diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json
index 2e255c8f3cf6..2bb052d5f715 100644
--- a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run.",
   "pr": "37345",
-  "modification": 52
+  "modification": 53
 }
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
index 7cc68fd1e4a2..179525de2cb0 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 from typing import Union
 
+from google.api_core.exceptions import Conflict
 from google.api_core.exceptions import RetryError
 from google.cloud import storage
 from google.cloud.exceptions import NotFound
@@ -143,7 +144,17 @@ def get_or_create_default_gcs_bucket(options):
         'Creating default GCS bucket for project %s: gs://%s',
         project,
         bucket_name)
-    return gcs.create_bucket(bucket_name, project, location=region)
+    try:
+      return gcs.create_bucket(bucket_name, project, location=region)
+    except Conflict:
+      bucket = gcs.get_bucket(bucket_name)
+      if bucket:
+        _validate_bucket_project(
+            bucket,
+            project,
+            credentials=getattr(gcs.client, '_credentials', None))
+        return bucket
+      raise
 
 
 def create_storage_client(pipeline_options, use_credentials=True):
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio_integration_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio_integration_test.py
index f5da9b60dbd6..a68b1179faf0 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio_integration_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio_integration_test.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import unittest
 import uuid
 import zlib
+from hashlib import blake2b
 
 import mock
 import pytest
@@ -207,19 +208,17 @@ def test_create_default_bucket(self, mock_default_gcs_bucket_name):
     # requires this option unset.
     google_cloud_options.dataflow_kms_key = None
 
-    import random
-    from hashlib import blake2b
-
-    # Add a random number to avoid collision if multiple test instances
-    # are run at the same time. To avoid too many dangling buckets if bucket
-    # removal fails, we limit the max number of possible bucket names in this
-    # test to 1000.
-    overridden_bucket_name = 'gcsio-it-%d-%s-%s-%d' % (
-        random.randint(0, 999),
+    # Add a unique uuid and the parameterized test options to the bucket name
+    # to avoid collisions when multiple parameterized instances run in parallel
+    # or concurrent CI jobs run at the same time.
+    overridden_bucket_name = 'gcsio-it-%s-%s-%s-%d-%s-%s' % (
+        uuid.uuid4().hex[:6],
         google_cloud_options.region,
         blake2b(google_cloud_options.project.encode('utf8'),
-                digest_size=4).hexdigest(),
-        int(time.time()))
+                digest_size=2).hexdigest(),
+        int(time.time()),
+        '1' if self.no_gcsio_throttling_counter else '0',
+        '1' if self.enable_gcsio_blob_generation else '0')
 
     mock_default_gcs_bucket_name.return_value = overridden_bucket_name
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio_test.py
index 9c4414175e48..ddb94f9c17fa 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio_test.py
@@ -487,6 +487,46 @@ def test_get_or_create_default_gcs_bucket_ownership_mock_project_number(
     self.assertEqual(bucket, mock_bucket)
     mock_crm_class.assert_not_called()
 
+  @mock.patch('google.cloud.resourcemanager_v3.ProjectsClient')
+  @mock.patch('apache_beam.io.gcp.gcsio.GcsIO')
+  def test_get_or_create_default_gcs_bucket_conflict(
+      self, mock_gcsio_class, mock_crm_class):
+    mock_gcsio = mock_gcsio_class.return_value
+    mock_bucket = mock.Mock()
+    mock_bucket.project_number = 123456789
+    mock_gcsio.get_bucket.side_effect = [None, mock_bucket]
+
+    from google.api_core.exceptions import Conflict
+    mock_gcsio.create_bucket.side_effect = Conflict("Already owned by you")
+
+    mock_crm_client = mock_crm_class.return_value
+    mock_project_info = mock.Mock()
+    mock_project_info.name = 'projects/123456789'
+    mock_crm_client.get_project.return_value = mock_project_info
+
+    options = SampleOptions(DEFAULT_GCP_PROJECT, 'us-central1')
+    bucket = gcsio.get_or_create_default_gcs_bucket(options)
+
+    self.assertEqual(bucket, mock_bucket)
+    self.assertEqual(mock_gcsio.get_bucket.call_count, 2)
+    mock_gcsio.create_bucket.assert_called_once()
+
+  @mock.patch('google.cloud.resourcemanager_v3.ProjectsClient')
+  @mock.patch('apache_beam.io.gcp.gcsio.GcsIO')
+  def test_get_or_create_default_gcs_bucket_conflict_reraise(
+      self, mock_gcsio_class, mock_crm_class):
+    mock_gcsio = mock_gcsio_class.return_value
+    mock_gcsio.get_bucket.side_effect = [None, None]
+
+    from google.api_core.exceptions import Conflict
+    mock_gcsio.create_bucket.side_effect = Conflict("Bucket name unavailable")
+
+    options = SampleOptions(DEFAULT_GCP_PROJECT, 'us-central1')
+    with self.assertRaises(Conflict):
+      gcsio.get_or_create_default_gcs_bucket(options)
+
+    self.assertEqual(mock_gcsio.get_bucket.call_count, 2)
+
   def test_exists(self):
     file_name = 'gs://gcsio-test/dummy_file'
     file_size = 1234