diff --git a/.changeset/curvy-peaches-applaud.md b/.changeset/curvy-peaches-applaud.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f24830ad38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curvy-peaches-applaud.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core-api': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-github-actions': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-jenkins': patch
+---
+
+Introduce `useRouteRefParams` to `core-api` to retrieve typed route parameters.
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.test.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.test.tsx
index d16f9808ab..8a9b70ed7d 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.test.tsx
@@ -14,35 +14,35 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
 import React, {
+  Context,
   PropsWithChildren,
   ReactElement,
   useContext,
-  Context,
 } from 'react';
-import { MemoryRouter, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
-import { VersionedValue } from '../lib/versionedValues';
-import { getGlobalSingleton } from '../lib/globalObject';
+import { MemoryRouter, Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { createRoutableExtension } from '../extensions';
 import {
   childDiscoverer,
   routeElementDiscoverer,
   traverseElementTree,
 } from '../extensions/traversal';
+import { getGlobalSingleton } from '../lib/globalObject';
+import { VersionedValue } from '../lib/versionedValues';
 import { createPlugin } from '../plugin';
 import {
-  routePathCollector,
-  routeParentCollector,
   routeObjectCollector,
+  routeParentCollector,
+  routePathCollector,
 } from './collectors';
-import { validateRoutes } from './validation';
-import { useRouteRef, RoutingProvider } from './hooks';
+import { createExternalRouteRef } from './ExternalRouteRef';
+import { RoutingProvider, useRouteRef, useRouteRefParams } from './hooks';
 import { createRouteRef, RouteRefConfig } from './RouteRef';
 import { RouteResolver } from './RouteResolver';
-import { createExternalRouteRef } from './ExternalRouteRef';
-import { AnyRouteRef, RouteFunc, RouteRef, ExternalRouteRef } from './types';
+import { AnyRouteRef, ExternalRouteRef, RouteFunc, RouteRef } from './types';
+import { validateRoutes } from './validation';
 
 const mockConfig = (extra?: Partial<RouteRefConfig<{}>>) => ({
   path: '/unused',
@@ -370,3 +370,36 @@ describe('v1 consumer', () => {
     expect(renderedHook.result.current?.({ x: 'my-x' })).toBe('/bar/my-x');
   });
 });
+
+describe('useRouteRefParams', () => {
+  it('should provide types params', () => {
+    const routeRef = createRouteRef({
+      id: 'ref1',
+      params: ['a', 'b'],
+    });
+
+    const Page = () => {
+      const params: { a: string; b: string } = useRouteRefParams(routeRef);
+
+      return (
+        <div>
+          <span>{params.a}</span>
+          <span>{params.b}</span>
+        </div>
+      );
+    };
+
+    const { getByText } = render(
+      <MemoryRouter initialEntries={['/foo/bar']}>
+        <Routes>
+          <Route path="/:a/:b">
+            <Page />
+          </Route>
+        </Routes>
+      </MemoryRouter>,
+    );
+
+    expect(getByText('foo')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(getByText('bar')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.tsx
index 4c4a7a6a05..1867ac5c67 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import React, {
   useMemo,
   Context,
 } from 'react';
-import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { useLocation, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import {
   BackstageRouteObject,
   RouteRef,
@@ -111,3 +111,9 @@ export const RoutingProvider = ({
     </RoutingContext.Provider>
   );
 };
+
+export function useRouteRefParams<Params extends AnyParams>(
+  _routeRef: RouteRef<Params> | SubRouteRef<Params>,
+): Params {
+  return useParams() as Params;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/routing/index.ts b/packages/core-api/src/routing/index.ts
index c5441d5b23..0c01e74f3f 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/routing/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/routing/index.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+export { createExternalRouteRef } from './ExternalRouteRef';
+export { FlatRoutes } from './FlatRoutes';
+export { useRouteRef, useRouteRefParams } from './hooks';
+export { createRouteRef } from './RouteRef';
+export type { RouteRefConfig } from './RouteRef';
+export { createSubRouteRef } from './SubRouteRef';
 export type {
-  RouteRef,
-  SubRouteRef,
   AbsoluteRouteRef,
   ConcreteRoute,
-  MutableRouteRef,
   ExternalRouteRef,
+  MutableRouteRef,
+  RouteRef,
+  SubRouteRef,
 } from './types';
-export { FlatRoutes } from './FlatRoutes';
-export { createRouteRef } from './RouteRef';
-export { createSubRouteRef } from './SubRouteRef';
-export { createExternalRouteRef } from './ExternalRouteRef';
-export type { RouteRefConfig } from './RouteRef';
-export { useRouteRef } from './hooks';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityCompoundName.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityCompoundName.ts
index dd9c0d26ff..f76097a6dc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityCompoundName.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityCompoundName.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { useParams } from 'react-router';
+import { useRouteRefParams } from '@backstage/core';
+import { entityRouteRef } from '../routes';
 
