diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6712-gitlab_group-filtered-for-none-values.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6712-gitlab_group-filtered-for-none-values.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53c02d4588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6712-gitlab_group-filtered-for-none-values.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - gitlab_group - the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set. The module is now filtering out ``None`` values to remediate this (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6712).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gitlab_group.py b/plugins/modules/gitlab_group.py
index 624028f298..4de1ffc5f0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_group.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_group.py
@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ class GitLabGroup(object):
             return True
 
         try:
-            group = self._gitlab.groups.create(arguments)
+            # Filter out None values
+            filtered = dict((arg_key, arg_value) for arg_key, arg_value in arguments.items() if arg_value is not None)
+
+            group = self._gitlab.groups.create(filtered)
         except (gitlab.exceptions.GitlabCreateError) as e:
             self._module.fail_json(msg="Failed to create group: %s " % to_native(e))