diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f2aa8a0169..d07597ea20 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmware/go-vcloud-director/v2 v2.17.0
 	github.com/vmware/goipmi v0.0.0-20181114221114-2333cd82d702
 	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.29.0
-	github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.74.0
+	github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.92.1
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.10.0
 	go.mondoo.com/ranger-rpc v0.0.0-20230328135530-12135c17095f
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.14.0
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gsterjov/go-libsecret v0.0.0-20161001094733-a6f4afe4910c // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix v1.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.1 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/mlock v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/parseutil v0.1.6 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 29c19253ab..537f8776c7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.8/go.mod h1:viDMjcLJuDui6pXb8U4HVfb8AamCWhHG
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:9B5zBasrRhHXnJnui7y6sL7es7NDiJgTc6Er0maI1Xs=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.1 h1:sUiuQAnLlbvmExtFQs72iFW/HXeUn8Z1aJLQ4LJJbTQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.1/go.mod h1:vAew36LZh98gCBJNLH42IQ1ER/9wtLZZ8meHqQvEYWY=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.2 h1:AcYqCvkpalPnPF2pn0KamgwamS42TqUDDYFRKq/RAd0=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.2/go.mod h1:Jy/gPYAdjqffZ/yFGCFV2doI5wjtH1ewM9u8iYVjtX8=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2 h1:jzhAVGtqPKbwpyCPELlgNWhE1znq+qwJtW5Oi2viEzc=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2/go.mod h1:pqUvnprVnM5bf7AOirdbb01K4ccR319Vf4pU3K5EGc8=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/mlock v0.1.1 h1:cCRo8gK7oq6A2L6LICkUZ+/a5rLiRXFMf1Qd4xSwxTc=
@@ -1424,6 +1426,8 @@ github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.29.0 h1:SHJQ7DUc4fltFZv16znJNGHR1/XhiDK5iKxm2OqwkuU
 github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.29.0/go.mod h1:F7adsVewLNHsW/IIm7ziFURaXDaHEwcc+ym4r3INMdY=
 github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.74.0 h1:Ha1cokbjn0PXy6B19t3W324dwM4AOT52fuHr7nERPrc=
 github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.74.0/go.mod h1:d/a0vswScO7Agg1CZNz15Ic6SSvBG9vfw8egL99t4kA=
+github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.92.1 h1:4HfRQtGtGd1M/Xn3G6hOikfWaysL7/G6y4EEzVKINPs=
+github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.92.1/go.mod h1:5ryv+MnpZStBH8I/77HuQBsMbBGANtVpLWC15qOjWAw=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 h1:+/15pJfg/RsTxqYcX6fHqOXZwwMP+2VyYWJeWM2qQFM=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3/go.mod h1:6dzNDKs0J9rVPHPhaGCukekBHKqfl+L3KghI1Bc68Uw=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
diff --git a/motor/discovery/gitlab/gitlab.go b/motor/discovery/gitlab/gitlab.go
index 4a9dda03c8..8472354040 100644
--- a/motor/discovery/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/motor/discovery/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -66,8 +67,10 @@ func (r *Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context, root *asset.Asset, pCfg *provide
 	case "gitlab-project":
 		if pCfg.IncludesOneOfDiscoveryTarget(common.DiscoveryAuto, common.DiscoveryAll, DiscoveryProject) {
 			name := defaultName
-			project, _ := p.Project()
-			grp, _ := p.Group()
+			project, err := p.Project()
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 
 			if name == "" {
 				if project != nil {
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context, root *asset.Asset, pCfg *provide
 			list = append(list, projectAsset)
 
 			if pCfg.IncludesOneOfDiscoveryTarget(common.DiscoveryAuto, common.DiscoveryAll, DiscoveryTerraform) {
-				terraformFiles, err := discoverTerraformHcl(ctx, p.Client(), grp.Path, project.Path)
+				terraformFiles, err := discoverTerraformHcl(ctx, p.Client(), project.ID)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Error().Err(err).Msg("error discovering terraform")
 				} else if len(terraformFiles) > 0 {
@@ -131,13 +134,18 @@ func (r *Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context, root *asset.Asset, pCfg *provide
 			})
 
