diff --git a/.changeset/four-fireants-whisper.md b/.changeset/four-fireants-whisper.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4815751e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/four-fireants-whisper.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-xcmetrics': patch
+---
+
+Fix bug where invalid build statuses led to crashes
diff --git a/plugins/xcmetrics/src/components/StatusIcon/StatusIcon.test.tsx b/plugins/xcmetrics/src/components/StatusIcon/StatusIcon.test.tsx
index a208432f59..0801a34b48 100644
--- a/plugins/xcmetrics/src/components/StatusIcon/StatusIcon.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/xcmetrics/src/components/StatusIcon/StatusIcon.test.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { renderInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { StatusIcon } from './StatusIcon';
+import { BuildStatus } from '../../api';
 
 describe('StatusIcon', () => {
   it('should render', async () => {
@@ -31,4 +32,11 @@ describe('StatusIcon', () => {
     rendered = await renderInTestApp(<StatusIcon buildStatus="stopped" />);
     expect(rendered.getByLabelText('Status warning')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('should render invalid statuses', async () => {
+    const rendered = await renderInTestApp(
+      <StatusIcon buildStatus={'invalid' as BuildStatus} />,
+    );
+    expect(rendered.getByLabelText('Status aborted')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/xcmetrics/src/components/StatusIcon/StatusIcon.tsx b/plugins/xcmetrics/src/components/StatusIcon/StatusIcon.tsx
index 610575b817..f28b5e4fe4 100644
--- a/plugins/xcmetrics/src/components/StatusIcon/StatusIcon.tsx
+++ b/plugins/xcmetrics/src/components/StatusIcon/StatusIcon.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 import React from 'react';
 import {
+  StatusAborted,
   StatusError,
   StatusOK,
   StatusWarning,
@@ -32,4 +33,4 @@ interface StatusIconProps {
 }
 
 export const StatusIcon = ({ buildStatus }: StatusIconProps) =>
-  STATUS_ICONS[buildStatus];
+  STATUS_ICONS[buildStatus] ?? <StatusAborted />;