diff --git a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1/gitlab_integration_test.go b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1/gitlab_integration_test.go
index 8c71aee805bb..922889842d9e 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1/gitlab_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1/gitlab_integration_test.go
@@ -297,6 +297,100 @@ func TestGitlab_FromChunk_WithV2Secrets(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// This test ensures gitlab v1 detector does not work on gitlab v3 secrets
+func TestGitlab_FromChunk_WithV3Secrets(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
+	defer cancel()
+	testSecrets, err := common.GetSecret(ctx, "trufflehog-testing", "detectors6")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not get test secrets from GCP: %s", err)
+	}
+	secret := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLABV3")
+	secretInactive := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLABV3_INACTIVE")
+	type args struct {
+		ctx    context.Context
+		data   []byte
+		verify bool
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                string
+		s                   Scanner
+		args                args
+		want                []detectors.Result
+		wantErr             bool
+		wantVerificationErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "verified v3 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab super secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "verified v3 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("gitlab %s", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unverified v3 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab secret %s within", secretInactive)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte("You cannot find the secret within"),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.s.SetCloudEndpoint("https://gitlab.com")
+			tt.s.UseCloudEndpoint(true)
+			got, err := tt.s.FromData(tt.args.ctx, tt.args.verify, tt.args.data)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			for i := range got {
+				if len(got[i].Raw) == 0 {
+					t.Fatal("no raw secret present")
+				}
+				if (got[i].VerificationError() != nil) != tt.wantVerificationErr {
+					t.Fatalf(" wantVerificationError = %v, verification error = %v,", tt.wantVerificationErr, got[i].VerificationError())
+				}
+				got[i].AnalysisInfo = nil
+			}
+			opts := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(detectors.Result{}, "Raw", "RawV2", "verificationError", "primarySecret")
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tt.want, opts); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() %s diff: (-got +want)\n%s", tt.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkV2FromData(benchmark *testing.B) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	s := Scanner{}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v2/gitlab_integration_test.go b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v2/gitlab_integration_test.go
index 88e86040b6ee..3d10eb860b14 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v2/gitlab_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v2/gitlab_integration_test.go
@@ -111,6 +111,100 @@ func TestGitlabV2_FromChunk_WithV1Secrets(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// This test ensures gitlab v2 detector does not work on gitlab v3 secrets
+func TestGitlabV2_FromChunk_WithV3Secrets(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
+	defer cancel()
+	testSecrets, err := common.GetSecret(ctx, "trufflehog-testing", "detectors6")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not get test secrets from GCP: %s", err)
+	}
+	secret := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLABV3")
+	secretInactive := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLABV3_INACTIVE")
+	type args struct {
+		ctx    context.Context
+		data   []byte
+		verify bool
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                string
+		s                   Scanner
+		args                args
+		want                []detectors.Result
+		wantErr             bool
+		wantVerificationErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "verified v3 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab super secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "verified v3 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("gitlab %s", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unverified v3 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab secret %s within", secretInactive)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte("You cannot find the secret within"),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.s.SetCloudEndpoint("https://gitlab.com")
+			tt.s.UseCloudEndpoint(true)
+			got, err := tt.s.FromData(tt.args.ctx, tt.args.verify, tt.args.data)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			for i := range got {
+				if len(got[i].Raw) == 0 {
+					t.Fatal("no raw secret present")
+				}
+				if (got[i].VerificationError() != nil) != tt.wantVerificationErr {
+					t.Fatalf(" wantVerificationError = %v, verification error = %v,", tt.wantVerificationErr, got[i].VerificationError())
+				}
+				got[i].AnalysisInfo = nil
+			}
+			opts := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(detectors.Result{}, "Raw", "RawV2", "verificationError", "primarySecret")
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tt.want, opts); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() %s diff: (-got +want)\n%s", tt.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkFromData(benchmark *testing.B) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	s := Scanner{}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3.go b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ab45da66b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package gitlab
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	regexp "github.com/wasilibs/go-re2"
+
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
+	v1 "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/pb/detectorspb"
+)
+
+type Scanner struct {
+	client *http.Client
+	detectors.EndpointSetter
+}
+
+// Ensure the Scanner satisfies the interfaces at compile time.
+var _ detectors.Detector = (*Scanner)(nil)
+var _ detectors.EndpointCustomizer = (*Scanner)(nil)
+var _ detectors.Versioner = (*Scanner)(nil)
+
+func (Scanner) Version() int          { return 3 }
+func (Scanner) CloudEndpoint() string { return "https://gitlab.com" }
+
+var (
+	defaultClient = common.SaneHttpClient()
+	// pattern taken from gitlab's PR for the format change: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/169322
+	keyPat = regexp.MustCompile(`\b(glpat-[a-zA-Z0-9\-=_]{27,300}.[0-9a-z]{2}.[a-z0-9]{9})\b`)
+)
+
+func (s Scanner) getClient() *http.Client {
+	if s.client != nil {
+		return s.client
+	}
+
+	return defaultClient
+}
+
+// Keywords are used for efficiently pre-filtering chunks.