 			if pCfg.IncludesOneOfDiscoveryTarget(common.DiscoveryAuto, common.DiscoveryAll, DiscoveryProject) {
-				for _, project := range grp.Projects {
+				proj, err := p.GroupProjects()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				for _, project := range proj {
 					clonedConfig := pCfg.Clone()
 					if clonedConfig.Options == nil {
 						clonedConfig.Options = map[string]string{}
 					}
 					clonedConfig.Options["group"] = grp.Path
 					clonedConfig.Options["project"] = project.Path
+					clonedConfig.Options["project-id"] = strconv.Itoa(project.ID)
 
 					id := gitlab_provider.NewGitLabProjectIdentifier(grp.Name, project.Name)
 					projectAsset := &asset.Asset{
@@ -150,7 +158,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context, root *asset.Asset, pCfg *provide
 					list = append(list, projectAsset)
 
 					if pCfg.IncludesOneOfDiscoveryTarget(common.DiscoveryAuto, common.DiscoveryAll, DiscoveryTerraform) {
-						terraformFiles, err := discoverTerraformHcl(ctx, p.Client(), grp.Path, project.Path)
+						terraformFiles, err := discoverTerraformHcl(ctx, p.Client(), project.ID)
 						if err == nil && len(terraformFiles) > 0 {
 							terraformCfg := terraformConfig(pCfg, project.HTTPURLToRepo)
 							terraformCfg.Credentials = credentials(pCfg)
@@ -171,7 +179,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context, root *asset.Asset, pCfg *provide
 }
 
 // discoverTerraformHcl will check if the repository contains terraform files and return the terraform asset
-func discoverTerraformHcl(ctx context.Context, client *gitlab_lib.Client, group string, project string) ([]string, error) {
+func discoverTerraformHcl(ctx context.Context, client *gitlab_lib.Client, projectId int) ([]string, error) {
 	opts := &gitlab_lib.ListTreeOptions{
 		ListOptions: gitlab_lib.ListOptions{
 			PerPage: 100,
@@ -181,7 +189,7 @@ func discoverTerraformHcl(ctx context.Context, client *gitlab_lib.Client, group
 
 	nodes := []*gitlab_lib.TreeNode{}
 	for {
-		data, resp, err := client.Repositories.ListTree(group+"/"+project, opts)
+		data, resp, err := client.Repositories.ListTree(projectId, opts)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/motor/providers/gitlab/platform.go b/motor/providers/gitlab/platform.go
index 10c819c960..40abbbc5de 100644
--- a/motor/providers/gitlab/platform.go
+++ b/motor/providers/gitlab/platform.go
@@ -53,7 +53,26 @@ func (t *Provider) Identifier() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (t *Provider) Group() (*gitlab.Group, error) {
-	grp, _, err := t.Client().Groups.GetGroup(t.GroupPath, nil)
+	var gid interface{}
+	gid = t.GroupPath
+	if t.GroupId != 0 {
+		gid = strconv.Itoa(t.GroupId)
+	}
+	grp, _, err := t.Client().Groups.GetGroup(gid, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	t.GroupId = grp.ID
+	return grp, err
+}
+
+func (t *Provider) GroupProjects() ([]*gitlab.Project, error) {
+	var gid interface{}
+	gid = t.GroupPath
+	if t.GroupId != 0 {
+		gid = t.GroupId
+	}
+	grp, _, err := t.Client().Groups.ListGroupProjects(gid, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -61,10 +80,17 @@ func (t *Provider) Group() (*gitlab.Group, error) {
 }
 
 func (t *Provider) Project() (*gitlab.Project, error) {
-	project, _, err := t.Client().Projects.GetProject(url.QueryEscape(t.GroupPath)+"/"+url.QueryEscape(t.ProjectPath), nil)
+	var pid interface{}
+	pid = url.QueryEscape(t.GroupPath) + "/" + url.QueryEscape(t.ProjectPath)
+	if t.ProjectId != 0 {
+		pid = t.ProjectId
+	}
+
+	project, _, err := t.Client().Projects.GetProject(pid, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	t.ProjectId = project.ID
 	return project, err
 }
 
diff --git a/motor/providers/gitlab/provider.go b/motor/providers/gitlab/provider.go
index 45b66bc6b0..220bcb5868 100644
--- a/motor/providers/gitlab/provider.go
+++ b/motor/providers/gitlab/provider.go
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ type Provider struct {
 	opts        map[string]string
 	GroupPath   string
 	ProjectPath string
+	GroupId     int
+	ProjectId   int
 }
 
