diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
index 809ac168f2..772df7d37b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export class GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
   // (undocumented)
   getProviderName(): string;
   // (undocumented)
+  // (undocumented)
   refresh(logger: LoggerService): Promise<void>;
 }
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ export type GitLabGroup = {
   name: string;
   full_path: string;
   description?: string;
+  visibility?: string;
   parent_id?: number;
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
index 54ecf67503..d81db51117 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 {
   "name": "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab",
-  "version": "0.3.10-next.0",
+  "version": "0.3.11-next.2",
   "description": "A Backstage catalog backend module that helps integrate towards GitLab",
   "version": "0.3.15",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
-    "@gitbeaker/rest": "^39.25.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "uuid": "^9.0.0"
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.151",
     "@types/uuid": "^9.0.0",
     "luxon": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
index b30da0461a..8f56657f68 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ export class GitLabClient {
                       name
                       description
                       fullPath
+                      visibility
                       parent {
                         id
                       }
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ 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 b60814ade1..2857fea162 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export type GitLabGroup = {
   name: string;
   full_path: string;
   description?: string;
+  visibility?: string;
   parent_id?: number;
 };
 
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ export type GitLabDescendantGroupsResponse = {
             name: string;
             description: string;
             fullPath: string;
+            visibility: string;
             parent: {
               id: string;
             };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ce5c906b86..78162415e2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5598,11 +5598,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
-    "@gitbeaker/rest": ^39.25.0
     "@types/lodash": ^4.14.151
     "@types/uuid": ^9.0.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21