diff --git a/.changeset/renovate-02f9012.md b/.changeset/renovate-02f9012.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49b72db157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/renovate-02f9012.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore': patch
+---
+
+Updated dependency `@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common` to `^0.12.0`.
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/package.json b/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/package.json
index e0df11c3da..9e1946b5bc 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/package.json
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "test": "backstage-cli package test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common": "^0.9.0",
+    "@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common": "^0.12.0",
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1b7c84f427..bab058c6ad 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2909,10 +2909,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common@npm:^0.9.0":
-  version: 0.9.0
-  resolution: "@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common@npm:0.9.0"
-  checksum: 10/ff0a81ab775a415fa3ec088cc47dd79836e50c653414ec7ff9ba4b7022eb3327ef9d47fb572aafeb4da6deaff86ac1cbd09a62caf84849e4027f30764be632d3
+"@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common@npm:^0.12.0":
+  version: 0.12.0
+  resolution: "@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common@npm:0.12.0"
+  checksum: 10/744ffa86c794ed612a257b7eba018d8bd433e160db9c29e9d72cca791f58fbed1fbbcacf2b670b992b7f13eb0cd0a08014ba60108ac17196dbee4699b8b6f0f1
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -7214,7 +7214,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore@workspace:plugins/search-backend-module-explore"
   dependencies:
-    "@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common": "npm:^0.9.0"
+    "@backstage-community/plugin-explore-common": "npm:^0.12.0"
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"