diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e506e00..2164e72 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53 +53,4 @@ site
 e2e-test-report/
+
+# Cache
+.cache/
diff --git a/app-config.yaml b/app-config.yaml
index fc6918a..ca52ec5 100644
--- a/app-config.yaml
+++ b/app-config.yaml
@@ -105,5 +105,2 @@ catalog:
     #     - allow: [User, Group]
-  # Experimental: Always use the search method in UrlReaderProcessor.
-  # New adopters are encouraged to enable it as this behavior will be the default in a future release.
-  useUrlReadersSearch: true
 
diff --git a/backstage.json b/backstage.json
index a612226..c0ce7c1 100644
--- a/backstage.json
+++ b/backstage.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.39.0"
+  "version": "1.46.0"
 }
diff --git a/examples/template/template.yaml b/examples/template/template.yaml
index cfba98e..efb33be 100644
--- a/examples/template/template.yaml
+++ b/examples/template/template.yaml
@@ -56,3 +56,2 @@ spec:
       input:
-        allowedHosts: ['github.com']
         description: This is ${{ parameters.name }}
@@ -69,2 +68,14 @@ spec:
 
+    # Let's notify the user that the template has completed using the Notification action
+    - id: notify
+      name: Notify
+      action: notification:send
+      input:
+        recipients: entity
+        entityRefs:
+          - user:default/guest
+        title: 'Template executed'
+        info: 'Your template has been executed'
+        severity: 'normal'
+
   # Outputs are displayed to the user after a successful execution of the template.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8510724..d72efe5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,3 +5,3 @@
   "engines": {
-    "node": "20 || 22"
+    "node": "22 || 24"
   },
@@ -31,5 +31,9 @@
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@backstage/cli": "^0.32.1",
+    "@backstage/cli": "^0.35.0",
     "@backstage/e2e-test-utils": "^0.1.1",
     "@playwright/test": "^1.32.3",
+    "@jest/environment-jsdom-abstract": "^30.0.0",
+    "@types/jest": "^30.0.0",
+    "jest": "^30.2.0",
+    "jsdom": "^27.1.0",
     "node-gyp": "^10.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/app/package.json b/packages/app/package.json
index 61c449b..a4ed1f5 100644
--- a/packages/app/package.json
+++ b/packages/app/package.json
@@ -16,27 +16,29 @@
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backstage/app-defaults": "^1.6.2",
-    "@backstage/canon": "^0.4.0",
-    "@backstage/catalog-model": "^1.7.4",
-    "@backstage/cli": "^0.32.1",
-    "@backstage/core-app-api": "^1.17.0",
-    "@backstage/core-components": "^0.17.2",
-    "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "^1.10.7",
-    "@backstage/integration-react": "^1.2.7",
-    "@backstage/plugin-api-docs": "^0.12.7",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog": "^1.30.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "^1.1.4",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-graph": "^0.4.19",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-import": "^0.13.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-react": "^1.18.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes": "^0.12.7",
-    "@backstage/plugin-org": "^0.6.39",
-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-react": "^0.4.34",
-    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder": "^1.31.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-search": "^1.4.26",
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-react": "^1.9.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs": "^1.12.6",
-    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-module-addons-contrib": "^1.1.24",
-    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-react": "^1.2.17",
-    "@backstage/plugin-user-settings": "^0.8.22",
-    "@backstage/theme": "^0.6.6",
+    "@backstage/app-defaults": "^1.7.3",
+    "@backstage/catalog-model": "^1.7.6",
+    "@backstage/cli": "^0.35.0",
+    "@backstage/core-app-api": "^1.19.3",
+    "@backstage/core-components": "^0.18.4",
+    "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "^1.12.1",
+    "@backstage/integration-react": "^1.2.13",
+    "@backstage/plugin-api-docs": "^0.13.2",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog": "^1.32.1",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "^1.1.7",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-graph": "^0.5.4",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-import": "^0.13.8",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-react": "^1.21.4",
+    "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes": "^0.12.14",
+    "@backstage/plugin-notifications": "^0.5.12",
+    "@backstage/plugin-org": "^0.6.47",
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-react": "^0.4.39",
+    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder": "^1.35.0",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search": "^1.5.1",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-react": "^1.10.1",
+    "@backstage/plugin-signals": "^0.0.26",
+    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs": "^1.16.1",
+    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-module-addons-contrib": "^1.1.31",
+    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-react": "^1.3.6",
+    "@backstage/plugin-user-settings": "^0.8.30",
+    "@backstage/theme": "^0.7.1",
+    "@backstage/ui": "^0.10.0",
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.12.2",
@@ -49,3 +51,3 @@
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@backstage/test-utils": "^1.7.8",
+    "@backstage/test-utils": "^1.7.14",
     "@playwright/test": "^1.32.3",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index 89b199c..bb9c98e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -37,2 +37,4 @@ import { RequirePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-react';
 import { catalogEntityCreatePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common/alpha';
+import { NotificationsPage } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications';
+import { SignalsDisplay } from '@backstage/plugin-signals';
 
