diff --git a/.changeset/happy-boxes-arrive.md b/.changeset/happy-boxes-arrive.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85998c1bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/happy-boxes-arrive.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react': patch
+---
+
+fix bug with `hasErrors` returning false when dealing with empty objects
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/utils.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/utils.test.ts
index f6a1b012ac..e07c4e5508 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/utils.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/utils.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+import { type FormValidation } from './createAsyncValidators';
 import { hasErrors } from './utils';
 
 describe('hasErrors', () => {
@@ -58,4 +59,35 @@ describe('hasErrors', () => {
       }),
     ).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('should not return false when the error is an empty object', () => {
+    const errors = {
+      something: {},
+      otherThing: {},
+      someName: {
+        __errors: [
+          'Accepts alphanumeric values along with _(underscore) and -(hypen) as special characters',
+        ],
+        addError: jest.fn(),
+      },
+      someOtherName: {
+        __errors: ['Must start with an alphabet & not contain .(period)'],
+        addError: jest.fn(),
+      },
+      aName: {
+        __errors: [],
+        addError: jest.fn(),
+      },
+      bName: {
+        __errors: [],
+        addError: jest.fn(),
+      },
+      cName: {
+        __errors: [],
+        addError: jest.fn(),
+      },
+    };
+
+    expect(hasErrors(errors)).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/utils.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/utils.ts
index 7d3efa9d94..0b70f57813 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/utils.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ export function hasErrors(errors?: FormValidation): boolean {
       continue;
     }
 
-    return hasErrors(error);
+    if (hasErrors(error)) {
+      return true;
+    }
   }
 
   return false;