diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/CodeOwnersProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/CodeOwnersProcessor.ts
index 186b732271..f50ef6b922 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/CodeOwnersProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/CodeOwnersProcessor.ts
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ export class CodeOwnersProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
     if (!scmIntegration) {
       return entity;
     }
-
+    const pattern =
+      entity.metadata?.annotations['backstage.io/managed-by-location'];
     const owner = await findCodeOwnerByTarget(
       this.reader,
       location.target,
       scmIntegration,
+      pattern,
     );
 
     if (!owner) {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/lib/read.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/lib/read.ts
index 2987e162cc..eae4e7ce91 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/lib/read.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/lib/read.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export async function findCodeOwnerByTarget(
   reader: UrlReader,
   targetUrl: string,
   scmIntegration: ScmIntegration,
+  pattern: string,
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
   const codeownersPaths = scmCodeOwnersPaths[scmIntegration?.type ?? ''];
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ export async function findCodeOwnerByTarget(
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const owner = resolveCodeOwner(contents);
+  const owner = resolveCodeOwner(contents, pattern);
 
   return owner;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/lib/resolve.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/lib/resolve.ts
index 00645f0c9d..f9bc19b1d1 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/lib/resolve.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/codeowners/lib/resolve.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function resolveCodeOwner(
   const owners = codeowners.parse(contents);
 
   return pipe(
-    filter((e: CodeOwnersEntry) => e.pattern === pattern),
+    filter((e: CodeOwnersEntry) => pattern.includes(e.pattern)),
     reverse,
     head,
     get('owners'),