diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/alpha.ts
index 4c49bb9de9..0b29a09ba9 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/alpha.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ import { catalogModuleGitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider } from './module/catalogModu
 /** @alpha */
 const _feature = catalogModuleGitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider;
 export default _feature;
+
+export { analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent } from './events/analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/events/analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/events/analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent.ts
index 4bea0230f0..6b2d44ddd6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/events/analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/events/analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { WebhookPushEventSchema } from '@gitbeaker/rest';
 type StringRecord = Record<string, unknown>;
 
 export interface AnalyzeWebhookEventOptions {
-  logger: LoggerService;
+  logger?: LoggerService;
   isRelevantPath: (path: string) => boolean;
 }
 
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ export async function analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent(
   }
 
   if (eventType === 'push') {
-    return onPushEvent(eventPayload as WebhookPushEventSchema, options);
+    return onPushEvent(eventPayload as unknown as WebhookPushEventSchema, options);
   }
 
   if (eventType === 'repository_update') {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/index.ts
index 0ad28b8a4b..4f64e76395 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/index.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export {
   GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider,
   GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider,
 } from './providers';
-export { analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent } from './events/analyzeGitLabWebhookEvent';
 export type {
   GitLabUser,
   GitLabGroup,