diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index fd8ec82d91..a83929a15d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-azure-sites-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-badges-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-code-coverage-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-entity-feedback-backend": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/catalog/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/catalog/types.ts
index 404b816d4f..76841af260 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/catalog/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/catalog/types.ts
@@ -311,3 +311,29 @@ export type Cursor = {
    */
   totalItems?: number;
 };
+
+/**
+ * The details of the conflicting entity.
+ */
+export type CatalogConflictEventPayload = {
+  /**
+   * The new conflicting entity
+   */
+  entity: Entity;
+  /**
+   * The new conflicting entity's ref
+   */
+  entityRef: string;
+  /**
+   * The location key of this new conflicting entity
+   */
+  newLocationKey: string;
+  /**
+   * The location key of the entity already in the catalog that shares the same name and namespace as this entity
+   */
+  existingLocationKey: string;
+  /**
+   * The datetime that the conflict was processed at
+   */
+  lastConflictAt: string;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
index e634d18c4a..fe61cc694e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ import { checkLocationKeyConflict } from './operations/refreshState/checkLocatio
 import { insertUnprocessedEntity } from './operations/refreshState/insertUnprocessedEntity';
 import { updateUnprocessedEntity } from './operations/refreshState/updateUnprocessedEntity';
 import { generateStableHash } from './util';
-import { EventBroker } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
+import { EventBroker, EventParams } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { CATALOG_CONFLICTS_TOPIC } from '../constants';
+import { CatalogConflictEventPayload } from '../catalog/types';
 
 // The number of items that are sent per batch to the database layer, when
 // doing .batchInsert calls to knex. This needs to be low enough to not cause
@@ -360,8 +361,8 @@ export class DefaultProcessingDatabase implements ProcessingDatabase {
         this.options.logger.warn(
           `Detected conflicting entityRef ${entityRef} already referenced by ${conflictingKey} and now also ${locationKey}`,
         );
-        if (this.options.eventBroker) {
-          await this.options.eventBroker?.publish({
+        if (this.options.eventBroker && locationKey) {
+          const eventParams: EventParams<CatalogConflictEventPayload> = {
             topic: CATALOG_CONFLICTS_TOPIC,
             eventPayload: {
               entity,
@@ -370,7 +371,8 @@ export class DefaultProcessingDatabase implements ProcessingDatabase {
               existingLocationKey: conflictingKey,
               lastConflictAt: DateTime.now().toISO(),
             },
-          });
+          };
+          await this.options.eventBroker?.publish(eventParams);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index db64dfc04e..d9b937d457 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5142,7 +5142,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github@workspace:plugins/catalog-backend-module-github":
+"@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github@workspace:^, @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github@workspace:plugins/catalog-backend-module-github":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github@workspace:plugins/catalog-backend-module-github"
   dependencies:
@@ -23482,6 +23482,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-azure-sites-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-badges-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-code-coverage-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-entity-feedback-backend": "workspace:^"