diff --git a/.changeset/brave-owls-wink.md b/.changeset/brave-owls-wink.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9905382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brave-owls-wink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-backend': patch
+'@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements': patch
+---
+
+Use node-fetch instead of cross-fetch
diff --git a/plugins/announcements-backend/package.json b/plugins/announcements-backend/package.json
index 047ef45..6501948 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/announcements-backend/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "^1.2.9",
     "@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common": "^0.0.7",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
     "knex": "^3.0.0",
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.25.0",
+    "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.9",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
     "better-sqlite3": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/api.ts b/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/api.ts
index daf15d8..4a8790a 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/api.ts
+++ b/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/api.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import crossFetch from 'cross-fetch';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { ResponseError } from '@backstage/errors';
 
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ export class AnnouncementsClient {
   private async fetch<T = any>(input: string): Promise<T> {
     const baseApiUrl = await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl('announcements');
 
-    return crossFetch(`${baseApiUrl}${input}`).then(async response => {
-      if (!response.ok) {
-        throw await ResponseError.fromResponse(response);
-      }
-      return response.json() as Promise<T>;
-    });
+    const response = await fetch(`${baseApiUrl}${input}`);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw await ResponseError.fromResponse(response);
+    }
+
+    return response.json() as Promise<T>;
   }
 
   async announcements(): Promise<Announcement[]> {
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/package.json b/plugins/announcements/package.json
index 6ad788a..3be680a 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/package.json
+++ b/plugins/announcements/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.0.0",
     "@types/luxon": "^3.2.0",
     "@types/node": "^16.11.26",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
     "msw": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/setupTests.ts b/plugins/announcements/src/setupTests.ts
index 48c09b5..7b0828b 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/setupTests.ts
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/setupTests.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
-import 'cross-fetch/polyfill';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d804cc2..7a14bdb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4770,10 +4770,10 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-search-common": ^1.2.9
     "@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common": ^0.0.7
     "@types/express": ^4.17.6
+    "@types/node-fetch": ^2.6.9
     "@types/supertest": ^2.0.8
     "@types/uuid": ^8.3.4
     better-sqlite3: ^8.0.0
-    cross-fetch: ^3.1.5
     express: ^4.17.1
     express-promise-router: ^4.1.0
     knex: ^3.0.0
@@ -4824,7 +4824,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/luxon": ^3.2.0
     "@types/node": ^16.11.26
     "@uiw/react-md-editor": ^3.19.5
-    cross-fetch: ^3.1.5
     luxon: ^3.2.0
     msw: ^1.0.0
     react-use: ^17.2.4
@@ -6757,6 +6756,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/node-fetch@npm:^2.6.9":
+  version: 2.6.9
+  resolution: "@types/node-fetch@npm:2.6.9"
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node": "*"
+    form-data: ^4.0.0
+  checksum: 212269aff4b251477c13c33cee6cea23e4fd630be6c0bfa3714968cce7efd7055b52f2f82aab3394596d8c758335cc802e7c5fa3f775e7f2a472fa914c90dc15
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/node@npm:*":
   version: 18.11.17
   resolution: "@types/node@npm:18.11.17"
@@ -9765,15 +9774,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"cross-fetch@npm:^3.1.5":
-  version: 3.1.5
-  resolution: "cross-fetch@npm:3.1.5"
-  dependencies:
-    node-fetch: 2.6.7
-  checksum: f6b8c6ee3ef993ace6277fd789c71b6acf1b504fd5f5c7128df4ef2f125a429e29cd62dc8c127523f04a5f2fa4771ed80e3f3d9695617f441425045f505cf3bb
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "cross-fetch@npm:^4.0.0":
   version: 4.0.0
   resolution: "cross-fetch@npm:4.0.0"
@@ -17228,9 +17228,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"node-fetch@npm:2.6.7, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
-  version: 2.6.7
-  resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.6.7"
+"node-fetch@npm:^2.6.12, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.9":
+  version: 2.7.0
+  resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.7.0"
   dependencies:
     whatwg-url: ^5.0.0
   peerDependencies:
@@ -17238,13 +17238,13 @@ __metadata:
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     encoding:
       optional: true
-  checksum: 8d816ffd1ee22cab8301c7756ef04f3437f18dace86a1dae22cf81db8ef29c0bf6655f3215cb0cdb22b420b6fe141e64b26905e7f33f9377a7fa59135ea3e10b
+  checksum: d76d2f5edb451a3f05b15115ec89fc6be39de37c6089f1b6368df03b91e1633fd379a7e01b7ab05089a25034b2023d959b47e59759cb38d88341b2459e89d6e5
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"node-fetch@npm:^2.6.12, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.9":
-  version: 2.7.0
-  resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.7.0"
+"node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
+  version: 2.6.7
+  resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.6.7"
   dependencies:
     whatwg-url: ^5.0.0
   peerDependencies:
@@ -17252,7 +17252,7 @@ __metadata:
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     encoding:
       optional: true
-  checksum: d76d2f5edb451a3f05b15115ec89fc6be39de37c6089f1b6368df03b91e1633fd379a7e01b7ab05089a25034b2023d959b47e59759cb38d88341b2459e89d6e5
+  checksum: 8d816ffd1ee22cab8301c7756ef04f3437f18dace86a1dae22cf81db8ef29c0bf6655f3215cb0cdb22b420b6fe141e64b26905e7f33f9377a7fa59135ea3e10b
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard