diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/alpha.ts
index cba672ce49..3e2354114f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/alpha.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ import { default as feature } from './module';
 /** @alpha */
 const _feature = feature;
 export default _feature;
+
+export { analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent } from './events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent.test.ts
index 9edeb1602d..77e30946cc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent.test.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,40 @@ describe('analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('does not double-encode branch names containing slashes', async () => {
+      const repoWithSlashBranch = {
+        ...baseRepository,
+        defaultBranch: 'refs/heads/feature/my-branch',
+      };
+      await expect(
+        analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent(
+          'git.push',
+          withPushEvent({
+            repository: repoWithSlashBranch,
+            refUpdates: [{ name: 'refs/heads/feature/my-branch' }],
+            commits: [
+              {
+                commitId: 'abc',
+                changes: [
+                  { changeType: 'add', item: { path: '/catalog-info.yaml' } },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          }),
+          { isRelevantPath },
+        ),
+      ).resolves.toEqual({
+        result: 'ok',
+        events: [
+          {
+            type: 'location.created',
+            url: `${baseRepository.remoteUrl}?path=/catalog-info.yaml&version=GBfeature/my-branch`,
+            context: { commitUrl: `${baseRepository.remoteUrl}/commit/abc` },
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+
     it('ignores non-default-branch pushes', async () => {
       await expect(
         analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent.ts
index 10bf5e75d7..0840c8b1d3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent.ts
@@ -156,16 +156,10 @@ function toLocationUrl(options: {
 
   const url = new URL(options.remoteUrl);
   const branch = branchNameFromRef(options.branchRef);
-  // Encode each path segment individually to protect against special chars while
-  // preserving '/' separators, which is what Azure DevOps expects in the path param.
-  const encodedPath = options.path
-    .split('/')
-    .map(encodeURIComponent)
-    .join('/');
   url.search = branch
-    ? `path=${encodedPath}&version=GB${encodeURIComponent(branch)}`
-    : `path=${encodedPath}`;
-  return url.toString();
+    ? `path=${options.path}&version=GB${branch}`
+    : `path=${options.path}`;
+  return encodeURI(url.toString());
 }
 
 function toCommitUrl(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/index.ts
index f1c5c66c48..dbbdff67ce 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/index.ts
@@ -23,4 +23,3 @@
 export { default } from './module';
 export { AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor } from './processors';
 export { AzureDevOpsEntityProvider } from './providers';
-export { analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent } from './events/analyzeAzureDevOpsWebhookEvent';