diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-brooms-add.md b/.changeset/eleven-brooms-add.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4554196ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-brooms-add.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend': patch
+---
+
+Fix Kubernetes plugin custom objects lookup regression
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesBuilder.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesBuilder.ts
index bde538bf55..11cca4917f 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesBuilder.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export class KubernetesBuilder {
           group: c.getString('group'),
           apiVersion: c.getString('apiVersion'),
           plural: c.getString('plural'),
+          objectType: 'customresources',
         } as CustomResource),
     );
 
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
index a08f339a20..308b7a10be 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFetcher.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ export class KubernetesClientBasedFetcher implements KubernetesFetcher {
         labelSelector,
       )
       .then(r => {
-        return { type: objectType, resources: (r.body as any).items };
+        return {
+          type: objectType,
+          resources: (r.body as any).items,
+        };
       });
   }
 }