diff --git a/.changeset/warm-moles-appear.md b/.changeset/warm-moles-appear.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66ad1b9cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/warm-moles-appear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github': patch
+---
+
+Fix GitHub `repository` event support.
+
+`$.repository.organization` is only provided for `push` events. Switched to `$.organization.login` instead.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.test.ts
index 002b2bbfd1..6382391610 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -702,6 +702,9 @@ describe('GithubEntityProvider', () => {
         const event = {
           ref: options?.ref ?? 'refs/heads/main',
           repository: repo as PushEvent['repository'],
+          organization: {
+            login: organization,
+          },
           created: true,
           deleted: false,
           forced: false,
@@ -963,7 +966,6 @@ describe('GithubEntityProvider', () => {
           url: 'https://github.com/test-org/test-repo',
           default_branch: 'main',
           master_branch: 'main',
-          organization: 'test-org',
           topics: [],
           archived: action === 'archived',
           private: action !== 'publicized',
@@ -972,6 +974,9 @@ describe('GithubEntityProvider', () => {
         const event = {
           action,
           repository: repo as RepositoryEvent['repository'],
+          organization: {
+            login: 'test-org',
+          },
         } as RepositoryEvent;
 
         if (action === 'renamed') {
@@ -1285,7 +1290,7 @@ describe('GithubEntityProvider', () => {
           const event = createRepoEvent(
             'renamed',
           ) as EventParams<RepositoryRenamedEvent>;
-          const urlOldRepo = `https://github.com/${event.eventPayload.repository.organization}/${event.eventPayload.changes.repository.name.from}/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml`;
+          const urlOldRepo = `https://github.com/${event.eventPayload.organization?.login}/${event.eventPayload.changes.repository.name.from}/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml`;
           const expectedEntitiesRemoved =
             createExpectedEntitiesForUrl(urlOldRepo);
 
@@ -1314,7 +1319,7 @@ describe('GithubEntityProvider', () => {
           const event = createRepoEvent(
             'renamed',
           ) as EventParams<RepositoryRenamedEvent>;
-          const urlOldRepo = `https://github.com/${event.eventPayload.repository.organization}/${event.eventPayload.changes.repository.name.from}/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml`;
+          const urlOldRepo = `https://github.com/${event.eventPayload.organization?.login}/${event.eventPayload.changes.repository.name.from}/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml`;
           const expectedEntitiesRemoved =
             createExpectedEntitiesForUrl(urlOldRepo);
           const expectedEntitiesAdded = createExpectedEntitiesForEvent(event);
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.ts
index d5dd88448a..9e3e19d83f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GithubEntityProvider.ts
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ export class GithubEntityProvider implements EntityProvider, EventSubscriber {
   }
 
   private async onPush(event: PushEvent) {
-    if (this.config.organization !== event.repository.organization) {
+    if (this.config.organization !== event.organization?.login) {
       this.logger.debug(
-        `skipping push event from organization ${event.repository.organization}`,
+        `skipping push event from organization ${event.organization?.login}`,
       );
       return;
     }
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ export class GithubEntityProvider implements EntityProvider, EventSubscriber {
   }
 
   private async onRepoChange(event: RepositoryEvent) {
-    if (this.config.organization !== event.repository.organization) {
+    if (this.config.organization !== event.organization?.login) {
       this.logger.debug(
-        `skipping repository event from organization ${event.repository.organization}`,
+        `skipping repository event from organization ${event.organization?.login}`,
       );
       return;
     }