diff --git a/.changeset/short-pens-stare.md b/.changeset/short-pens-stare.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f92ff12941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/short-pens-stare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Bumped the default `@spotify/prettier-config` dependency to `^11.0.0`.
+
+This is an optional upgrade, but you may be interested in doing the same, to get the most modern lint rules out there.
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs
index d2cbb8829c..eb28e5fe0c 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^{{version '@backstage/cli'}}",
-    "@spotify/prettier-config": "^7.0.0",
+    "@spotify/prettier-config": "^11.0.0",
     "concurrently": "^6.0.0",
     "lerna": "^4.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.3.2"