diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
index 09d061f17b..96ec3445dc 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/api-report.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const createGitlabProjectAccessTokenAction: (options: {
   } & {
     projectId: string | number;
     name?: string | undefined;
-    accessLevel?: string | undefined;
+    accessLevel?: number | undefined;
     scopes?: string[] | undefined;
   },
   {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabGroupEnsureExistsAction.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabGroupEnsureExistsAction.ts
index 6e883a0fcc..698d402697 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabGroupEnsureExistsAction.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabGroupEnsureExistsAction.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export const createGitlabGroupEnsureExistsAction = (options: {
         const fullPath = `${currentPath}/${pathElement}`;
         const result = (await api.Groups.search(
           fullPath,
-        )) as any as Array<GroupSchema>;
+        )) as any as Array<GroupSchema>; // recast since the return type for search is wrong in the gitbeaker typings
         const subGroup = result.find(
           searchPathElem => searchPathElem.full_path === fullPath,
         );
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabProjectAccessTokenAction.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabProjectAccessTokenAction.ts
index 1e0b8db900..832eb4cac7 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabProjectAccessTokenAction.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabProjectAccessTokenAction.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const createGitlabProjectAccessTokenAction = (options: {
           }),
           name: z.string({ description: 'Deploy Token Name' }).optional(),
           accessLevel: z
-            .string({ description: 'Access Level of the Token' })
+            .number({ description: 'Access Level of the Token' })
             .optional(),
           scopes: z.array(z.string(), { description: 'Scopes' }).optional(),
         }),