diff --git a/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.test.ts b/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.test.ts
index 84e2ed104c..d0de341a6e 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.test.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ describe('HttpPostIngressEventPublisher', () => {
       expect.objectContaining({
         error: {
           message:
-            'Unsupported media type: text/plain. You need to provide a custom body parser for this media type using events extension.',
+            'Unsupported media type: text/plain. You need to provide a custom body parser for this media type using the EventsExtensionPoint.',
           name: 'UnsupportedMediaTypeError',
           statusCode: 415,
         },
@@ -259,6 +259,47 @@ describe('HttpPostIngressEventPublisher', () => {
     expect(response.status).toBe(202);
   });
 
+  it('with a invalid media type', async () => {
+    const config = new ConfigReader({
+      events: {
+        http: {
+          topics: ['testA'],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const router = Router();
+    const app = express().use(router);
+    const events = new TestEventsService();
+
+    const publisher = HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.fromConfig({
+      config,
+      events,
+      logger,
+    });
+    publisher.bind(router);
+    router.use(middleware.error());
+
+    const response = await request(app)
+      .post('/http/testA')
+      .type('not-valid-content/plain')
+      .timeout(1000)
+      .send('Textual information');
+    expect(response.status).toBe(415);
+    expect(response.body).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        error: {
+          message:
+            'Unsupported media type: not-valid-content/plain. You need to provide a custom body parser for this media type using the EventsExtensionPoint.',
+          name: 'UnsupportedMediaTypeError',
+          statusCode: 415,
+        },
+        request: { method: 'POST', url: '/http/testA' },
+        response: { statusCode: 415 },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('with a custom application/json body parser implementation', async () => {
     const config = new ConfigReader({
       events: {
@@ -273,7 +314,11 @@ describe('HttpPostIngressEventPublisher', () => {
     const events = new TestEventsService();
     const customParse = jest.fn();
 
-    const bodyParser: HttpBodyParser = async (req, _topic) => {
+    const bodyParser: HttpBodyParser = async (
+      req,
+      _parsedMediaType,
+      _topic,
+    ) => {
       customParse();
       return {
         bodyParsed: JSON.parse(req.body.toString('utf-8')),
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.ts b/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.ts
index 4ddcb2a291..01d07e64d6 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/HttpPostIngressEventPublisher.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class HttpPostIngressEventPublisher {
 
     router.post(path, async (request, response) => {
       const requestContentType = contentType.parse(request);
-      const bodyParser = this.bodyParsers[requestContentType.type];
+      const bodyParser = this.bodyParsers[requestContentType.type ?? ''];
 
       if (!bodyParser) {
         throw new UnsupportedMediaTypeError(requestContentType.type);
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ export class HttpPostIngressEventPublisher {
 
       const { bodyParsed, bodyBuffer, encoding } = await bodyParser(
         request,
+        requestContentType,
         topic,
       );
 
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/body-parser/HttpApplicationJsonBodyParser.ts b/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/body-parser/HttpApplicationJsonBodyParser.ts
index b253d1babf..fa716a5db0 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/body-parser/HttpApplicationJsonBodyParser.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend/src/service/http/body-parser/HttpApplicationJsonBodyParser.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { HttpBodyParser } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
-import contentType from 'content-type';
 import { UnsupportedCharsetError } from '../errors';
 
 export const HttpApplicationJsonBodyParser: HttpBodyParser = async (
   request,
+  parsedMediaType,
   topic,
 ) => {
   const requestBody = request.body;
@@ -29,16 +29,15 @@ export const HttpApplicationJsonBodyParser: HttpBodyParser = async (
   }
 
   const bodyBuffer: Buffer = requestBody;
-  const parsedContentType = contentType.parse(request);
 
-  const encoding = parsedContentType.parameters.charset ?? 'utf-8';
+  const encoding = parsedMediaType.parameters.charset ?? 'utf-8';
   if (!Buffer.isEncoding(encoding)) {
     throw new UnsupportedCharsetError(encoding);
   }
 
   const bodyString = bodyBuffer.toString(encoding);
   const bodyParsed =
-    parsedContentType.type === 'application/json'
+    parsedMediaType.type === 'application/json'
       ? JSON.parse(bodyString)
       : bodyString;
   return { bodyParsed, bodyBuffer, encoding };
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/package.json b/plugins/events-node/package.json
index 068c0d55f9..c98ae64499 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/package.json
+++ b/plugins/events-node/package.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
+    "content-type": "^1.0.5",
     "cross-fetch": "^4.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "uri-template": "^2.0.0"
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/report.api.md b/plugins/events-node/report.api.md
index d68e321e8f..705083ce16 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/events-node/report.api.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { AuthService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { DiscoveryService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { LifecycleService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { ParsedMediaType } from 'content-type';
 import { Request as Request_2 } from 'express';
 import { RootConfigService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { ServiceFactory } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ export type HttpBodyParsed = {
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type HttpBodyParser = (
   request: Request_2,
+  parsedMediaType: ParsedMediaType,
   topic: string,
 ) => Promise<HttpBodyParsed>;
 
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/src/api/http/body-parser/HttpBodyParser.ts b/plugins/events-node/src/api/http/body-parser/HttpBodyParser.ts
index cfd65a6871..c0b6a46b95 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/src/api/http/body-parser/HttpBodyParser.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-node/src/api/http/body-parser/HttpBodyParser.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Request } from 'express';
+import { ParsedMediaType } from 'content-type';
 /**
  * @public
  */
@@ -29,5 +30,6 @@ export type HttpBodyParsed = {
  */
 export type HttpBodyParser = (
   request: Request,
+  parsedMediaType: ParsedMediaType,
   topic: string,
 ) => Promise<HttpBodyParsed>;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8d7ec6b3bf..1b4880e8b1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6728,6 +6728,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
     "@types/express": ^4.17.6
+    content-type: ^1.0.5
     cross-fetch: ^4.0.0
     express: ^4.17.1
     msw: ^1.0.0