diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
index 722f079a21..c4cdd444cb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
@@ -13,18 +13,19 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import {
   getGitLabRequestOptions,
   GitLabIntegrationConfig,
 } from '@backstage/integration';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
+
 import {
-  GitLabGroup,
   GitLabDescendantGroupsResponse,
+  GitLabGroup,
   GitLabGroupMembersResponse,
   GitLabUser,
+  PagedResponse,
 } from './types';
 
 export type CommonListOptions = {
@@ -44,11 +45,6 @@ interface UserListOptions extends CommonListOptions {
   exclude_internal?: boolean | undefined;
 }
 
-export type PagedResponse<T> = {
-  items: T[];
-  nextPage?: number;
-};
-
 export class GitLabClient {
   private readonly config: GitLabIntegrationConfig;
   private readonly logger: Logger;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts
index 946317a11a..fa2eb73da6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-
 import { TaskScheduleDefinition } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
 
+export type PagedResponse<T> = {
+  items: T[];
+  nextPage?: number;
+};
+
 export type GitlabGroupDescription = {
   id: number;
   web_url: string;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
index 732f9f9fac..54373791ff 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
@@ -13,31 +13,31 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-
 import { PluginTaskScheduler, TaskRunner } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
+import {
+  ANNOTATION_LOCATION,
+  ANNOTATION_ORIGIN_LOCATION,
+  Entity,
+  GroupEntity,
+  UserEntity,
+} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { GitLabIntegration, ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import {
   EntityProvider,
   EntityProviderConnection,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
+import { merge } from 'lodash';
 import * as uuid from 'uuid';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
+
 import {
   GitLabClient,
   GitlabProviderConfig,
   paginated,
   readGitlabConfigs,
 } from '../lib';
-import { GitLabGroup, GitLabUser } from '../lib/types';
-import {
-  ANNOTATION_LOCATION,
-  ANNOTATION_ORIGIN_LOCATION,
-  Entity,
-  UserEntity,
-  GroupEntity,
-} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { merge } from 'lodash';
+import { GitLabGroup, GitLabUser, PagedResponse } from '../lib/types';
 
 type Result = {
   scanned: number;
@@ -245,9 +245,12 @@ export class GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
       groupRes.scanned++;
       groupRes.matches.push(group);
 
-      const groupUsers = await client.getGroupMembers(group.full_path, [
-        'DIRECT',
-      ]);
+      let groupUsers: PagedResponse<GitLabUser> = { items: [] };
+      try {
+        groupUsers = await client.getGroupMembers(group.full_path, ['DIRECT']);
+      } catch {
+        logger.error(`Failed fetching user for group: ${group.full_path}`);
+      }
 
       for (const groupUser of groupUsers.items) {
         const user = idMappedUser[groupUser.id];