diff --git a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_filepath.py b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_filepath.py
index 2ce9bd7ffb..dddc26e32a 100644
--- a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_filepath.py
+++ b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_filepath.py
@@ -2,12 +2,35 @@
 import re
 import hou
 
+from ayon_core.pipeline import Anatomy
+from ayon_core.lib import StringTemplate
 from ayon_houdini.api import (
     pipeline,
     plugin
 )
 
 
+def remove_format_spec(template: str, key: str) -> str:
+    """Remove format specifier from a format token in formatting string.
+
+    For example, change `{frame:0>4d}` into `{frame}`
+
+    Examples:
+        >>> remove_format_spec("{frame:0>4d}", "frame")
+        '{frame}'
+        >>> remove_format_spec("{digit:04d}/{frame:0>4d}", "frame")
+        '{digit:04d}/{udim}_{frame}'
+        >>> remove_format_spec("{a: >4}/{aa: >4}", "a")
+        '{a}/{aa: >4}'
+
+    """
+    # Find all {key:foobar} and remove the `:foobar`
+    # Pattern will be like `({key):[^}]+(})` where we use the captured groups
+    # to keep those parts in the resulting string
+    pattern = f"({{{key}):[^}}]+(}})"
+    return re.sub(pattern, r"\1\2", template)
+
+
 class FilePathLoader(plugin.HoudiniLoader):
     """Load a managed filepath to a null node.
 
@@ -42,10 +65,7 @@ def load(self, context, name=None, namespace=None, data=None):
             node.destroy()
 
         # Add filepath attribute, set value as default value
-        filepath = self.format_path(
-            path=self.filepath_from_context(context),
-            representation=context["representation"]
-        )
+        filepath = self.filepath_from_context(context)
         parm_template_group = container.parmTemplateGroup()
         attr_folder = hou.FolderParmTemplate("attributes_folder", "Attributes")
         parm = hou.StringParmTemplate(name="filepath",
@@ -85,21 +105,18 @@ def update(self, container, context):
 
         # Update the file path
         representation_entity = context["representation"]
-        file_path = self.format_path(
-            path=self.filepath_from_context(context),
-            representation=representation_entity
-        )
+        filepath = self.filepath_from_context(context)
 
         node = container["node"]
         node.setParms({
-            "filepath": file_path,
+            "filepath": filepath,
             "representation": str(representation_entity["id"])
         })
 
         # Update the parameter default value (cosmetics)
         parm_template_group = node.parmTemplateGroup()
         parm = parm_template_group.find("filepath")
-        parm.setDefaultValue((file_path,))
+        parm.setDefaultValue((filepath,))
         parm_template_group.replace(parm_template_group.find("filepath"),
                                     parm)
         node.setParmTemplateGroup(parm_template_group)
@@ -112,19 +129,29 @@ def remove(self, container):
         node = container["node"]
         node.destroy()
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def format_path(path: str, representation: dict) -> str:
-        """Format file path for sequence with $F."""
-        if not os.path.exists(path):
-            raise RuntimeError("Path does not exist: %s" % path)
-
+    def filepath_from_context(self, context: dict) -> str:
+        """Format file path for sequence with $F or <UDIM>."""
         # The path is either a single file or sequence in a folder.
+        # Format frame as $F and udim as <UDIM>
+        representation = context["representation"]
         frame = representation["context"].get("frame")
-        if frame is not None:
-            # Substitute frame number in sequence with $F with padding
-            ext = representation.get("ext", representation["name"])
-            token = "$F{}".format(len(frame))   # e.g. $F4
-            pattern = r"\.(\d+)\.{ext}$".format(ext=re.escape(ext))
-            path = re.sub(pattern, ".{}.{}".format(token, ext), path)
+        udim = representation["context"].get("udim")
+        if frame is not None or udim is not None:
+            template: str = representation["attrib"]["template"]
+            repre_context: dict = representation["context"]
+            if udim is not None:
+                repre_context["udim"] = "<UDIM>"
+                template = remove_format_spec(template, "udim")
+            if frame is not None:
+                # Substitute frame number in sequence with $F with padding
+                repre_context["frame"] = "$F{}".format(len(frame))   # e.g. $F4
+                template = remove_format_spec(template, "frame")
+
+            project_name: str = repre_context["project"]["name"]
+            anatomy = Anatomy(project_name, project_entity=context["project"])
+            repre_context["root"] = anatomy.roots
+            path = StringTemplate(template).format(repre_context)
+        else:
+            path = super().filepath_from_context(context)
 
         return os.path.normpath(path).replace("\\", "/")