diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-plants-hammer.md b/.changeset/pretty-plants-hammer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c070f769c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-plants-hammer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/integration-react': minor
+---
+
+Added new ScmAuth method `forBitbucketServer` that uses correct OAuth scopes by default. Also updated `forBitbucket` method to allow overriding the default OAuth scopes.
diff --git a/docs/auth/bitbucketServer/provider.md b/docs/auth/bitbucketServer/provider.md
index b15f0b206a..c41457d09c 100644
--- a/docs/auth/bitbucketServer/provider.md
+++ b/docs/auth/bitbucketServer/provider.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ auth:
   providers:
     bitbucketServer:
       development:
-        host: bitbucket.org
+        host: bitbucket.example.org
         clientId: ${AUTH_BITBUCKET_SERVER_CLIENT_ID}
         clientSecret: ${AUTH_BITBUCKET_SERVER_CLIENT_SECRET}
 ```
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ backend.add(
 //...
 ```
 
-## Adding the provider to the Backstage frontend
+## Frontend Configuration
 
-To add the provider to the frontend, add the `bitbucketServerAuthApi` reference and `SignInPage` component as shown
-in [Adding the provider to the sign-in page](../index.md#sign-in-configuration).
+### Sign-in
+
+To add the provider to the frontend, add the `bitbucketServerAuthApiRef` reference and
+`SignInPage` component as shown in
+[Adding the provider to the sign-in page](../index.md#sign-in-configuration).
+
+### ScmAuth
+
+For backstage to be able to use the oauth token of the logged in user to access the Bitbucket Server API, you need to add it to list of ScmAuth providers as shown in [Custom ScmAuthApi Implementation](../index.md#custom-scmauthapi-implementation) using the `ScmAuth.forBitbucketServer` method.
diff --git a/packages/integration-react/report.api.md b/packages/integration-react/report.api.md
index c1a2e34907..8d02c46010 100644
--- a/packages/integration-react/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/integration-react/report.api.md
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ export class ScmAuth implements ScmAuthApi {
     bitbucketAuthApi: OAuthApi,
     options?: {
       host?: string;
+      scopeMapping?: {
+        default?: string[];
+        repoWrite?: string[];
+      };
+    },
+  ): ScmAuth;
+  static forBitbucketServer(
+    bitbucketAuthApi: OAuthApi,
+    options: {
+      host: string;
+      scopeMapping?: {
+        default?: string[];
+        repoWrite?: string[];
+      };
     },
   ): ScmAuth;
   static forGithub(
diff --git a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
index f848a71d8b..1b68d56a6e 100644
--- a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
@@ -226,12 +226,63 @@ export class ScmAuth implements ScmAuthApi {
     bitbucketAuthApi: OAuthApi,
     options?: {
       host?: string;
+      scopeMapping?: {
+        default?: string[];
+        repoWrite?: string[];
+      };
     },
   ): ScmAuth {
     const host = options?.host ?? 'bitbucket.org';
+    const defaultScopes = options?.scopeMapping?.default ?? [
+      'account',
+      'team',
+      'pullrequest',
+      'snippet',
+      'issue',
+    ];
+    const repoWriteScopes = options?.scopeMapping?.repoWrite ?? [
+      'pullrequest:write',
+      'snippet:write',
+      'issue:write',
+    ];
     return new ScmAuth('bitbucket', bitbucketAuthApi, host, {
-      default: ['account', 'team', 'pullrequest', 'snippet', 'issue'],
-      repoWrite: ['pullrequest:write', 'snippet:write', 'issue:write'],
+      default: defaultScopes,
+      repoWrite: repoWriteScopes,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new ScmAuth instance that handles authentication towards Bitbucket Server.
+   *
+   * The host option determines which URLs that are handled by this instance.
+   *
+   * The default scopes are:
+   *
+   * `PUBLIC_REPOS REPOS_READ`
+   *
+   * If the additional `repoWrite` permission is requested, these scopes are added:
+   *
+   * `REPO_WRITE`
+   */
+  static forBitbucketServer(
+    bitbucketAuthApi: OAuthApi,
+    options: {
+      host: string;
+      scopeMapping?: {
+        default?: string[];
+        repoWrite?: string[];
+      };
+    },
+  ): ScmAuth {
+    return this.forBitbucket(bitbucketAuthApi, {
+      host: options.host,
+      scopeMapping: {
+        default: options.scopeMapping?.default ?? [
+          'PUBLIC_REPOS',
+          'REPOS_READ',
+        ],
+        repoWrite: options.scopeMapping?.repoWrite ?? ['REPO_WRITE'],
+      },
     });
   }