diff --git a/.changeset/fair-rockets-leave.md b/.changeset/fair-rockets-leave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41cf28fc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-rockets-leave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server': patch
+---
+
+Instead of using hardcoded targetBranch we are fetching the default branch from Bitbucket repository.
+This prevents from errors when no targetBranch is provided and the default repository branch is different from `master`, for example: `main`.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/actions/bitbucketServerPullRequest.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/actions/bitbucketServerPullRequest.test.ts
index 9d2dd915f8..61adf0e3c8 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/actions/bitbucketServerPullRequest.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/actions/bitbucketServerPullRequest.test.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ describe('publish:bitbucketServer:pull-request', () => {
     ],
     start: 0,
   };
+  const responseOfDefaultBranch = {
+    id: 'refs/heads/main',
+    displayId: 'main',
+    type: 'BRANCH',
+    latestCommit: '1245346tsdfgdf',
+    latestChangeset: 'wsdfgdh234',
+    isDefault: true,
+  };
   const responseOfPullRequests = {
     id: 19,
     version: 0,
@@ -190,6 +198,16 @@ describe('publish:bitbucketServer:pull-request', () => {
         );
       },
     ),
+    rest.get(
+      'https://hosted.bitbucket.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/project/repos/repo/default-branch',
+      (_, res, ctx) => {
+        return res(
+          ctx.status(200),
+          ctx.set('Content-Type', 'application/json'),
+          ctx.json(responseOfDefaultBranch),
+        );
+      },
+    ),
     rest.post(
       'https://hosted.bitbucket.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/project/repos/repo/pull-requests',
       (_, res, ctx) => {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/actions/bitbucketServerPullRequest.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/actions/bitbucketServerPullRequest.ts
index 8fddffaba4..440e402764 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/actions/bitbucketServerPullRequest.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/actions/bitbucketServerPullRequest.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,39 @@ const createBranch = async (opts: {
 
   return await response.json();
 };
+const getDefaultBranch = async (opts: {
+  project: string;
+  repo: string;
+  authorization: string;
+  apiBaseUrl: string;
+}) => {
+  const { project, repo, authorization, apiBaseUrl } = opts;
+  let response: Response;
+
+  const options: RequestInit = {
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: {
+      Authorization: authorization,
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+  };
+
+  try {
+    response = await fetch(
+      `${apiBaseUrl}/projects/${project}/repos/${repo}/default-branch`,
+      options,
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  const { displayId } = await response.json();
+  const defaultBranch = displayId;
+  if (!defaultBranch) {
+    throw new Error(`Could not fetch default branch for ${project}/${repo}`);
+  }
+  return defaultBranch;
+};
 /**
  * Creates a BitbucketServer Pull Request action.
  * @public
@@ -288,7 +321,7 @@ export function createPublishBitbucketServerPullRequestAction(options: {
         repoUrl,
         title,
         description,
-        targetBranch = 'master',
+        targetBranch,
         sourceBranch,
         gitAuthorName,
         gitAuthorEmail,
@@ -326,10 +359,20 @@ export function createPublishBitbucketServerPullRequestAction(options: {
 
       const apiBaseUrl = integrationConfig.config.apiBaseUrl;
 
+      let finalTargetBranch = targetBranch;
+      if (!finalTargetBranch) {
+        finalTargetBranch = await getDefaultBranch({
+          project,
+          repo,
+          authorization,
+          apiBaseUrl,
+        });
+      }
+
       const toRef = await findBranches({
         project,
         repo,
-        branchName: targetBranch,
+        branchName: finalTargetBranch!,
         authorization,
         apiBaseUrl,
       });