diff --git a/docs/docs/installation/bitbucket.md b/docs/docs/installation/bitbucket.md
index a15da9f1..507e88ae 100644
--- a/docs/docs/installation/bitbucket.md
+++ b/docs/docs/installation/bitbucket.md
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 ## Run as a Bitbucket Pipeline
 
-
 You can use the Bitbucket Pipeline system to run PR-Agent on every pull request open or update.
 
 1. Add the following file in your repository bitbucket-pipelines.yml
 
 ```yaml
 pipelines:
-    pull-requests:
-      '**':
-        - step:
-            name: PR Agent Review
-            image: python:3.12
-            services:
-              - docker
-            script:
-              - docker run -e CONFIG.GIT_PROVIDER=bitbucket -e OPENAI.KEY=$OPENAI_API_KEY -e BITBUCKET.BEARER_TOKEN=$BITBUCKET_BEARER_TOKEN codiumai/pr-agent:latest --pr_url=https://bitbucket.org/$BITBUCKET_WORKSPACE/$BITBUCKET_REPO_SLUG/pull-requests/$BITBUCKET_PR_ID review
+  pull-requests:
+    "**":
+      - step:
+          name: PR Agent Review
+          image: python:3.12
+          services:
+            - docker
+          script:
+            - docker run -e CONFIG.GIT_PROVIDER=bitbucket -e OPENAI.KEY=$OPENAI_API_KEY -e BITBUCKET.BEARER_TOKEN=$BITBUCKET_BEARER_TOKEN codiumai/pr-agent:latest --pr_url=https://bitbucket.org/$BITBUCKET_WORKSPACE/$BITBUCKET_REPO_SLUG/pull-requests/$BITBUCKET_PR_ID review
 ```
 
 2. Add the following secure variables to your repository under Repository settings > Pipelines > Repository variables.
-OPENAI_API_KEY: `<your key>`
-BITBUCKET_BEARER_TOKEN: `<your token>`
+   OPENAI_API_KEY: `<your key>`
+   BITBUCKET.AUTH_TYPE: `basic` or `bearer` (default is `bearer`)
+   BITBUCKET.BEARER_TOKEN: `<your token>` (required when auth_type is bearer)
+   BITBUCKET.BASIC_TOKEN: `<your token>` (required when auth_type is basic)
 
 You can get a Bitbucket token for your repository by following Repository Settings -> Security -> Access Tokens.
+For basic auth, you can generate a base64 encoded token from your username:password combination.
 
 Note that comments on a PR are not supported in Bitbucket Pipeline.
 
-
-
 ## Bitbucket Server and Data Center
 
 Login into your on-prem instance of Bitbucket with your service account username and password.
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ git_provider="bitbucket_server"
 ```
 
 and pass the Pull request URL:
+
 ```shell
 python cli.py --pr_url https://git.onpreminstanceofbitbucket.com/projects/PROJECT/repos/REPO/pull-requests/1 review
 ```
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ python cli.py --pr_url https://git.onpreminstanceofbitbucket.com/projects/PROJEC
 ### Run it as service
 
 To run PR-Agent as webhook, build the docker image:
+
 ```
 docker build . -t codiumai/pr-agent:bitbucket_server_webhook --target bitbucket_server_webhook -f docker/Dockerfile
 docker push codiumai/pr-agent:bitbucket_server_webhook  # Push to your Docker repository
diff --git a/pr_agent/git_providers/bitbucket_provider.py b/pr_agent/git_providers/bitbucket_provider.py
index 969ddf9e..73db18b9 100644
--- a/pr_agent/git_providers/bitbucket_provider.py
+++ b/pr_agent/git_providers/bitbucket_provider.py
@@ -29,17 +29,36 @@ class BitbucketProvider(GitProvider):
         self, pr_url: Optional[str] = None, incremental: Optional[bool] = False
     ):
         s = requests.Session()
-        try:
-            self.bearer_token = bearer = context.get("bitbucket_bearer_token", None)
-            if not bearer and get_settings().get("BITBUCKET.BEARER_TOKEN", None):
-                self.bearer_token = bearer = get_settings().get("BITBUCKET.BEARER_TOKEN", None)
-            s.headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {bearer}"
-        except Exception:
-            self.bearer_token = get_settings().get("BITBUCKET.BEARER_TOKEN", None)
-            s.headers[
-                "Authorization"
-            ] = f'Bearer {self.bearer_token}'
         s.headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+
+        self.auth_type = get_settings().get("BITBUCKET.AUTH_TYPE", "bearer")
+
+        try:
+            def get_token(token_name, auth_type_name):
+                token = get_settings().get(f"BITBUCKET.{token_name.upper()}", None)
+                if not token:
+                    raise ValueError(f"{auth_type_name} auth requires a token")
+                return token
+
+            if self.auth_type == "basic":
+                self.basic_token = get_token("basic_token", "Basic")
+                s.headers["Authorization"] = f"Basic {self.basic_token}"
+            elif self.auth_type == "bearer":
+                try:
+                    self.bearer_token = context.get("bitbucket_bearer_token", None)
+                except:
+                    self.bearer_token = None
+
+                if not self.bearer_token:
+                    get_token("bearer_token", "Bearer")
+                s.headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {self.bearer_token}"
+            else:
+                 raise ValueError(f"Unsupported auth_type: {self.auth_type}")
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            get_logger().exception(f"Failed to initialize Bitbucket authentication: {e}")
+            raise
+
         self.headers = s.headers
         self.bitbucket_client = Cloud(session=s)
         self.max_comment_length = 31000
@@ -608,16 +627,21 @@ class BitbucketProvider(GitProvider):
         if "bitbucket.org" not in repo_url_to_clone:
             get_logger().error("Repo URL is not a valid bitbucket URL.")
             return None
-        bearer_token = self.bearer_token
-        if not bearer_token:
-            get_logger().error("No bearer token provided. Returning None")
-            return None
 
-        #For example: For repo: https://bitbucket.org/codiumai/pr-agent-tests.git
-        #clone url will be: https://x-token-auth:<token>@bitbucket.org/codiumai/pr-agent-tests.git
         (scheme, base_url) = repo_url_to_clone.split("bitbucket.org")
         if not all([scheme, base_url]):
             get_logger().error(f"repo_url_to_clone: {repo_url_to_clone} is not a valid bitbucket URL.")
             return None
-        clone_url = f"{scheme}x-token-auth:{bearer_token}@bitbucket.org{base_url}"
+
+        if self.auth_type == "basic":
+            # Basic auth with token
+            clone_url = f"{scheme}x-token-auth:{self.basic_token}@bitbucket.org{base_url}"
+        elif self.auth_type == "bearer":
+            # Bearer token
+            clone_url = f"{scheme}x-token-auth:{self.bearer_token}@bitbucket.org{base_url}"
+        else:
+            # This case should ideally not be reached if __init__ validates auth_type
+            get_logger().error(f"Unsupported or uninitialized auth_type: {getattr(self, 'auth_type', 'N/A')}. Returning None")
+            return None
+
         return clone_url
diff --git a/pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml b/pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml
index 28201a0d..f1bb30d4 100644
--- a/pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml
+++ b/pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ personal_access_token = ""
 shared_secret = ""  # webhook secret
 
 [bitbucket]
-# For Bitbucket personal/repository bearer token
+# For Bitbucket authentication
+auth_type = "bearer"  # "bearer" or "basic"
+# For bearer token authentication
 bearer_token = ""
+# For basic authentication (uses token only)
+basic_token = ""
 
 [bitbucket_server]
 # For Bitbucket Server bearer token