diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.spec.ts b/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.spec.ts
index bd5cd4e768b72b..f4f8de3cad9137 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.spec.ts
@@ -277,34 +277,14 @@ describe('modules/platform/bitbucket/index', () => {
           uuid: '123',
           full_name: 'some/repo',
         })
-        .get('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/refs/branches/master')
-        .twice()
-        .reply(200, {
-          name: 'branch',
-          target: {
-            hash: 'branch_hash',
-            parents: [{ hash: 'master_hash' }],
-          },
-        })
-        .post('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/commit/branch_hash/statuses/build', {
+        .post('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/commit/HEAD/statuses/build', {
           name: 'Renovate',
           state: 'SUCCESSFUL',
           key: 'Renovate',
           description: 'Repository Dashboard',
           url: 'https://developer.mend.io/bitbucket/some/repo',
         })
-        .reply(200)
-        .get(
-          '/2.0/repositories/some/repo/commit/branch_hash/statuses?pagelen=100',
-        )
-        .reply(200, {
-          values: [
-            {
-              key: 'Renovate',
-              state: 'SUCCESSFUL',
-            },
-          ],
-        });
+        .reply(200);
 
       expect(
         await bitbucket.initRepo({
diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.ts b/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
index 08817bff3576f4..da2aab1aee8868 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export async function initRepo({
 
     if (bbMendAppDashboardStatus) {
       logger.debug('Creating branch status for Mend App Repository Dashboard');
-      await setBranchStatus({
+      await setHeadBranchStatus({
         branchName: config.defaultBranch,
         context: 'Renovate',
         description: 'Repository Dashboard',
@@ -527,6 +527,26 @@ export async function setBranchStatus({
   await getStatus(branchName, false);
 }
 
+async function setHeadBranchStatus({
+  context,
+  description,
+  state,
+  url,
+}: BranchStatusConfig): Promise<void> {
+  const body = {
+    name: context,
+    state: utils.buildStates[state],
+    key: context,
+    description,
+    url,
+  };
+
+  await bitbucketHttp.postJson(
+    `/2.0/repositories/${config.repository}/commit/HEAD/statuses/build`,
+    { body },
+  );
+}
+
 type BbIssue = { id: number; title: string; content?: { raw: string } };
 
 async function findOpenIssues(title: string): Promise<BbIssue[]> {