diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.spec.ts b/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.spec.ts
index fdce165e0554d666d263ea0749f1be5c84581575..2e8cd56de5a334280f7ee159a53e3be8133fd0bc 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.spec.ts
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ describe('modules/platform/bitbucket/index', () => {
       expect(pr?.number).toBe(5);
     });
 
-    it('removes inactive reviewers when updating pr', async () => {
+    it('removes inactive reviewers when creating pr', async () => {
       const inactiveReviewer = {
         user: {
           display_name: 'Bob Smith',
@@ -756,7 +756,14 @@ describe('modules/platform/bitbucket/index', () => {
           account_id: '123',
         },
       };
-      const activeReviewer = {
+      const activeReviewerOutsideOfWorkspace = {
+        user: {
+          display_name: 'Alice Smith',
+          uuid: '{a10e0228-ad84-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002}',
+          account_id: '789',
+        },
+      };
+      const activeReviewerWithinWorkspace = {
         user: {
           display_name: 'Jane Smith',
           uuid: '{90b6646d-1724-4a64-9fd9-539515fe94e9}',
@@ -767,7 +774,11 @@ describe('modules/platform/bitbucket/index', () => {
       scope
         .get('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/effective-default-reviewers')
         .reply(200, {
-          values: [activeReviewer, inactiveReviewer],
+          values: [
+            activeReviewerWithinWorkspace,
+            activeReviewerOutsideOfWorkspace,
+            inactiveReviewer,
+          ],
         })
         .post('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/pullrequests')
         .reply(400, {
@@ -779,14 +790,26 @@ describe('modules/platform/bitbucket/index', () => {
             message: 'reviewers: Malformed reviewers list',
           },
         })
-        .get('/2.0/users/%7Bd2238482-2e9f-48b3-8630-de22ccb9e42f%7D')
+        .get('/2.0/users/%7B90b6646d-1724-4a64-9fd9-539515fe94e9%7D')
         .reply(200, {
-          account_status: 'inactive',
+          account_status: 'active',
         })
-        .get('/2.0/users/%7B90b6646d-1724-4a64-9fd9-539515fe94e9%7D')
+        .get(
+          '/2.0/workspaces/some/members/%7B90b6646d-1724-4a64-9fd9-539515fe94e9%7D'
+        )
+        .reply(200)
+        .get('/2.0/users/%7Ba10e0228-ad84-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002%7D')
         .reply(200, {
           account_status: 'active',
         })
+        .get(
+          '/2.0/workspaces/some/members/%7Ba10e0228-ad84-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002%7D'
+        )
+        .reply(404)
+        .get('/2.0/users/%7Bd2238482-2e9f-48b3-8630-de22ccb9e42f%7D')
+        .reply(200, {
+          account_status: 'inactive',
+        })
         .post('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/pullrequests')
         .reply(200, { id: 5 });
       const pr = await bitbucket.createPr({
@@ -1065,7 +1088,12 @@ describe('modules/platform/bitbucket/index', () => {
         uuid: '{d2238482-2e9f-48b3-8630-de22ccb9e42f}',
         account_id: '123',
       };
-      const activeReviewer = {
+      const activeReviewerOutsideOfWorkspace = {
+        display_name: 'Alice Smith',
+        uuid: '{a10e0228-ad84-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002}',
+        account_id: '789',
+      };
+      const activeReviewerWithinWorkspace = {
         display_name: 'Jane Smith',
         uuid: '{90b6646d-1724-4a64-9fd9-539515fe94e9}',
         account_id: '456',
@@ -1073,7 +1101,13 @@ describe('modules/platform/bitbucket/index', () => {
       const scope = await initRepoMock();
       scope
         .get('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/pullrequests/5')
-        .reply(200, { reviewers: [activeReviewer, inactiveReviewer] })
+        .reply(200, {
+          reviewers: [
+            activeReviewerWithinWorkspace,
+            activeReviewerOutsideOfWorkspace,
+            inactiveReviewer,
+          ],
+        })
         .put('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/pullrequests/5')
         .reply(400, {
           type: 'error',
@@ -1084,14 +1118,26 @@ describe('modules/platform/bitbucket/index', () => {
             message: 'reviewers: Malformed reviewers list',
           },
         })
-        .get('/2.0/users/%7Bd2238482-2e9f-48b3-8630-de22ccb9e42f%7D')
+        .get('/2.0/users/%7B90b6646d-1724-4a64-9fd9-539515fe94e9%7D')
         .reply(200, {
-          account_status: 'inactive',
+          account_status: 'active',
         })
-        .get('/2.0/users/%7B90b6646d-1724-4a64-9fd9-539515fe94e9%7D')
+        .get(
+          '/2.0/workspaces/some/members/%7B90b6646d-1724-4a64-9fd9-539515fe94e9%7D'
+        )
+        .reply(200)
+        .get('/2.0/users/%7Ba10e0228-ad84-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002%7D')
         .reply(200, {
           account_status: 'active',
         })
+        .get(
+          '/2.0/workspaces/some/members/%7Ba10e0228-ad84-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002%7D'
+        )
+        .reply(404)
+        .get('/2.0/users/%7Bd2238482-2e9f-48b3-8630-de22ccb9e42f%7D')
+        .reply(200, {
+          account_status: 'inactive',
+        })
         .put('/2.0/repositories/some/repo/pullrequests/5')
         .reply(200);
       await expect(
diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.ts b/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
index e8b79da38787caa89b15e840581b6353ed50dacb..589557487c42d6b19870ffcd6c985ca19d01f5ed 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ async function sanitizeReviewers(
       if (msg === 'Malformed reviewers list') {
         logger.debug(
           { err },
-          'PR contains inactive reviewer accounts. Will try setting only active reviewers'
+          'PR contains reviewers that may be either inactive or no longer a member of this workspace. Will try setting only active reviewers'
         );
 
