diff --git a/.changeset/late-coins-eat.md b/.changeset/late-coins-eat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c23fbc7931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-coins-eat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-badges': patch
+---
+
+Fix the path that the Badges client uses towards the `plugin-badges-backend`
diff --git a/plugins/badges/src/api/BadgesClient.ts b/plugins/badges/src/api/BadgesClient.ts
index 432a485a6b..8ad5d313e4 100644
--- a/plugins/badges/src/api/BadgesClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/badges/src/api/BadgesClient.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class BadgesClient implements BadgesApi {
 
   private async getEntityBadgeSpecsUrl(entity: Entity): Promise<string> {
     const routeParams = this.getEntityRouteParams(entity);
-    const path = generatePath(`:kind/:namespace/:name`, routeParams);
+    const path = generatePath(`:namespace/:kind/:name`, routeParams);
     return `${await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl(
       'badges',
     )}/entity/${path}/badge-specs`;