diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabPipelineTrigger.examples.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabPipelineTrigger.examples.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4948db908b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabPipelineTrigger.examples.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { TemplateExample } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import yaml from 'yaml';
+import { commonGitlabConfigExample } from '../commonGitlabConfig';
+
+export const examples: TemplateExample[] = [
+  {
+    description: 'Trigger a GitLab Project Pipeline',
+    example: yaml.stringify({
+      steps: [
+        {
+          id: 'triggerPipeline',
+          name: 'Trigger Project Pipeline',
+          action: 'gitlab:pipeline:trigger',
+          input: {
+            ...commonGitlabConfigExample,
+            projectId: 12,
+            tokenDescription:
+              'This is the text that will appear in the pipeline token',
+            token: 'glpt-xxxxxxxxxxxx',
+            branch: 'main',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    }),
+  },
+];
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabPipelineTrigger.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabPipelineTrigger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2edb529ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabPipelineTrigger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
+import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
+import { createTemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import {
+  ExpandedPipelineSchema,
+  PipelineTriggerTokenSchema,
+} from '@gitbeaker/rest';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import commonGitlabConfig from '../commonGitlabConfig';
+import { getClient, parseRepoUrl } from '../util';
+import { examples } from './gitlabPipelineTrigger.examples';
+
+const pipelineInputProperties = z.object({
+  projectId: z.number().describe('Project Id'),
+  tokenDescription: z.string().describe('Pipeline token description'),
+  branch: z.string().describe('Project branch'),
+});
+
+const pipelineOutputProperties = z.object({
+  pipelineUrl: z.string({ description: 'Pipeline Url' }),
+});
+
+/**
+ * Creates a `gitlab:pipeline:trigger` Scaffolder action.
+ *
+ * @param options - Templating configuration.
+ * @public
+ */
+export const createTriggerGitlabPipelineAction = (options: {
+  integrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
+}) => {
+  const { integrations } = options;
+  return createTemplateAction({
+    id: 'gitlab:pipeline:trigger',
+    description: 'Triggers a GitLab Pipeline.',
+    examples,
+    schema: {
+      input: commonGitlabConfig.merge(pipelineInputProperties),
+      output: pipelineOutputProperties,
+    },
+    async handler(ctx) {
+      try {
+        const { repoUrl, projectId, tokenDescription, token, branch } =
+          commonGitlabConfig.merge(pipelineInputProperties).parse(ctx.input);
+
+        const { host } = parseRepoUrl(repoUrl, integrations);
+        const api = getClient({ host, integrations, token });
+
+        // Get a pipeline token
+        const createdPipelineTokenResponse =
+          (await api.PipelineTriggerTokens.create(
+            projectId,
+            tokenDescription,
+          )) as PipelineTriggerTokenSchema;
+
+        if (!createdPipelineTokenResponse.token) {
+          return;
+        }
+        // Use the pipeline token to trigger the pipeline in the project
+        const pipelineTriggerResponse =
+          (await api.PipelineTriggerTokens.trigger(
+            projectId,
+            branch,
+            createdPipelineTokenResponse.token,
+          )) as ExpandedPipelineSchema;
+
+        // Delete the pipeline token
+        await api.PipelineTriggerTokens.remove(
+          projectId,
+          createdPipelineTokenResponse.id,
+        );
+
+        ctx.output('pipelineUrl', pipelineTriggerResponse.web_url);
+      } catch (error: any) {
+        if (error instanceof z.ZodError) {
+          // Handling Zod validation errors
+          throw new InputError(`Validation error: ${error.message}`, {
+            validationErrors: error.errors,
+          });
+        }
+        // Handling other errors
+        throw new InputError(`Failed to trigger Pipeline: ${error.message}`);
+      }
+    },
+  });
+};
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/index.ts
index 4a5ca06c98..fb80a43ff4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/index.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 export * from './createGitlabGroupEnsureExistsAction';
-export * from './createGitlabProjectDeployTokenAction';
-export * from './createGitlabProjectAccessTokenAction';
-export * from './createGitlabProjectVariableAction';
 export * from './createGitlabIssueAction';
+export * from './createGitlabProjectAccessTokenAction';
+export * from './createGitlabProjectDeployTokenAction';
+export * from './createGitlabProjectVariableAction';
 export * from './gitlab';
 export * from './gitlabMergeRequest';
 export * from './gitlabRepoPush';
+export * from './gitlabPipelineTrigger';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/module.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/module.ts
index 3571575827..17052b987f 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/module.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/module.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   coreServices,
   createBackendModule,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { scaffolderActionsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import {
   createGitlabGroupEnsureExistsAction,
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ import {
   createGitlabRepoPushAction,
   createPublishGitlabAction,
   createPublishGitlabMergeRequestAction,
+  createTriggerGitlabPipelineAction,
 } from './actions';
-import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 
 /**
  * @public
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ export const gitlabModule = createBackendModule({
           createGitlabRepoPushAction({ integrations }),
           createPublishGitlabAction({ config, integrations }),
           createPublishGitlabMergeRequestAction({ integrations }),
+          createTriggerGitlabPipelineAction({ integrations }),
         );
       },
     });