diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/package.json
index ac90aaf86a..f5ef864ef2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/package.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^",
+    "p-throttle": "^4.1.1",
     "uuid": "^11.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/lib/BitbucketServerClient.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/lib/BitbucketServerClient.ts
index ee2caf7ffd..9ab116a400 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/lib/BitbucketServerClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/src/lib/BitbucketServerClient.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ import {
   getBitbucketServerRequestOptions,
 } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { BitbucketServerProject, BitbucketServerRepository } from './types';
+import pThrottle from 'p-throttle';
+
+const throttle = pThrottle({
+  limit: 1,
+  interval: 500,
+});
+
+const throttledFetch = throttle(
+  async (url: fetch.RequestInfo, options?: fetch.RequestInit) => {
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(url));
+    return await fetch(url, options);
+  },
+);
 
 /**
  * A client for interacting with a Bitbucket Server instance
@@ -65,7 +78,7 @@ export class BitbucketServerClient {
     path: string;
   }): Promise<Response> {
     const base = new URL(this.config.apiBaseUrl);
-    return fetch(
+    return throttledFetch(
       `${base.protocol}//${base.host}/projects/${options.projectKey}/repos/${options.repo}/raw/${options.path}`,
       getBitbucketServerRequestOptions(this.config),
     );
@@ -76,7 +89,7 @@ export class BitbucketServerClient {
     repo: string;
   }): Promise<BitbucketServerRepository> {
     const request = `${this.config.apiBaseUrl}/projects/${options.projectKey}/repos/${options.repo}`;
-    const response = await fetch(
+    const response = await throttledFetch(
       request,
       getBitbucketServerRequestOptions(this.config),
     );
@@ -117,16 +130,17 @@ export class BitbucketServerClient {
   }
 
   private async request(req: Request): Promise<Response> {
-    return fetch(req, getBitbucketServerRequestOptions(this.config)).then(
-      (response: Response) => {
-        if (!response.ok) {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Unexpected response for ${req.method} ${req.url}. Expected 200 but got ${response.status} - ${response.statusText}`,
-          );
-        }
-        return response;
-      },
-    );
+    return throttledFetch(
+      req,
+      getBitbucketServerRequestOptions(this.config),
+    ).then((response: Response) => {
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Unexpected response for ${req.method} ${req.url}. Expected 200 but got ${response.status} - ${response.statusText}`,
+        );
+      }
+      return response;
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2c40b37ad1..d315dc0104 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5876,6 +5876,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^"
     luxon: ^3.0.0
     msw: ^1.0.0
+    p-throttle: ^4.1.1
     uuid: ^11.0.0
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft