diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.test.ts
index 28c5eb2775..2bb1f713b5 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.test.ts
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ describe('GitLabClient', () => {
       });
 
       const saasMembers = (
-        await client.getGroupMembers('group1', 'DIRECT, DESCENDANTS')
+        await client.getGroupMembers('group1', ['DIRECT, DESCENDANTS'])
       ).items;
       const expectedSaasMember = [
         {
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ describe('GitLabClient', () => {
       });
 
       const saasMembers = (
-        await client.getGroupMembers('group1', 'DIRECT, DESCENDANTS')
+        await client.getGroupMembers('group1', ['DIRECT, DESCENDANTS'])
       ).items;
 
       expect(saasMembers).toEqual([]);
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ describe('GitLabClient', () => {
       });
 
       await expect(() =>
-        client.getGroupMembers('group1', 'DIRECT, DESCENDANTS'),
+        client.getGroupMembers('group1', ['DIRECT, DESCENDANTS']),
       ).rejects.toThrow(
         'GraphQL errors: [{"message":"Unexpected end of document","locations":[]}]',
       );
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ describe('GitLabClient', () => {
       });
 
       const saasMembers = (
-        await client.getGroupMembers('group1', 'DIRECT, DESCENDANTS')
+        await client.getGroupMembers('group1', ['DIRECT, DESCENDANTS'])
       ).items;
 
       const expectedSaasMember1 = {
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ describe('GitLabClient', () => {
         logger: getVoidLogger(),
       });
 
-      const members = await client.getGroupMembers('group1', 'DIRECT');
+      const members = await client.getGroupMembers('group1', ['DIRECT']);
 
       const user = {
         id: 1,
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ describe('GitLabClient', () => {
         logger: getVoidLogger(),
       });
 
-      const members = await client.getGroupMembers('group1', 'DIRECT');
+      const members = await client.getGroupMembers('group1', ['DIRECT']);
 
       expect(members.items).toEqual([]);
     });
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ describe('GitLabClient', () => {
       });
 
       await expect(() =>
-        client.getGroupMembers('group1', 'DIRECT'),
+        client.getGroupMembers('group1', ['DIRECT']),
       ).rejects.toThrow(
         'GraphQL errors: [{"message":"Unexpected end of document","locations":[]}]',
       );
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ describe('GitLabClient', () => {
         logger: getVoidLogger(),
       });
 
-      const members = await client.getGroupMembers('group1', 'DIRECT');
+      const members = await client.getGroupMembers('group1', ['DIRECT']);
 
       expect(members.items[0].id).toEqual(1);
       expect(members.items[1].id).toEqual(2);
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
index 006a345c4a..e2c4914979 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export class GitLabClient {
 
   async getGroupMembers(
     groupPath: string,
-    relations: string,
+    relations: string[],
   ): Promise<PagedResponse<GitLabUser>> {
     const items: GitLabUser[] = [];
     let hasNextPage: boolean = false;
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ export class GitLabClient {
           },
           body: JSON.stringify({
             variables: { group: groupPath, relations: relations, endCursor },
-            query: `query getGroupMembers($group: ID!, $relations: GroupMemberRelation!, $endCursor: String) {
+            query: `query getGroupMembers($group: ID!, $relations: [GroupMemberRelation!], $endCursor: String) {
               group(fullPath: $group) {
-                groupMembers(first: 100, relations: [$relations], after: $endCursor) {
+                groupMembers(first: 100, relations: $relations, after: $endCursor) {
                   nodes {
                     user {
                       id
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
index 5c4624c43a..0ef0e2b23c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ export class GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
     } else {
       groups = (await client.listDescendantGroups(this.config.group)).items;
       users = (
-        await client.getGroupMembers(this.config.group.split('/')[0], 'DIRECT')
+        await client.getGroupMembers(this.config.group.split('/')[0], [
+          'DIRECT',
+          'DESCENDANTS',
+        ])
       ).items;
     }
 
@@ -237,10 +240,9 @@ export class GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
       groupRes.scanned++;
       groupRes.matches.push(group);
 
-      const groupUsers = await client.getGroupMembers(
-        group.full_path,
+      const groupUsers = await client.getGroupMembers(group.full_path, [
         'DIRECT',
-      );
+      ]);
 
       for (const groupUser of groupUsers.items) {
         const user = idMappedUser[groupUser.id];