diff --git a/.changeset/tidy-boats-serve.md b/.changeset/tidy-boats-serve.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed517d9452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tidy-boats-serve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/config-loader': patch
+---
+
+Uses key visibility as fallback in non-object arrays
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.test.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.test.ts
index 0395c7da6a..be07b915ed 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.test.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { filterByVisibility, filterErrorsByVisibility } from './filtering';
 
 const data = {
   arr: ['f', 'b', 's'],
+  arrU: ['f', 'b', 't'],
   objArr: [
     { f: 1, b: 2, s: 3 },
     { f: 4, b: 5, s: 6 },
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ const data = {
 
 const visibility = new Map<string, ConfigVisibility>(
   Object.entries({
+    '/arrU': 'frontend',
+    '/arrU/2': 'backend',
     '/arr/0': 'frontend',
     '/arr/1': 'backend',
     '/arr/2': 'secret',
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ describe('filterByVisibility', () => {
           'arr[0]',
           'arr[1]',
           'arr[2]',
+          'arrU[0]',
+          'arrU[1]',
+          'arrU[2]',
           'objArr[0].f',
           'objArr[0].b',
           'objArr[0].s',
@@ -97,10 +103,12 @@ describe('filterByVisibility', () => {
           obj: { f: 'a' },
           arrF: [],
           objF: {},
+          arrU: ['f', 'b'],
         },
         filteredKeys: [
           'arr[1]',
           'arr[2]',
+          'arrU[2]',
           'objArr[0].b',
           'objArr[0].s',
           'objArr[1].b',
@@ -120,6 +128,7 @@ describe('filterByVisibility', () => {
       {
         data: {
           arr: ['b'],
+          arrU: ['t'],
           objArr: [{ b: 2 }, { b: 5 }],
           obj: { b: {} },
           arrF: [{ never: 'here' }],
@@ -132,6 +141,8 @@ describe('filterByVisibility', () => {
         filteredKeys: [
           'arr[0]',
           'arr[2]',
+          'arrU[0]',
+          'arrU[1]',
           'objArr[0].f',
           'objArr[0].s',
           'objArr[1].f',
@@ -154,6 +165,9 @@ describe('filterByVisibility', () => {
         filteredKeys: [
           'arr[0]',
           'arr[1]',
+          'arrU[0]',
+          'arrU[1]',
+          'arrU[2]',
           'objArr[0].f',
           'objArr[0].b',
           'objArr[1].f',
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.ts
index b4226d7dad..b2f39d3cc4 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.ts
@@ -61,11 +61,17 @@ export function filterByVisibility(
       const arr = new Array<JsonValue>();
 
       for (const [index, value] of jsonVal.entries()) {
-        const out = transform(
-          value,
+        let path = visibilityPath;
+        const hasVisibilityInIndex = visibilityByDataPath.get(
           `${visibilityPath}/${index}`,
-          `${filterPath}[${index}]`,
         );
+
+        if (hasVisibilityInIndex || typeof value === 'object') {
+          path = `${visibilityPath}/${index}`;
+        }
+
+        const out = transform(value, path, `${filterPath}[${index}]`);
+
         if (out !== undefined) {
           arr.push(out);
         }