         // Validate that each previous PR reviewer account is still active
@@ -685,10 +685,12 @@ async function sanitizeReviewers(
           ).body;
 
           if (reviewerUser.account_status === 'active') {
-            sanitizedReviewers.push(reviewer);
+            // There are cases where an active user may still not be a member of a workspace
+            if (await isAccountMemberOfWorkspace(reviewer, config.repository)) {
+              sanitizedReviewers.push(reviewer);
+            }
           }
         }
-
         // Bitbucket returns a 400 if any of the PR reviewer accounts are no longer members of this workspace
       } else if (
         msg.endsWith(
@@ -700,21 +702,10 @@ async function sanitizeReviewers(
           'PR contains reviewer accounts which are no longer member of this workspace. Will try setting only member reviewers'
         );
 
-        const workspace = config.repository.split('/')[0];
-
         // Validate that each previous PR reviewer account is still a member of this workspace
         for (const reviewer of reviewers) {
-          try {
-            await bitbucketHttp.get(
-              `/2.0/workspaces/${workspace}/members/${reviewer.uuid}`
-            );
-
+          if (await isAccountMemberOfWorkspace(reviewer, config.repository)) {
             sanitizedReviewers.push(reviewer);
-          } catch (err) {
-            // HTTP 404: User cannot be found, or the user is not a member of this workspace.
-            if (err.response?.statusCode !== 404) {
-              throw err;
-            }
           }
         }
       } else {
@@ -728,6 +719,33 @@ async function sanitizeReviewers(
   return undefined;
 }
 
+async function isAccountMemberOfWorkspace(
+  reviewer: Account,
+  repository: string
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const workspace = repository.split('/')[0];
+
+  try {
+    await bitbucketHttp.get(
+      `/2.0/workspaces/${workspace}/members/${reviewer.uuid}`
+    );
+
+    return true;
+  } catch (err) {
+    // HTTP 404: User cannot be found, or the user is not a member of this workspace.
+    if (err.statusCode === 404) {
+      logger.debug(
+        { err },
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+        `User ${reviewer.display_name} is not a member of the workspace ${workspace}. Will be removed from the PR`
+      );
+
+      return false;
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
 // Creates PR and returns PR number
 export async function createPr({
   sourceBranch,