diff --git a/.changeset/tired-bats-attend.md b/.changeset/tired-bats-attend.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dede2cbdcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tired-bats-attend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/integration-react': patch
+---
+
+Separated gitlab `write_repository` scope to pass checks in `RefreshingAuthSessionManager`
diff --git a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
index 011422d4cf..823937ac28 100644
--- a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export class ScmAuth implements ScmAuthApi {
     const host = options?.host ?? 'gitlab.com';
     return new ScmAuth('gitlab', gitlabAuthApi, host, {
       default: ['read_user', 'read_api', 'read_repository'],
-      repoWrite: ['write_repository api'],
+      repoWrite: ['write_repository', 'api'],
     });
   }