.curveFilter.curveStepBefore': 'Step Before';
     readonly 'catalogGraphPage.curveFilter.curveMonotoneX': 'Monotone X';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-graph/src/translation.ts b/plugins/catalog-graph/src/translation.ts
index 33c4ac2d3a..84b76f965d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-graph/src/translation.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-graph/src/translation.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const catalogGraphTranslationRef = createTranslationRef({
       simplifiedSwitchLabel: 'Simplified',
       mergeRelationsSwitchLabel: 'Merge relations',
       zoomOutDescription:
-        'Use pinch &amp; zoom to move around the diagram. Click to change active node, shift click to navigate to entity.',
+        'Use pinch & zoom to move around the diagram. Click to change active node, shift click to navigate to entity.',
       curveFilter: {
         title: 'Curve',
         curveMonotoneX: 'Monotone X',