diff --git a/.changeset/wet-dolphins-love.md b/.changeset/wet-dolphins-love.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b22821f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wet-dolphins-love.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github': major
+---
+
+Adding description in function 'onTeamEditedInOrganization` in event of team.edited
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..77f0a050c1 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubOrgEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ describe('GithubOrgEntityProvider', () => {
                 },
                 name: 'mygroup-with-spaces',
               },
+              description: 'description-from-the-new-team',
               apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
               kind: 'Group',
               spec: {
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,
         },
       },
     ]);