diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.test.ts
index c723db4a7f..b2f3dc6480 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.test.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('publish:gitlab', () => {
       topics: ['topic'],
       settings: {
         ci_config_path: '.gitlab-ci.yml',
-        visibility: 'internal',
+        visibility: 'internal' as const,
         topics: ['topic1', 'topic2'],
       },
     },
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.types.ts
index 8882df8fec..46bf1c4882 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.types.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export type GitlabProjectSettings = ({ name: string } | { path: string }) & {
+export type GitlabProjectSettings = {
+  path?: string;
   auto_devops_enabled?: boolean;
   ci_config_path?: string;
   description?: string;
   namespace_id?: number;
   topics?: string[];
-  visibility: 'private' | 'internal' | 'public';
+  visibility?: 'private' | 'internal' | 'public';
   group_runners_enabled?: boolean;
   emails_enabled?: boolean;
   container_registry_access_level?: 'disabled' | 'private' | 'enabled';