diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-pets-glow.md b/.changeset/nasty-pets-glow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e630736261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-pets-glow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-org': patch
+---
+
+Added `relations.memberof` filter to the catalog api call in `MemberListCard` to avoid fetching all the User entity kinds from catalog-backend.
diff --git a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/Group/MembersList/MembersListCard.test.tsx b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/Group/MembersList/MembersListCard.test.tsx
index 5ef4079bf4..99be8571e0 100644
--- a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/Group/MembersList/MembersListCard.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/Group/MembersList/MembersListCard.test.tsx
@@ -75,33 +75,6 @@ describe('MemberTab Test', () => {
               memberOf: ['team-d'],
             },
           },
-          {
-            apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
-            kind: 'User',
-            metadata: {
-              name: 'sara.macgovern',
-              namespace: 'default',
-              uid: 'a5gerth57',
-            },
-            relations: [
-              {
-                type: 'memberOf',
-                target: {
-                  kind: 'group',
-                  name: 'team-d',
-                  namespace: 'foo-bar',
-                },
-              },
-            ],
-            spec: {
-              profile: {
-                displayName: 'Sara MacGovern',
-                email: 'sara-macgovern@example.com',
-                picture: 'https://example.com/staff/sara.jpeg',
-              },
-              memberOf: ['foo-bar/team-d'],
-            },
-          },
         ] as Entity[],
       }),
   };
diff --git a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/Group/MembersList/MembersListCard.tsx b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/Group/MembersList/MembersListCard.tsx
index 8aca65f1d4..9a107f2d8f 100644
--- a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/Group/MembersList/MembersListCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/Group/MembersList/MembersListCard.tsx
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 import {
   ENTITY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE,
   GroupEntity,
-  RELATION_MEMBER_OF,
   UserEntity,
+  stringifyEntityRef,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import {
   catalogApiRef,
@@ -139,20 +139,19 @@ export const MembersListCard = (_props: {
     value: members,
   } = useAsync(async () => {
     const membersList = await catalogApi.getEntities({
-      filter: { kind: 'User' },
+      filter: {
+        kind: 'User',
+        'relations.memberof': [
+          stringifyEntityRef({
+            kind: 'group',
+            namespace: groupNamespace.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US'),
+            name: groupName.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US'),
+          }),
+        ],
+      },
     });
-    const groupMembersList = (membersList.items as UserEntity[]).filter(
-      member =>
-        member?.relations?.some(
-          r =>
-            r.type === RELATION_MEMBER_OF &&
-            r.target.name.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US') ===
-              groupName.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US') &&
-            r.target.namespace.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US') ===
-              groupNamespace.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US'),
-        ),
-    );
-    return groupMembersList;
+
+    return membersList.items as UserEntity[];
   }, [catalogApi, groupEntity]);
 
   if (loading) {