diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
index 4d16b824a3..8fb79bb20d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,68 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('output repositories with wildcards default branch option', async () => {
+      const location: LocationSpec = {
+        type: 'github-discovery',
+        target: 'https://github.com/backstage/techdocs-*/blob/-/catalog.yaml',
+      };
+      mockGetOrganizationRepositories.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        repositories: [
+          {
+            name: 'backstage',
+            url: 'https://github.com/backstage/backstage',
+            isArchived: false,
+            defaultBranchRef: {
+              name: 'master',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const emitter = jest.fn();
+
+      await processor.readLocation(location, false, emitter);
+
+      expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        type: 'location',
+        location: {
+          type: 'url',
+          target: 'https://github.com/backstage/blob/master/catalog.yaml',
+        },
+        optional: true,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('output repositories with wildcards default branch option without catalog-info patch or branch match', async () => {
+      const location: LocationSpec = {
+        type: 'github-discovery',
+        target: 'https://github.com/backstage',
+      };
+      mockGetOrganizationRepositories.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        repositories: [
+          {
+            name: 'backstage',
+            url: 'https://github.com/backstage/backstage',
+            isArchived: false,
+            defaultBranchRef: {
+              name: 'master',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const emitter = jest.fn();
+
+      await processor.readLocation(location, false, emitter);
+
+      expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        type: 'location',
+        location: {
+          type: 'url',
+          target: 'https://github.com/backstage/blob/master/catalog-info.yaml',
+        },
+        optional: true,
+      });
+    });
+
     it('output repositories with wildcards', async () => {
       const location: LocationSpec = {
         type: 'github-discovery',
@@ -206,7 +268,7 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             name: 'techdocs-durp',
             url: 'https://github.com/backstage/techdocs-durp',
             isArchived: false,
-            defaultBranchRef: undefined,
+            defaultBranchRef: null,
           },
         ],
       });
@@ -233,6 +295,7 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
         optional: true,
       });
     });
+
     it('filter unrelated and archived repositories', async () => {
       const location: LocationSpec = {
         type: 'github-discovery',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/github/github.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/github/github.ts
index 5ff3856f97..fbbe9b3470 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/github/github.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/github/github.ts
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ export type Repository = {
   name: string;
   url: string;
   isArchived: boolean;
-  defaultBranchRef?: {
+  defaultBranchRef: {
     name: string;
-  };
+  } | null;
 };
 
 export type Connection<T> = {