@@ -96,2 +98,3 @@ const routes = (
     <Route path="/catalog-graph" element={<CatalogGraphPage />} />
+    <Route path="/notifications" element={<NotificationsPage />} />
   </FlatRoutes>
@@ -103,2 +106,3 @@ export default app.createRoot(
     <OAuthRequestDialog />
+    <SignalsDisplay />
     <AppRouter>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/Root/Root.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/Root/Root.tsx
index 31fc08d..4163f34 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/Root/Root.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/Root/Root.tsx
@@ -29,2 +29,3 @@ import { MyGroupsSidebarItem } from '@backstage/plugin-org';
 import GroupIcon from '@material-ui/icons/People';
+import { NotificationsSidebarItem } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications';
 
@@ -85,2 +86,4 @@ export const Root = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren<{}>) => (
       <SidebarDivider />
+      <NotificationsSidebarItem />
+      <SidebarDivider />
       <SidebarGroup
diff --git a/packages/app/src/index.tsx b/packages/app/src/index.tsx
index 69d6401..46f3190 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/index.tsx
@@ -3,3 +3,3 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
 import App from './App';
-import '@backstage/canon/css/styles.css';
+import '@backstage/ui/css/styles.css';
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/Dockerfile b/packages/backend/Dockerfile
index 68d6c2f..ee80245 100644
--- a/packages/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -14,3 +14,3 @@
 
-FROM node:20-bookworm-slim
+FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 51ded84..7c1fc0d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -18,28 +18,31 @@
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "^0.10.0",
-    "@backstage/config": "^1.3.2",
-    "@backstage/plugin-app-backend": "^0.5.2",
-    "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend": "^0.25.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-github-provider": "^0.3.3",
-    "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-guest-provider": "^0.2.8",
-    "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "^0.6.3",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "^2.0.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-logs": "^0.1.10",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-entity-model": "^0.2.8",
-    "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend": "^0.19.6",
-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-backend": "^0.7.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-backend-module-allow-all-policy": "^0.2.8",
-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "^0.9.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "^0.10.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-proxy-backend": "^0.6.2",
-    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend": "^1.33.0",
-    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-github": "^0.7.1",
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend": "^2.0.2",
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-catalog": "^0.3.4",
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-pg": "^0.5.44",
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs": "^0.4.2",
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node": "^1.3.11",
-    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend": "^2.0.2",
+    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "^0.14.0",
+    "@backstage/config": "^1.3.6",
+    "@backstage/plugin-app-backend": "^0.5.9",
+    "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend": "^0.25.7",
+    "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-github-provider": "^0.4.0",
+    "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-guest-provider": "^0.2.15",
+    "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "^0.6.10",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "^3.3.0",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-logs": "^0.1.17",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-entity-model": "^0.2.15",
+    "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend": "^0.21.0",
+    "@backstage/plugin-notifications-backend": "^0.6.1",
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-backend": "^0.7.7",
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-backend-module-allow-all-policy": "^0.2.15",
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "^0.9.3",
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "^0.10.7",
+    "@backstage/plugin-proxy-backend": "^0.6.9",
+    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend": "^3.1.0",
+    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-github": "^0.9.3",
+    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-notifications": "^0.1.17",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend": "^2.0.9",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-catalog": "^0.3.11",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-pg": "^0.5.51",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs": "^0.4.9",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node": "^1.4.0",
+    "@backstage/plugin-signals-backend": "^0.3.11",
+    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend": "^2.1.3",
     "app": "link:../app",
-    "better-sqlite3": "^9.0.0",
+    "better-sqlite3": "^12.0.0",
     "node-gyp": "^10.0.0",
@@ -48,3 +51,3 @@
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@backstage/cli": "^0.32.1"
+    "@backstage/cli": "^0.35.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
index 6d0a6f4..cc2db7c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@ backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-app-backend'));
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-proxy-backend'));
+
+// scaffolder plugin
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend'));
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-github'));
+backend.add(
+  import('@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-notifications'),
+);
+
+// techdocs plugin
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend'));
@@ -51,5 +58,9 @@ backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs'));
 
