diff --git a/lib/constants/platform.spec.ts b/lib/constants/platform.spec.ts
index c02a997356c320..3fe0b31b33d85a 100644
--- a/lib/constants/platform.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/constants/platform.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { BitBucketTagsDatasource } from '../datasource/bitbucket-tags';
 import { id as GH_RELEASES_DS } from '../datasource/github-releases';
 import { id as GH_TAGS_DS } from '../datasource/github-tags';
 import { GitlabPackagesDatasource } from '../datasource/gitlab-packages';
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ import { GitlabReleasesDatasource } from '../datasource/gitlab-releases';
 import { id as GL_TAGS_DS } from '../datasource/gitlab-tags';
 import { id as POD_DS } from '../datasource/pod';
 import {
+  BITBUCKET_API_USING_HOST_TYPES,
   GITHUB_API_USING_HOST_TYPES,
   GITLAB_API_USING_HOST_TYPES,
   PlatformId,
@@ -36,4 +38,13 @@ describe('constants/platform', () => {
   it('should be not part of the GITHUB_API_USING_HOST_TYPES ', () => {
     expect(GITHUB_API_USING_HOST_TYPES.includes(PlatformId.Gitlab)).toBeFalse();
   });
+
+  it('should be part of the BITBUCKET_API_USING_HOST_TYPES ', () => {
+    expect(
+      BITBUCKET_API_USING_HOST_TYPES.includes(BitBucketTagsDatasource.id)
+    ).toBeTrue();
+    expect(
+      BITBUCKET_API_USING_HOST_TYPES.includes(PlatformId.Bitbucket)
+    ).toBeTrue();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/constants/platforms.ts b/lib/constants/platforms.ts
index 83ce1e763c20ab..a203234a3c2f1d 100644
--- a/lib/constants/platforms.ts
+++ b/lib/constants/platforms.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ export const GITLAB_API_USING_HOST_TYPES = [
   'gitlab-tags',
   'gitlab-packages',
 ];
+
+export const BITBUCKET_API_USING_HOST_TYPES = [
+  PlatformId.Bitbucket,
+  'bitbucket-tags',
+];
diff --git a/lib/datasource/bitbucket-tags/index.ts b/lib/datasource/bitbucket-tags/index.ts
index 53fe34d340eb2c..074e5bf3474ce0 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/bitbucket-tags/index.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/bitbucket-tags/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { DigestConfig, GetReleasesConfig, ReleaseResult } from '../types';
 import { BitbucketCommit, BitbucketTag } from './types';
 
 export class BitBucketTagsDatasource extends Datasource {
-  bitbucketHttp = new BitbucketHttp();
+  bitbucketHttp = new BitbucketHttp(BitBucketTagsDatasource.id);
 
   static readonly id = 'bitbucket-tags';
 
diff --git a/lib/util/http/bitbucket.ts b/lib/util/http/bitbucket.ts
index 1445d0e84723fb..575b70c87f607e 100644
--- a/lib/util/http/bitbucket.ts
+++ b/lib/util/http/bitbucket.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ export const setBaseUrl = (url: string): void => {
 };
 
 export class BitbucketHttp extends Http {
-  constructor(options?: HttpOptions) {
-    super(PlatformId.Bitbucket, options);
+  constructor(type: string = PlatformId.Bitbucket, options?: HttpOptions) {
+    super(type, options);
   }
 
   protected override request<T>(
diff --git a/lib/util/http/host-rules.spec.ts b/lib/util/http/host-rules.spec.ts
index cad61c7a493961..fa33fa9df0a01d 100644
--- a/lib/util/http/host-rules.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/util/http/host-rules.spec.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ describe('util/http/host-rules', () => {
       username: 'some',
       password: 'xxx',
     });
+
+    hostRules.add({
+      hostType: PlatformId.Bitbucket,
+      token: 'cdef',
+    });
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -224,4 +229,31 @@ describe('util/http/host-rules', () => {
       token: 'abc',
     });
   });
+
+  it('no fallback to bitbucket', () => {
+    hostRules.add({
+      hostType: 'bitbucket-tags',
+      username: 'some',
+      password: 'xxx',
+    });
+    expect(
+      applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'bitbucket-tags' })
+    ).toEqual({
+      hostType: 'bitbucket-tags',
+      username: 'some',
+      password: 'xxx',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('fallback to bitbucket', () => {
+    expect(
+      applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'bitbucket-tags' })
+    ).toEqual({
+      context: {
+        authType: undefined,
+      },
+      hostType: 'bitbucket-tags',
+      token: 'cdef',
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/util/http/host-rules.ts b/lib/util/http/host-rules.ts
index 3c786d17093789..92d23a7df83ec7 100644
--- a/lib/util/http/host-rules.ts
+++ b/lib/util/http/host-rules.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  BITBUCKET_API_USING_HOST_TYPES,
   GITHUB_API_USING_HOST_TYPES,
   GITLAB_API_USING_HOST_TYPES,
   PlatformId,
@@ -48,6 +49,21 @@ function findMatchingRules(options: GotOptions, url: string): HostRule {
     };
   }
 
+  // Fallback to `bitbucket` hostType
+  if (
+    hostType &&
+    BITBUCKET_API_USING_HOST_TYPES.includes(hostType) &&
+    hostType !== PlatformId.Bitbucket
+  ) {
+    res = {
+      ...hostRules.find({
+        hostType: PlatformId.Bitbucket,
+        url,
+      }),
+      ...res,
+    };
+  }
+
   return res;
 }