diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-days-wonder.md b/.changeset/chatty-days-wonder.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e5114c28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-days-wonder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider': patch
+---
+
+Enabled persistency of scopes for Bitbucket Cloud.
diff --git a/.changeset/serious-guests-tan.md b/.changeset/serious-guests-tan.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c051dca464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/serious-guests-tan.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/integration-react': patch
+---
+
+Added scope `project` for Bitbucket Cloud.
diff --git a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.test.ts b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.test.ts
index d252b95b85..5872354d79 100644
--- a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.test.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('ScmAuth', () => {
     await expect(
       bitbucketAuth.getCredentials({ url: 'http://example.com' }),
     ).resolves.toMatchObject({
-      token: 'account team pullrequest snippet issue',
+      token: 'account team pullrequest snippet issue project',
     });
     await expect(
       bitbucketAuth.getCredentials({
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe('ScmAuth', () => {
       }),
     ).resolves.toMatchObject({
       token:
-        'account team pullrequest snippet issue pullrequest:write snippet:write issue:write',
+        'account team pullrequest snippet issue project pullrequest:write snippet:write issue:write',
     });
   });
 
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ describe('ScmAuth', () => {
         },
       }),
     ).resolves.toMatchObject({
-      token: 'account team pullrequest snippet issue snippet:write issue:write',
+      token:
+        'account team pullrequest snippet issue project snippet:write issue:write',
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
index ff3e8c098d..011422d4cf 100644
--- a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ export class ScmAuth implements ScmAuthApi {
       'pullrequest',
       'snippet',
       'issue',
+      'project',
     ];
     const repoWriteScopes = options?.scopeMapping?.repoWrite ?? [
       'pullrequest:write',
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/authenticator.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/authenticator.ts
index a2d8275964..e07d9caf98 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/authenticator.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/authenticator.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export const bitbucketAuthenticator = createOAuthAuthenticator({
     PassportOAuthAuthenticatorHelper.defaultProfileTransform,
   scopes: {
     required: ['account'],
+    persist: true,
   },
   initialize({ callbackUrl, config }) {
     const clientID = config.getString('clientId');
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/module.test.ts b/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/module.test.ts
index f1426d1b0d..6dddfb1d63 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/module.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider/src/module.test.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ describe('authModuleBitbucketProvider', () => {
     expect(decodeOAuthState(startUrl.searchParams.get('state')!)).toEqual({
       env: 'development',
       nonce: decodeURIComponent(nonceCookie.value),
+      scope: 'account',
     });
   });
 });