diff --git a/.changeset/funny-pants-unite.md b/.changeset/funny-pants-unite.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..349cf54b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/funny-pants-unite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-import': patch
+---
+
+Fix importing yaml files from URLs with trailing query parameters.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.test.ts
index bae363d700..44f33dc660 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 const octokit = {
   repos: {
     get: () => Promise.resolve({ data: { default_branch: 'main' } }),
-    createOrUpdateFileContents: jest.fn().mockImplementation(async () => {}),
+    createOrUpdateFileContents: jest.fn(async () => {}),
   },
   search: {
     code: jest.fn(),
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ const octokit = {
     getRef: async () => ({
       data: { object: { sha: 'any' } },
     }),
-    createRef: jest.fn().mockImplementation(async () => {}),
+    createRef: jest.fn(async () => {}),
   },
   pulls: {
-    create: jest.fn().mockImplementation(async () => ({
+    create: jest.fn(async () => ({
       data: {
         html_url: 'http://pull/request/0',
       },
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ jest.doMock('@octokit/rest', () => {
   return { Octokit };
 });
 
+import { ConfigReader, UrlPatternDiscovery } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
+import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { catalogApiRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { msw } from '@backstage/test-utils';
@@ -54,9 +56,6 @@ import { rest } from 'msw';
 import { setupServer } from 'msw/node';
 import { CatalogImportClient } from './CatalogImportClient';
 
-import { ConfigReader, UrlPatternDiscovery } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
-import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-
 describe('CatalogImportClient', () => {
   const server = setupServer();
   msw.setupDefaultHandlers(server);
@@ -119,6 +118,11 @@ describe('CatalogImportClient', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
   describe('analyzeUrl', () => {
     it('should add yaml location', async () => {
       catalogApi.addLocation.mockResolvedValueOnce({
@@ -167,6 +171,53 @@ describe('CatalogImportClient', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should add yaml location, if url includes query parameters', async () => {
+      catalogApi.addLocation.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        location: {
+          id: 'id-0',
+          type: 'url',
+          target: 'http://example.com/folder/catalog-info.yaml?branch=test',
+        },
+        entities: [
+          {
+            apiVersion: '1',
+            kind: 'Component',
+            metadata: {
+              name: 'my-entity',
+              namespace: 'my-namespace',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      await expect(
+        catalogImportClient.analyzeUrl(
+          'http://example.com/folder/catalog-info.yaml?branch=test',
+        ),
+      ).resolves.toEqual({
+        locations: [
+          {
+            entities: [
+              {
+                kind: 'Component',
+                name: 'my-entity',
+                namespace: 'my-namespace',
+              },
+            ],
+            target: 'http://example.com/folder/catalog-info.yaml?branch=test',
+          },
+        ],
+        type: 'locations',
+      });
+
+      expect(catalogApi.addLocation).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(catalogApi.addLocation.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({
+        type: 'url',
+        target: 'http://example.com/folder/catalog-info.yaml?branch=test',
+        dryRun: true,
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should reject for integrations that are not github ones', async () => {
       await expect(
         catalogImportClient.analyzeUrl(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.ts b/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.ts
index aa29c95247..d7a2028330 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.ts
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@
 
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { EntityName } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import {
-  GitHubIntegrationConfig,
-  ScmIntegrationRegistry,
-} from '@backstage/integration';
-import { Base64 } from 'js-base64';
-import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
-import { PartialEntity } from '../types';
-import { AnalyzeResult, CatalogImportApi } from './CatalogImportApi';
-import { getGithubIntegrationConfig } from './GitHub';
 import {
   DiscoveryApi,
   IdentityApi,
   OAuthApi,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import {
+  GitHubIntegrationConfig,
+  ScmIntegrationRegistry,
+} from '@backstage/integration';
+import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
+import { Base64 } from 'js-base64';
+import { PartialEntity } from '../types';
+import { AnalyzeResult, CatalogImportApi } from './CatalogImportApi';
+import { getGithubIntegrationConfig } from './GitHub';
 
 export class CatalogImportClient implements CatalogImportApi {
   private readonly discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class CatalogImportClient implements CatalogImportApi {
   }
 
   async analyzeUrl(url: string): Promise<AnalyzeResult> {
-    if (url.match(/\.ya?ml$/)) {
+    if (new URL(url).pathname.match(/\.ya?ml$/)) {
       const location = await this.catalogApi.addLocation({
         type: 'url',
         target: url,