diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/FileReaderProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/FileReaderProcessor.test.ts
index d726edc4db..0c114f49a1 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/FileReaderProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/FileReaderProcessor.test.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('FileReaderProcessor', () => {
       type: 'file',
       target: expect.stringMatching(/^[^*]*$/),
     });
-    expect(emit.mock.calls[1][0].key).toContain('file://');
+    expect(emit.mock.calls[1][0].key).toContain('file:');
     expect(emit.mock.calls[1][0].key).toContain(
       'fileReaderProcessor/component.yaml',
     );
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/FileReaderProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/FileReaderProcessor.ts
index 188bfd0031..8ececed59f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/FileReaderProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/FileReaderProcessor.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class FileReaderProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
             emit(parseResult);
             emit(
               processingResult.refresh(
-                `${LOCATION_TYPE}://${normalizedFilePath}`,
+                `${LOCATION_TYPE}:${normalizedFilePath}`,
               ),
             );
           }