 func (p *Provider) Close() {}
diff --git a/resources/packs/gitlab/gitlab.go b/resources/packs/gitlab/gitlab.go
index f863cec2d9..152731b750 100644
--- a/resources/packs/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/resources/packs/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
 	"go.mondoo.com/cnquery/motor/providers"
 	provider "go.mondoo.com/cnquery/motor/providers/gitlab"
 	"go.mondoo.com/cnquery/resources"
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func (g *mqlGitlabGroup) init(args *resources.Args) (*resources.Args, GitlabGrou
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	grp, _, err := gt.Client().Groups.GetGroup(gt.GroupPath, nil)
+	grp, err := gt.Group()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -55,11 +54,7 @@ func (g *mqlGitlabGroup) init(args *resources.Args) (*resources.Args, GitlabGrou
 		"visibility", string(grp.Visibility),
 		"requireTwoFactorAuthentication", grp.RequireTwoFactorAuth,
 	}
-	projects, err := g.createProjectResources(grp)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	resArgs = append(resArgs, "projects", projects)
+
 	mqlGroup, err := g.MotorRuntime.CreateResource("gitlab.group", resArgs...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -67,10 +62,15 @@ func (g *mqlGitlabGroup) init(args *resources.Args) (*resources.Args, GitlabGrou
 	return args, mqlGroup.(*mqlGitlabGroup), nil
 }
 
-func (g *mqlGitlabGroup) createProjectResources(grp *gitlab.Group) ([]interface{}, error) {
+func (g *mqlGitlabGroup) createProjectResources(prov *provider.Provider) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	var mqlProjects []interface{}
-	for i := range grp.Projects {
-		prj := grp.Projects[i]
+	proj, err := prov.GroupProjects()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for i := range proj {
+		prj := proj[i]
 
 		mqlProject, err := g.MotorRuntime.CreateResource("gitlab.project",
 			"id", int64(prj.ID),
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ func (g *mqlGitlabGroup) createProjectResources(grp *gitlab.Group) ([]interface{
 // GetProjects list all projects that belong to a group
 // see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/projects.html
 func (g *mqlGitlabGroup) GetProjects() ([]interface{}, error) {
-	return g.Projects()
+	gt, err := gitlabProvider(g.MotorRuntime.Motor.Provider)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return g.createProjectResources(gt)
 }
 
 func (g *mqlGitlabProject) id() (string, error) {
@@ -107,11 +111,21 @@ func (g *mqlGitlabProject) init(args *resources.Args) (*resources.Args, GitlabPr
 	if len(*args) > 2 {
 		return args, nil, nil
 	}
+	var projectId string
+	if args == nil || len(*args) == 0 {
+		if id := getAssetIdentifier(g.MqlResource().MotorRuntime, "project"); id != nil {
+			projectId = *id
+		}
+	} else {
+		if idArg, ok := (*args)["id"]; ok {
+			projectId = idArg.(string)
+		}
+	}
 
-	gt, err := gitlabProvider(g.MotorRuntime.Motor.Provider)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+	if projectId == "" {
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("no project info provided")
 	}
+
 	obj, err := g.MotorRuntime.CreateResource("gitlab.group")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -122,18 +136,36 @@ func (g *mqlGitlabProject) init(args *resources.Args) (*resources.Args, GitlabPr
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	matcher := gt.ProjectPath
+	matcher, err := strconv.Atoi(projectId)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
 	for i := range rawResources {
 		proj := rawResources[i].(*mqlGitlabProject)
-		mqlPath, err := proj.Path()
+		mqlId, err := proj.Id()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("project is not initialized")
-			return nil, nil, err
+			continue
 		}
-		if mqlPath == matcher {
+		if mqlId == int64(matcher) {
 			return args, proj, nil
 		}
 	}
 
 	return nil, nil, errors.New("project not found")
 }
+
+func getAssetIdentifier(runtime *resources.Runtime, t string) *string {
+	a := runtime.Motor.GetAsset()
+	if a == nil || len(a.Connections) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	switch t {
+	case "project":
+		if id, ok := a.Connections[0].Options["project-id"]; ok {
+			return &id
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}