diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/LocationReaders.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/LocationReaders.ts
index a217e07f1d..b911a7a50d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/LocationReaders.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/LocationReaders.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ export class LocationReaders implements LocationReader {
       new BitbucketApiReaderProcessor(config),
       new AzureApiReaderProcessor(config),
       GithubOrgReaderProcessor.fromConfig(config),
-      options.reader ? new UrlReaderProcessor(options.reader) : [],
+      options.reader
+        ? new UrlReaderProcessor({
+            reader: options.reader,
+            logger: options.logger,
+          })
+        : [],
       new YamlProcessor(),
       PlaceholderProcessor.default(),
       new CodeOwnersProcessor(),
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/UrlReaderProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/UrlReaderProcessor.ts
index 94a7b01336..2bc05bf1cb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/UrlReaderProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/UrlReaderProcessor.ts
@@ -14,25 +14,47 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { LocationSpec } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import * as result from './results';
 import { LocationProcessor, LocationProcessorEmit } from './types';
 
+// TODO(Rugvip): Added for backwards compatibility when moving to UrlReader, this
+// can be removed in a bit
+const deprecatedTypes = [
+  'github',
+  'github/api',
+  'bitbucket/api',
+  'gitlab/api',
+  'azure/api',
+];
+
+type Options = {
+  reader: UrlReader;
+  logger: Logger;
+};
+
 export class UrlReaderProcessor implements LocationProcessor {
-  constructor(private readonly reader: UrlReader) {}
+  constructor(private readonly options: Options) {}
 
   async readLocation(
     location: LocationSpec,
     optional: boolean,
     emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ): Promise<boolean> {
-    if (location.type !== 'url') {
+    if (deprecatedTypes.includes(location.type)) {
+      // TODO(Rugvip): Let's not enable this warning yet, as we want to move over the example YAMLs
+      //               in this repo to use the 'url' type first.
+      // this.options.logger.warn(
+      //   `Using deprecated location type '${location.type}' for '${location.target}', use 'url' instead`,
+      // );
+    } else if (location.type !== 'url') {
       return false;
     }
 
     try {
-      const data = await this.reader.read(location.target);
+      const data = await this.options.reader.read(location.target);
       emit(result.data(location, data));
     } catch (error) {
       const message = `Unable to read ${location.type}, ${error}`;