diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.java
index 241e65bb1f..1896fc699b 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.FactoryResolverPriority.HIGHEST;
 import static org.eclipse.che.api.factory.shared.Constants.URL_PARAMETER_NAME;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
@@ -69,18 +70,16 @@ public class RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolver extends BaseFactoryParameterR
   @Override
   public boolean accept(Map<String, String> factoryParameters) {
     String url = factoryParameters.get(URL_PARAMETER_NAME);
-    return !isNullOrEmpty(url) && (PATTERN.matcher(url).matches() || containsDevfile(url));
+    return !isNullOrEmpty(url) && (PATTERN.matcher(url).matches() || containsYaml(url));
   }
 
-  private boolean containsDevfile(String requestURL) {
+  private boolean containsYaml(String requestURL) {
     try {
       String fetch = urlFetcher.fetch(requestURL);
-      devfileParser.parseYaml(fetch);
-      return true;
-    } catch (IOException e) {
+      JsonNode parsedYaml = devfileParser.parseYamlRaw(fetch);
+      return !parsedYaml.isEmpty();
+    } catch (IOException | DevfileFormatException e) {
       return false;
-    } catch (DevfileFormatException e) {
-      return !e.getMessage().startsWith("Cannot construct instance of");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest.java
index 1d1e7f0fd4..40e934db49 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.DevfileParser;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.DevfileVersionDetector;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.URLFetcher;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.URLFileContentProvider;
-import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.exception.DevfileFormatException;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.validator.ComponentIntegrityValidator;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.validator.ComponentIntegrityValidator.NoopComponentIntegrityValidator;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.validator.DevfileIntegrityValidator;
@@ -170,12 +170,13 @@ public class RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldAcceptRawDevfileUrlWithUnrecognizedDevfile() throws Exception {
+  public void shouldAcceptRawDevfileUrlWithYaml() throws Exception {
     // given
+    JsonNode jsonNode = mock(JsonNode.class);
     String url = "https://host/path/devfile";
     when(urlFetcher.fetch(eq(url))).thenReturn(DEVFILE);
-    when(devfileParser.parseYaml(eq(DEVFILE)))
-        .thenThrow(new DevfileFormatException("Unrecognized field \"schemaVersion\""));
+    when(devfileParser.parseYamlRaw(eq(DEVFILE))).thenReturn(jsonNode);
+    when(jsonNode.isEmpty()).thenReturn(false);
 
     // when
     boolean result =
@@ -188,10 +189,11 @@ public class RawDevfileUrlFactoryParameterResolverTest {
   @Test
   public void shouldNotAcceptPublicGitRepositoryUrl() throws Exception {
     // given
+    JsonNode jsonNode = mock(JsonNode.class);
     String gitRepositoryUrl = "https://host/user/repo.git";
     when(urlFetcher.fetch(eq(gitRepositoryUrl))).thenReturn("unsupported content");
-    when(devfileParser.parseYaml(eq("unsupported content")))
-        .thenThrow(new DevfileFormatException("Cannot construct instance of ..."));
+    when(devfileParser.parseYamlRaw(eq("unsupported content"))).thenReturn(jsonNode);
+    when(jsonNode.isEmpty()).thenReturn(true);
 
     // when
     boolean result =