diff --git a/workspaces/jenkins/.changeset/tough-ways-suffer.md b/workspaces/jenkins/.changeset/tough-ways-suffer.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad9b1ec68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspaces/jenkins/.changeset/tough-ways-suffer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage-community/plugin-jenkins-backend': patch
+---
+
+Fix [#796](https://github.com/backstage/community-plugins/pull/796) regression
diff --git a/workspaces/jenkins/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.ts b/workspaces/jenkins/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.ts
index 974f47637..06855ccde 100644
--- a/workspaces/jenkins/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.ts
+++ b/workspaces/jenkins/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.ts
@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ export class JenkinsApiImpl {
 
       const isStandaloneProject = !project.jobs;
       if (isStandaloneProject) {
+        const limitedStandaloneJobTreeSpec = `${JenkinsApiImpl.jobTreeSpec}{0,${jenkinsInfo.projectCountLimit}}`;
         const standaloneProject = await client.job.get({
           name: jenkinsInfo.jobFullName,
-          tree: limitedJobsTreeSpec.replace(/\s/g, ''),
+          tree: limitedStandaloneJobTreeSpec.replace(/\s/g, ''),
         });
         projects.push(this.augmentProject(standaloneProject));
         return projects;