-// kubernetes
+// kubernetes plugin
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend'));
 
+// notifications and signals plugins
+backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-notifications-backend'));
+backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-signals-backend'));
+
 backend.start();
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index 37c7fb1..0dc740b 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -34,3 +34,3 @@ export default defineConfig({
         {
-          command: 'yarn start',
+          command: 'yarn start app',
           port: 3000,
@@ -39,2 +39,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
         },
+        {
+          command: 'yarn start backend',
+          port: 7007,
+          reuseExistingServer: true,
+          timeout: 60_000,
+        },
       ],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 46a911d..4089959 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4,25 +4,5 @@
 
-"@google-cloud/storage@^7.0.0":
-  version "7.14.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@google-cloud/storage/-/storage-7.14.0.tgz#eda9715f68507949214af804c906eba6d168a214"
-  integrity sha512-H41bPL2cMfSi4EEnFzKvg7XSb7T67ocSXrmF7MPjfgFB0L6CKGzfIYJheAZi1iqXjz6XaCT1OBf6HCG5vDBTOQ==
-
-"@octokit/types@npm:^13.0.0":
-  version "13.6.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-13.6.2.tgz#e10fc4d2bdd65d836d1ced223b03ad4cfdb525bd"
-  integrity sha512-WpbZfZUcZU77DrSW4wbsSgTPfKcp286q3ItaIgvSbBpZJlu6mnYXAkjZz6LVZPXkEvLIM8McanyZejKTYUHipA==
-
-"@octokit/types@npm:^13.1.0":
-  version "13.6.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-13.6.2.tgz#e10fc4d2bdd65d836d1ced223b03ad4cfdb525bd"
-  integrity sha512-WpbZfZUcZU77DrSW4wbsSgTPfKcp286q3ItaIgvSbBpZJlu6mnYXAkjZz6LVZPXkEvLIM8McanyZejKTYUHipA==
-
-"@octokit/types@npm:^13.5.0":
-  version "13.6.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-13.6.2.tgz#e10fc4d2bdd65d836d1ced223b03ad4cfdb525bd"
-  integrity sha512-WpbZfZUcZU77DrSW4wbsSgTPfKcp286q3ItaIgvSbBpZJlu6mnYXAkjZz6LVZPXkEvLIM8McanyZejKTYUHipA==
-
-"@octokit/openapi-types@^22.2.0":
-  version "22.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-22.2.0.tgz#75aa7dcd440821d99def6a60b5f014207ae4968e"
-  integrity sha512-QBhVjcUa9W7Wwhm6DBFu6ZZ+1/t/oYxqc2tp81Pi41YNuJinbFRx8B133qVOrAaBbF7D/m0Et6f9/pZt9Rc+tg==
+"@swc/core@^1.3.46":
+  version "1.11.31"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@swc/core/-/core-1.11.31.tgz#e5de9ed005551ce9a16aa69e79935fc33065475c"
+  integrity sha512-mAby9aUnKRjMEA7v8cVZS9Ah4duoRBnX7X6r5qrhTxErx+68MoY1TPrVwj/66/SWN3Bl+jijqAqoB8Qx0QE34A==