 /**
  * Grabs entity kind, namespace, and name from the location
  */
 export const useEntityCompoundName = () => {
-  const { kind, namespace, name } = useParams();
+  const { kind, namespace, name } = useRouteRefParams(entityRouteRef);
   return { kind, namespace, name };
 };
diff --git a/plugins/github-actions/src/components/WorkflowRunDetails/useWorkflowRunsDetails.ts b/plugins/github-actions/src/components/WorkflowRunDetails/useWorkflowRunsDetails.ts
index d0141c27fa..3e2a5c4382 100644
--- a/plugins/github-actions/src/components/WorkflowRunDetails/useWorkflowRunsDetails.ts
+++ b/plugins/github-actions/src/components/WorkflowRunDetails/useWorkflowRunsDetails.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { useApi } from '@backstage/core';
-import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { useApi, useRouteRefParams } from '@backstage/core';
 import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 import { githubActionsApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { buildRouteRef } from '../../plugin';
 
 export const useWorkflowRunsDetails = ({
   hostname,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const useWorkflowRunsDetails = ({
   repo: string;
 }) => {
   const api = useApi(githubActionsApiRef);
-  const { id } = useParams();
+  const { id } = useRouteRefParams(buildRouteRef);
   const details = useAsync(async () => {
     return repo && owner
       ? api.getWorkflowRun({
diff --git a/plugins/github-actions/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/github-actions/src/plugin.ts
index d296b4ad30..f66e96a981 100644
--- a/plugins/github-actions/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/github-actions/src/plugin.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef({
 
 export const buildRouteRef = createRouteRef({
   path: ':id',
+  params: ['id'],
   title: 'GitHub Actions Workflow Run',
 });
 
diff --git a/plugins/jenkins/src/components/BuildWithStepsPage/BuildWithStepsPage.tsx b/plugins/jenkins/src/components/BuildWithStepsPage/BuildWithStepsPage.tsx
index 480dfd6dea..1b7ccb8121 100644
--- a/plugins/jenkins/src/components/BuildWithStepsPage/BuildWithStepsPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/jenkins/src/components/BuildWithStepsPage/BuildWithStepsPage.tsx
@@ -13,25 +13,25 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import React from 'react';
-import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { Breadcrumbs, Content, Link } from '@backstage/core';
+import { Breadcrumbs, Content, Link, useRouteRefParams } from '@backstage/core';
 import {
   Box,
-  Typography,
-  Paper,
-  TableContainer,
-  Table,
-  TableRow,
-  TableCell,
-  TableBody,
   Link as MaterialLink,
+  Paper,
+  Table,
+  TableBody,
+  TableCell,
+  TableContainer,
+  TableRow,
+  Typography,
 } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
+import ExternalLinkIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Launch';
+import React from 'react';
+import { buildRouteRef } from '../../plugin';
+import { JenkinsRunStatus } from '../BuildsPage/lib/Status';
 import { useBuildWithSteps } from '../useBuildWithSteps';
 import { useProjectSlugFromEntity } from '../useProjectSlugFromEntity';
-import { JenkinsRunStatus } from '../BuildsPage/lib/Status';
-import ExternalLinkIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Launch';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   root: {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
 
 const BuildWithStepsView = () => {
   const projectName = useProjectSlugFromEntity();
-  const { branch, buildNumber } = useParams();
+  const { branch, buildNumber } = useRouteRefParams(buildRouteRef);
   const classes = useStyles();
   const buildPath = `${projectName}/${branch}/${buildNumber}`;
   const [{ value }] = useBuildWithSteps(buildPath);
diff --git a/plugins/jenkins/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/jenkins/src/plugin.ts
index 85001d9bbc..db4122349c 100644
--- a/plugins/jenkins/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/jenkins/src/plugin.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  createPlugin,
-  createRouteRef,
   createApiFactory,
-  discoveryApiRef,
-  createRoutableExtension,
   createComponentExtension,
+  createPlugin,
+  createRoutableExtension,
+  createRouteRef,
+  discoveryApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core';
-import { jenkinsApiRef, JenkinsApi } from './api';
+import { JenkinsApi, jenkinsApiRef } from './api';
 
 export const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef({
   path: '',
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef({
 
 export const buildRouteRef = createRouteRef({
   path: 'run/:branch/:buildNumber',
+  params: ['branch', 'buildNumber'],
   title: 'Jenkins run',
 });