diff --git a/.changeset/beige-garlics-doubt.md b/.changeset/beige-garlics-doubt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..436abce45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/beige-garlics-doubt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/test-utils': patch
+---
+
+Fix a bug in `MockStorageApi` where it unhelpfully returned new empty buckets every single time
diff --git a/packages/test-utils/src/testUtils/apis/StorageApi/MockStorageApi.ts b/packages/test-utils/src/testUtils/apis/StorageApi/MockStorageApi.ts
index 006b44a49c..5cb4bdfff6 100644
--- a/packages/test-utils/src/testUtils/apis/StorageApi/MockStorageApi.ts
+++ b/packages/test-utils/src/testUtils/apis/StorageApi/MockStorageApi.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
 
 export type MockStorageBucket = { [key: string]: any };
 
+const bucketStorageApis = new Map<string, MockStorageApi>();
+
 export class MockStorageApi implements StorageApi {
   private readonly namespace: string;
   private readonly data: MockStorageBucket;
@@ -37,7 +39,13 @@ export class MockStorageApi implements StorageApi {
   }
 
   forBucket(name: string): StorageApi {
-    return new MockStorageApi(`${this.namespace}/${name}`, this.data);
+    if (!bucketStorageApis.has(name)) {
+      bucketStorageApis.set(
+        name,
+        new MockStorageApi(`${this.namespace}/${name}`, this.data),
+      );
+    }
+    return bucketStorageApis.get(name)!;
   }
 
   get<T>(key: string): T | undefined {