diff --git a/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/api/dto/GitLabMemberDTO.kt b/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/api/dto/GitLabMemberDTO.kt
index 2ae5332e3dd5..aee036963746 100644
--- a/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/api/dto/GitLabMemberDTO.kt
+++ b/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/api/dto/GitLabMemberDTO.kt
@@ -1,30 +1,49 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.api.dto
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer
 import com.intellij.collaboration.api.dto.GraphQLFragment
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.api.data.GitLabAccessLevel
 
+
+@JsonDeserialize(using = GitLabMemberDTODeserializer::class)
 @GraphQLFragment("graphql/fragment/member.graphql")
 class GitLabMemberDTO(
   val id: String,
   val user: GitLabUserDTO,
-  accessLevel: AccessLevel
-) {
-  val accessLevel: GitLabAccessLevel = parseAccessLevel(accessLevel.stringValue)
+  val accessLevel: GitLabAccessLevel
+)
 
-  class AccessLevel(val stringValue: String)
+class GitLabMemberDTODeserializer : StdDeserializer<GitLabMemberDTO?>(GitLabMemberDTO::class.java) {
+  override fun deserialize(jsonParser: JsonParser, context: DeserializationContext): GitLabMemberDTO? {
+    val codec = jsonParser.codec
+    val node: JsonNode = codec.readTree(jsonParser)
 
-  companion object {
-    private val logger: Logger = logger<GitLabMemberDTO>()
-
-    private fun parseAccessLevel(accessLevel: String) = try {
-      GitLabAccessLevel.valueOf(accessLevel)
-    }
-    catch (_: IllegalArgumentException) {
-      logger.error("Unable to parse access level")
-      GitLabAccessLevel.NO_ACCESS
+    return if (node.isEmpty) null
+    else {
+      //codec.treeToValue(node, GitLabMemberDTO::class.java) leads to SOE
+      val id: String = node["id"].asText()
+      val user: GitLabUserDTO = codec.treeToValue(node["user"], GitLabUserDTO::class.java)
+      val accessLevel = node["accessLevel"]["stringValue"].asText().let(::parseAccessLevel)
+      GitLabMemberDTO(id, user, accessLevel)
     }
   }
+
+  private fun parseAccessLevel(accessLevel: String) = try {
+    GitLabAccessLevel.valueOf(accessLevel)
+  }
+  catch (_: IllegalArgumentException) {
+    LOG.error("Unable to parse access level")
+    GitLabAccessLevel.NO_ACCESS
+  }
+
+  companion object {
+    private val LOG: Logger = logger<GitLabMemberDTO>()
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/api/request/GitLabProjectApi.kt b/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/api/request/GitLabProjectApi.kt
index 710b10fbf4f7..03eef00dc82f 100644
--- a/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/api/request/GitLabProjectApi.kt
+++ b/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/api/request/GitLabProjectApi.kt
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ suspend fun GitLabApi.getAllProjectMembers(project: GitLabProjectCoordinates): L
     )
     val request = gqlQuery(project.serverPath.gqlApiUri, GitLabGQLQueries.getProjectMembers, parameters)
     loadGQLResponse(request, ProjectMembersConnection::class.java, "project", "projectMembers").body()
-  }.map { it.nodes }.foldToList()
+  }.map { it.nodes }.foldToList().filterNotNull()
 
 private class LabelConnection(pageInfo: GraphQLCursorPageInfoDTO, nodes: List<GitLabLabelDTO>)
   : GraphQLConnectionDTO<GitLabLabelDTO>(pageInfo, nodes)
 
-private class ProjectMembersConnection(pageInfo: GraphQLCursorPageInfoDTO, nodes: List<GitLabMemberDTO>)
-  : GraphQLConnectionDTO<GitLabMemberDTO>(pageInfo, nodes)
\ No newline at end of file
+private class ProjectMembersConnection(pageInfo: GraphQLCursorPageInfoDTO, nodes: List<GitLabMemberDTO?>)
+  : GraphQLConnectionDTO<GitLabMemberDTO?>(pageInfo, nodes)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/gitlab/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/mergerequest/ui/list/GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersViewModelImplTest.kt b/plugins/gitlab/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/mergerequest/ui/list/GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersViewModelImplTest.kt
index 54a0442eae43..a11ba9a1fc45 100644
--- a/plugins/gitlab/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/mergerequest/ui/list/GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersViewModelImplTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/gitlab/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/mergerequest/ui/list/GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersViewModelImplTest.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.api.data.GitLabAccessLevel
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.api.dto.GitLabMemberDTO
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.api.dto.GitLabMemberDTO.AccessLevel
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.api.dto.GitLabUserDTO
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.mergerequest.data.loaders.GitLabMergeRequestsListLoader
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.mergerequest.ui.filters.GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersValue
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ internal class GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersViewModelImplTest {
                                          loaderSupplier = loaderSupplierMock)
 
     val user = GitLabUserDTO(id = "", username = "", name = "", avatarUrl = "", webUrl = "")
-    val member = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "", user = user, accessLevel = AccessLevel(GitLabAccessLevel.GUEST.name))
+    val member = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "", user = user, accessLevel = GitLabAccessLevel.GUEST)
     verifyFilterParticipantSelect(filterVm, loaderSupplierMock, GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersValue(
       state = MergeRequestStateFilterValue.OPENED,
       author = MergeRequestsAuthorFilterValue(member.user.username, member.user.name)
@@ -184,11 +183,11 @@ internal class GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersViewModelImplTest {
   fun `available participants for merge request filters`() = runTest {
     val cs = childScope()
 
-    val guest = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "guest", mock(), accessLevel = AccessLevel(GitLabAccessLevel.GUEST.name))
-    val reporter = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "reporter", mock(), accessLevel = AccessLevel(GitLabAccessLevel.REPORTER.name))
-    val developer = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "developer", mock(), accessLevel = AccessLevel(GitLabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER.name))
-    val maintainer = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "maintainer", mock(), accessLevel = AccessLevel(GitLabAccessLevel.MAINTAINER.name))
-    val owner = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "owner", mock(), accessLevel = AccessLevel(GitLabAccessLevel.OWNER.name))
+    val guest = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "guest", mock(), accessLevel = GitLabAccessLevel.GUEST)
+    val reporter = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "reporter", mock(), accessLevel = GitLabAccessLevel.REPORTER)
+    val developer = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "developer", mock(), accessLevel = GitLabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER)
+    val maintainer = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "maintainer", mock(), accessLevel = GitLabAccessLevel.MAINTAINER)
+    val owner = GitLabMemberDTO(id = "owner", mock(), accessLevel = GitLabAccessLevel.OWNER)
     val members = listOf(guest, reporter, developer, maintainer, owner)
 
     val filterVm = GitLabMergeRequestsFiltersViewModelImpl(scope = cs, historyModel = mock(), currentUser = mockedUser,