diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity.test.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity.test.ts
index 1f7ce53bde..c13dc526d8 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity.test.ts
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ describe('getAnnotationValuesFromEntity', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('with more then expected slashes', () => {
+  describe('host-org with more then expected slashes', () => {
     it('should throw incorrect format error', () => {
       const entity: Entity = {
         apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
@@ -357,4 +357,28 @@ describe('getAnnotationValuesFromEntity', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('project-repo with more then expected slashes', () => {
+    it('should throw incorrect format error', () => {
+      const entity: Entity = {
+        apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
+        kind: 'Component',
+        metadata: {
+          namespace: 'default',
+          name: 'project-repo',
+          annotations: {
+            'dev.azure.com/project-repo': 'project/another/repo/final',
+          },
+        },
+      };
+
+      const test = () => {
+        return getAnnotationValuesFromEntity(entity);
+      };
+
+      expect(test).toThrow(
+        'Invalid value for annotation "dev.azure.com/project-repo"; expected format is: <project-name>/<repo-name>, found: "project/another/repo/final"',
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity.ts b/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity.ts
index bf0b038c95..83091fb155 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops/src/utils/getAnnotationValuesFromEntity.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function getProjectRepo(annotations?: Record<string, string>): {
     return { project: undefined, repo: undefined };
   }
 
-  if (annotation.includes('/')) {
+  if (annotation.split('/').length === 2) {
     const [project, repo] = annotation.split('/');
     if (project && repo) {
       return { project, repo };