diff --git a/.changeset/great-hounds-allow.md b/.changeset/great-hounds-allow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54405fcf94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/great-hounds-allow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
+---
+
+Updated `CatalogKindHeader` to respond to external changes to query parameters in the URL, such as two sidebar links that apply different catalog filters.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogKindHeader/CatalogKindHeader.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogKindHeader/CatalogKindHeader.test.tsx
index 45d42d0ea6..a7dc18eae2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogKindHeader/CatalogKindHeader.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogKindHeader/CatalogKindHeader.test.tsx
@@ -135,4 +135,38 @@ describe('<CatalogKindHeader />', () => {
       kind: new EntityKindFilter('template'),
     });
   });
+
+  it('responds to external queryParameters changes', async () => {
+    const updateFilters = jest.fn();
+    const rendered = await renderWithEffects(
+      <ApiProvider apis={apis}>
+        <MockEntityListContextProvider
+          value={{
+            updateFilters,
+            queryParameters: { kind: ['components'] },
+          }}
+        >
+          <CatalogKindHeader />
+        </MockEntityListContextProvider>
+      </ApiProvider>,
+    );
+    expect(updateFilters).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+      kind: new EntityKindFilter('components'),
+    });
+    rendered.rerender(
+      <ApiProvider apis={apis}>
+        <MockEntityListContextProvider
+          value={{
+            updateFilters,
+            queryParameters: { kind: ['template'] },
+          }}
+        >
+          <CatalogKindHeader />
+        </MockEntityListContextProvider>
+      </ApiProvider>,
+    );
+    expect(updateFilters).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+      kind: new EntityKindFilter('template'),
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogKindHeader/CatalogKindHeader.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogKindHeader/CatalogKindHeader.tsx
index ed54f1fa84..27184bafef 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogKindHeader/CatalogKindHeader.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogKindHeader/CatalogKindHeader.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useState, useMemo } from 'react';
 import {
   capitalize,
   createStyles,
@@ -59,12 +59,17 @@ export function CatalogKindHeader(props: CatalogKindHeaderProps) {
       .getEntityFacets({ facets: ['kind'] })
       .then(response => response.facets.kind?.map(f => f.value).sort() || []);
   });
-  const { updateFilters, queryParameters } = useEntityList();
+  const {
+    updateFilters,
+    queryParameters: { kind: kindParameter },
+  } = useEntityList();
 
+  const queryParamKind = useMemo(
+    () => [kindParameter].flat()[0],
+    [kindParameter],
+  );
   const [selectedKind, setSelectedKind] = useState(
-    ([queryParameters.kind].flat()[0] ?? initialFilter).toLocaleLowerCase(
-      'en-US',
-    ),
+    queryParamKind ?? initialFilter,
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -73,6 +78,14 @@ export function CatalogKindHeader(props: CatalogKindHeaderProps) {
     });
   }, [selectedKind, updateFilters]);
 
+  // Set selected Kind on query parameter updates; this happens at initial page load and from
+  // external updates to the page location.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (queryParamKind) {
+      setSelectedKind(queryParamKind);
+    }
+  }, [queryParamKind]);
+
   // Before allKinds is loaded, or when a kind is entered manually in the URL, selectedKind may not
   // be present in allKinds. It should still be shown in the dropdown, but may not have the nice
   // enforced casing from the catalog-backend. This makes a key/value record for the Select options,