diff --git a/.changeset/swift-rules-hunt.md b/.changeset/swift-rules-hunt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15707bbf90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/swift-rules-hunt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/techdocs-common': patch
+---
+
+adds passing projectID to the Storage client
diff --git a/microsite/yarn.lock b/microsite/yarn.lock
index 81d28c7ab7..a9161f57fd 100644
--- a/microsite/yarn.lock
+++ b/microsite/yarn.lock
@@ -5215,9 +5215,9 @@ prettier@^2.5.1:
   integrity sha512-vBZcPRUR5MZJwoyi3ZoyQlc1rXeEck8KgeC9AwwOn+exuxLxq5toTRDTSaVrXHxelDMHy9zlicw8u66yxoSUFg==
 
 prismjs@^1.22.0:
-  version "1.25.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/prismjs/-/prismjs-1.25.0.tgz#6f822df1bdad965734b310b315a23315cf999756"
-  integrity sha512-WCjJHl1KEWbnkQom1+SzftbtXMKQoezOCYs5rECqMN+jP+apI7ftoflyqigqzopSO3hMhTEb0mFClA8lkolgEg==
+  version "1.27.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/prismjs/-/prismjs-1.27.0.tgz#bb6ee3138a0b438a3653dd4d6ce0cc6510a45057"
+  integrity sha512-t13BGPUlFDR7wRB5kQDG4jjl7XeuH6jbJGt11JHPL96qwsEHNX2+68tFXqc1/k+/jALsbSWJKUOT/hcYAZ5LkA==
 
 process-nextick-args@~2.0.0:
   version "2.0.1"
@@ -6499,9 +6499,9 @@ url-parse-lax@^3.0.0:
     prepend-http "^2.0.0"
 
 url-parse@^1.4.3:
-  version "1.5.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.5.7.tgz#00780f60dbdae90181f51ed85fb24109422c932a"
-  integrity sha512-HxWkieX+STA38EDk7CE9MEryFeHCKzgagxlGvsdS7WBImq9Mk+PGwiT56w82WI3aicwJA8REp42Cxo98c8FZMA==
+  version "1.5.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.5.10.tgz#9d3c2f736c1d75dd3bd2be507dcc111f1e2ea9c1"
+  integrity sha512-WypcfiRhfeUP9vvF0j6rw0J3hrWrw6iZv3+22h6iRMJ/8z1Tj6XfLP4DsUix5MhMPnXpiHDoKyoZ/bdCkwBCiQ==
   dependencies:
     querystringify "^2.1.1"
     requires-port "^1.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
index ba70c36e27..c3d9d3330b 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class GoogleGCSPublish implements PublisherBase {
     const credentials = config.getOptionalString(
       'techdocs.publisher.googleGcs.credentials',
     );
-    let credentialsJson = {};
+    let credentialsJson: any = {};
     if (credentials) {
       try {
         credentialsJson = JSON.parse(credentials);
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export class GoogleGCSPublish implements PublisherBase {
 
     const storageClient = new Storage({
       ...(credentials && {
+        projectId: credentialsJson.project_id,
         credentials: credentialsJson,
       }),
     });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e0757c196f..17489d9bb1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -24730,9 +24730,9 @@ url-parse-lax@^3.0.0:
     prepend-http "^2.0.0"
 
 url-parse@^1.5.3:
-  version "1.5.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.5.7.tgz#00780f60dbdae90181f51ed85fb24109422c932a"
-  integrity sha512-HxWkieX+STA38EDk7CE9MEryFeHCKzgagxlGvsdS7WBImq9Mk+PGwiT56w82WI3aicwJA8REp42Cxo98c8FZMA==
+  version "1.5.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.5.10.tgz#9d3c2f736c1d75dd3bd2be507dcc111f1e2ea9c1"
+  integrity sha512-WypcfiRhfeUP9vvF0j6rw0J3hrWrw6iZv3+22h6iRMJ/8z1Tj6XfLP4DsUix5MhMPnXpiHDoKyoZ/bdCkwBCiQ==
   dependencies:
     querystringify "^2.1.1"
     requires-port "^1.0.0"