diff --git a/.changeset/wet-dolphins-love.md b/.changeset/wet-dolphins-love.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3aa7f776a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wet-dolphins-love.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github': major
+---
+
+Updated the `team.edited` event emitted from `GithubOrgEntityProvider` to also include teams description.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
index ff42e42718..3e58c1473f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ describe('GithubOrgEntityProvider', () => {
                     'url:https://github.com/orgs/backstage/teams/mygroup-with-spaces',
                 },
                 name: 'mygroup-with-spaces',
+                description: 'description-from-the-new-team',
               },
               apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
               kind: 'Group',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.ts
index 02e225c938..c181510a67 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.ts
@@ -371,14 +371,21 @@ export class GithubOrgEntityProvider
     assignGroupsToUsers(usersToRebuild, groups);
     buildOrgHierarchy(groups);
 
-    const oldName = event.changes.name?.from || '';
+    const oldName = event.changes.name?.from || event.team.name;
     const oldSlug = oldName.toLowerCase().replaceAll(/\s/gi, '-');
 
+    const oldDescription =
+      event.changes.description?.from || event.team.description;
+    const oldDescriptionSlug = oldDescription
+      ?.toLowerCase()
+      .replaceAll(/\s/gi, '-');
+
     const { removed } = createDeltaOperation(org, [
       {
         ...group,
         metadata: {
           name: oldSlug,
+          description: oldDescriptionSlug,
         },
       },
     ]);