diff --git a/.changeset/silent-insects-invent.md b/.changeset/silent-insects-invent.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c0dd358d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silent-insects-invent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab': patch
+---
+
+Add GitLab `visibility` to group entity annotations.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
index bb52d8908a..6c26e28604 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export type GitLabGroup = {
   name: string;
   full_path: string;
   description?: string;
+  visibility?: string;
   parent_id?: number;
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
index 65c3898d06..d69c99c777 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export class GitLabClient {
                       name
                       description
                       fullPath
+                      visibility
                       parent {
                         id
                       }
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ export class GitLabClient {
           name: groupItem.name,
           description: groupItem.description,
           full_path: groupItem.fullPath,
+          visibility: groupItem.visibility,
           parent_id: Number(
             groupItem.parent.id.replace(/^gid:\/\/gitlab\/Group\//, ''),
           ),
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/defaultTransformers.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/defaultTransformers.ts
index d7a6bf76e9..912e5a0502 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/defaultTransformers.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/defaultTransformers.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export function defaultGroupEntitiesTransformer(
     const annotations: { [annotationName: string]: string } = {};
 
     annotations[`${options.providerConfig.host}/team-path`] = group.full_path;
+    if (group.visibility !== undefined) {
+      annotations[`${options.providerConfig.host}/visibility`] =
+        group.visibility;
+    }
 
     const entity: GroupEntity = {
       apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts
index 25c9a4a232..123515ccf3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export type GitLabGroup = {
   name: string;
   full_path: string;
   description?: string;
+  visibility?: string;
   parent_id?: number;
 };
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ export type GitLabDescendantGroupsResponse = {
             name: string;
             description: string;
             fullPath: string;
+            visibility: string;
             parent: {
               id: string;
             };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.test.ts
index 669abc69b6..8dffdf1d7b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ describe('GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider', () => {
               'backstage.io/managed-by-origin-location':
                 'url:https://test-gitlab/group1/group2',
               'test-gitlab/team-path': 'group1/group2',
+              'test-gitlab/visibility': 'internal',
             },
             description: 'Group2',
             name: 'group1-group2',
@@ -525,6 +526,7 @@ describe('GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider', () => {
                       name: 'group2',
                       description: 'Group2',
                       fullPath: 'group1/group2',
+                      visibility: 'private',
                       parent: {
                         id: 'gid://gitlab/Group/123',
                       },
@@ -534,6 +536,7 @@ describe('GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider', () => {
                       name: 'group3',
                       description: 'Group3',
                       fullPath: 'group1/group3',
+                      visibility: 'public',
                       parent: {
                         id: 'gid://gitlab/Group/123',
                       },
@@ -703,6 +706,7 @@ describe('GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider', () => {
               'backstage.io/managed-by-origin-location':
                 'url:https://gitlab.com/group1/group2',
               'gitlab.com/team-path': 'group1/group2',
+              'gitlab.com/visibility': 'private',
             },
             description: 'Group2',
             name: 'group2',
@@ -728,6 +732,7 @@ describe('GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider', () => {
               'backstage.io/managed-by-origin-location':
                 'url:https://gitlab.com/group1/group3',
               'gitlab.com/team-path': 'group1/group3',
+              'gitlab.com/visibility': 'public',
             },
             description: 'Group3',
             name: 'group3',