diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 1096871b11e..0e1ef392c89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Restore netflow input on Windows {pull}39024[39024]
 - Upgrade azure-event-hubs-go and azure-storage-blob-go dependencies. {pull}38861[38861]
 - Fix concurrency/error handling bugs in the AWS S3 input that could drop data and prevent ingestion of large buckets. {pull}39131[39131]
+- Fix EntraID query handling. {issue}39419[39419] {pull}39420[39420]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/entityanalytics/provider/azuread/fetcher/graph/graph.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/entityanalytics/provider/azuread/fetcher/graph/graph.go
index 01d2d707025..558e277d106 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/entityanalytics/provider/azuread/fetcher/graph/graph.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/entityanalytics/provider/azuread/fetcher/graph/graph.go
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ import (
 const (
 	defaultAPIEndpoint = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0"
 
-	defaultGroupsQuery  = "$select=displayName,members"
-	defaultUsersQuery   = "$select=accountEnabled,userPrincipalName,mail,displayName,givenName,surname,jobTitle,officeLocation,mobilePhone,businessPhones"
-	defaultDevicesQuery = "$select=accountEnabled,deviceId,displayName,operatingSystem,operatingSystemVersion,physicalIds,extensionAttributes,alternativeSecurityIds"
+	queryName           = "$select"
+	defaultGroupsQuery  = "displayName,members"
+	defaultUsersQuery   = "accountEnabled,userPrincipalName,mail,displayName,givenName,surname,jobTitle,officeLocation,mobilePhone,businessPhones"
+	defaultDevicesQuery = "accountEnabled,deviceId,displayName,operatingSystem,operatingSystemVersion,physicalIds,extensionAttributes,alternativeSecurityIds"
 
 	apiGroupType  = "#microsoft.graph.group"
 	apiUserType   = "#microsoft.graph.user"
@@ -353,21 +354,21 @@ func New(cfg *config.C, logger *logp.Logger, auth authenticator.Authenticator) (
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid groups URL endpoint: %w", err)
 	}
-	groupsURL.RawQuery = url.QueryEscape(formatQuery(c.Select.GroupQuery, defaultGroupsQuery))
+	groupsURL.RawQuery = formatQuery(queryName, c.Select.GroupQuery, defaultGroupsQuery)
 	f.groupsURL = groupsURL.String()
 
 	usersURL, err := url.Parse(f.conf.APIEndpoint + "/users/delta")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid users URL endpoint: %w", err)
 	}
-	usersURL.RawQuery = url.QueryEscape(formatQuery(c.Select.UserQuery, defaultUsersQuery))
+	usersURL.RawQuery = formatQuery(queryName, c.Select.UserQuery, defaultUsersQuery)
 	f.usersURL = usersURL.String()
 
 	devicesURL, err := url.Parse(f.conf.APIEndpoint + "/devices/delta")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid devices URL endpoint: %w", err)
 	}
-	devicesURL.RawQuery = url.QueryEscape(formatQuery(c.Select.DeviceQuery, defaultDevicesQuery))
+	devicesURL.RawQuery = formatQuery(queryName, c.Select.DeviceQuery, defaultDevicesQuery)
 	f.devicesURL = devicesURL.String()
 
 	// The API takes a departure from the query approach here, so we
@@ -382,11 +383,12 @@ func New(cfg *config.C, logger *logp.Logger, auth authenticator.Authenticator) (
 	return &f, nil
 }
 
-func formatQuery(query []string, dflt string) string {
-	if len(query) == 0 {
-		return dflt
+func formatQuery(name string, query []string, dflt string) string {
+	q := dflt
+	if len(query) != 0 {
+		q = strings.Join(query, ",")
 	}
-	return "$select=" + strings.Join(query, ",")
+	return url.Values{name: []string{q}}.Encode()
 }
 
 // newUserFromAPI translates an API-representation of a user to a fetcher.User.