diff --git a/.changeset/tame-worms-do.md b/.changeset/tame-worms-do.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21872b9106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-worms-do.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud': patch
+---
+
+Fixed bug in event-based discovery that caused unnecessary API calls to Bitbucket Cloud
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.ts
index e4ba2f2dc0..5beb98ac08 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ export class BitbucketCloudEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
     const optRepoFilter = repoSlug ? ` repo:${repoSlug}` : '';
     const query = `"${catalogFilename}" path:${catalogPath}${optRepoFilter}`;
 
+    if (repoSlug) return this.processQuery(workspace, query);
+
     const projects = this.client
       .listProjectsByWorkspace(workspace)
       .iterateResults();