diff --git a/server/events/event_parser.go b/server/events/event_parser.go
index 8d06ac98b..5bf83f1d8 100644
--- a/server/events/event_parser.go
+++ b/server/events/event_parser.go
@@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ func (e *EventParser) parseCommonBitbucketCloudEventData(event bitbucketcloud.Co
 		URL:        *event.PullRequest.Links.HTML.HREF,
 		HeadBranch: *event.PullRequest.Source.Branch.Name,
 		BaseBranch: *event.PullRequest.Destination.Branch.Name,
-		Author:     *event.Actor.Username,
+		Author:     *event.Actor.Nickname,
 		State:      prState,
 		BaseRepo:   baseRepo,
 	}
 	user = models.User{
-		Username: *event.Actor.Username,
+		Username: *event.Actor.Nickname,
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/server/events/testdata/bitbucket-cloud-comment-event.json b/server/events/testdata/bitbucket-cloud-comment-event.json
index 9bf283992..59885956e 100644
--- a/server/events/testdata/bitbucket-cloud-comment-event.json
+++ b/server/events/testdata/bitbucket-cloud-comment-event.json
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@
   },
   "actor": {
     "username": "lkysow",
+    "nickname": "lkysow",
     "display_name": "Luke",
     "account_id": "557058:dc3817de-68b5-45cd-b81c-5c39d2560090",
     "links": {
@@ -289,4 +290,4 @@
     "is_private": false,
     "uuid": "{94189367-116b-436a-9f77-2314b97a6067}"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/server/events/testdata/bitbucket-cloud-pull-event-fulfilled.json b/server/events/testdata/bitbucket-cloud-pull-event-fulfilled.json
index e35cecdcc..79244a407 100644
--- a/server/events/testdata/bitbucket-cloud-pull-event-fulfilled.json
+++ b/server/events/testdata/bitbucket-cloud-pull-event-fulfilled.json
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
   },
   "actor": {
     "username": "lkysow",
+    "nickname": "lkysow",
     "display_name": "Luke",
     "account_id": "557058:dc3817de-68b5-45cd-b81c-5c39d2560090",
     "links": {
@@ -237,4 +238,4 @@
     "is_private": false,
     "uuid": "{94189367-116b-436a-9f77-2314b97a6067}"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/server/events/vcs/bitbucketcloud/models.go b/server/events/vcs/bitbucketcloud/models.go
index 682ac09e3..6123b1ed7 100644
--- a/server/events/vcs/bitbucketcloud/models.go
+++ b/server/events/vcs/bitbucketcloud/models.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type DiffStatFile struct {
 }
 
 type Actor struct {
-	Username *string `json:"username,omitempty" validate:"required"`
+	Nickname *string `json:"nickname,omitempty" validate:"required"`
 }
 type Repository struct {
 	FullName *string `json:"full_name,omitempty" validate:"required"`