diff --git a/internal/validators/utils.go b/internal/validators/utils.go
index 035132db..d6f1ed18 100644
--- a/internal/validators/utils.go
+++ b/internal/validators/utils.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	// These regex patterns ensure the URL is in the format of a valid GitHub or GitLab repository
 	// For example:	// - GitHub: https://github.com/user/repo
 	githubURLRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^https?://(www\.)?github\.com/[\w.-]+/[\w.-]+/?$`)
-	gitlabURLRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^https?://(www\.)?gitlab\.com/[\w.-]+/[\w.-]+/?$`)
+	gitlabURLRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^https?://(www\.)?gitlab\.com/[\w.-]+(?:/[\w.-]+)+/?$`)
 )
 
 // IsValidRepositoryURL checks if the given URL is valid for the specified repository source
diff --git a/internal/validators/validators_test.go b/internal/validators/validators_test.go
index c3e5585b..272b15a6 100644
--- a/internal/validators/validators_test.go
+++ b/internal/validators/validators_test.go
@@ -323,6 +323,20 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedError: validators.ErrInvalidRepositoryURL.Error(),
 		},
+		{
+			name: "server with valid GitLab URL in nested subgroup",
+			serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
+				Schema:      model.CurrentSchemaURL,
+				Name:        "com.example/test-server",
+				Description: "A test server",
+				Repository: &model.Repository{
+					URL:    "https://gitlab.com/myorg/team/subgroup/my-mcp-server",
+					Source: "gitlab",
+				},
+				Version: "1.0.0",
+			},
+			expectedError: "",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "server with valid repository subfolder",
 			serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{