+// Use identifiers in the secret preferably, or the provider name.
+func (s Scanner) Keywords() []string { return []string{"glpat-"} }
+
+func (s Scanner) Type() detectorspb.DetectorType {
+	return detectorspb.DetectorType_Gitlab
+}
+
+func (s Scanner) Description() string {
+	return "GitLab is a web-based DevOps lifecycle tool that provides a Git repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking, and CI/CD pipeline features. GitLab Personal Access Tokens (PATs) can be used to authenticate and access GitLab resources."
+}
+
+// FromData will find and optionally verify Gitlab secrets in a given set of bytes.
+func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (results []detectors.Result, err error) {
+	dataStr := string(data)
+
+	matches := keyPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1)
+	for _, match := range matches {
+		resMatch := strings.TrimSpace(match[1])
+
+		for _, endpoint := range s.Endpoints() {
+			s1 := detectors.Result{
+				DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Gitlab,
+				Raw:          []byte(resMatch),
+				RawV2:        []byte(resMatch + endpoint),
+				ExtraData: map[string]string{
+					"rotation_guide": "https://howtorotate.com/docs/tutorials/gitlab/",
+					"version":        fmt.Sprintf("%d", s.Version()),
+				},
+			}
+
+			if verify {
+
+				isVerified, extraData, verificationErr := v1.VerifyGitlab(ctx, s.getClient(), endpoint, resMatch)
+				s1.Verified = isVerified
+				maps.Copy(s1.ExtraData, extraData)
+
+				s1.SetVerificationError(verificationErr)
+
+				// for verified keys set the analysis info
+				if s1.Verified {
+					s1.AnalysisInfo = map[string]string{
+						"key":  resMatch,
+						"host": endpoint,
+					}
+
+					// if secret is verified with one endpoint, break the loop to continue to next secret
+					results = append(results, s1)
+					break
+				}
+			}
+
+			results = append(results, s1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return results, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3_integration_test.go b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3_integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8eea3d543ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3_integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+//go:build detectors
+// +build detectors
+
+package gitlab
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/pb/detectorspb"
+)
+
+func TestGitlabV3_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
+	defer cancel()
+	testSecrets, err := common.GetSecret(ctx, "trufflehog-testing", "detectors6")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not get test secrets from GCP: %s", err)
+	}
+	secret := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLABV3")
+	secretInactive := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLABV3_INACTIVE")
+
+	type args struct {
+		ctx    context.Context
+		data   []byte
+		verify bool
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                string
+		s                   Scanner
+		args                args
+		want                []detectors.Result
+		wantErr             bool
+		wantVerificationErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "found, verified",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Gitlab,
+					Verified:     true,
+					ExtraData: map[string]string{
+						"rotation_guide": "https://howtorotate.com/docs/tutorials/gitlab/",
+						"version":        "3",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "found unverified",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab secret %s within", secretInactive)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Gitlab,
+					Verified:     false,
+					ExtraData: map[string]string{
+						"rotation_guide": "https://howtorotate.com/docs/tutorials/gitlab/",
+						"version":        "3",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "found, would be verified but for timeout",
+			s:    Scanner{client: common.SaneHttpClientTimeOut(1 * time.Microsecond)},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab super secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Gitlab,
+					Verified:     false,
+					ExtraData: map[string]string{
+						"rotation_guide": "https://howtorotate.com/docs/tutorials/gitlab/",
+						"version":        "3",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr:             false,
+			wantVerificationErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "found and valid but unexpected api response",
+			s:    Scanner{client: common.ConstantResponseHttpClient(500, "")},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab super secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Gitlab,
+					Verified:     false,
+					ExtraData: map[string]string{
+						"rotation_guide": "https://howtorotate.com/docs/tutorials/gitlab/",
+						"version":        "3",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr:             false,
+			wantVerificationErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "found, good key but wrong scope",
+			s:    Scanner{client: common.ConstantResponseHttpClient(403, "")},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab super secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Gitlab,
+					Verified:     true,
+					ExtraData: map[string]string{
+						"rotation_guide": "https://howtorotate.com/docs/tutorials/gitlab/",
+						"version":        "3",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte("You cannot find the secret within"),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.s.UseCloudEndpoint(true)
+			tt.s.SetCloudEndpoint(tt.s.CloudEndpoint())
+			got, err := tt.s.FromData(tt.args.ctx, tt.args.verify, tt.args.data)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			for i := range got {
+				if len(got[i].Raw) == 0 {
+					t.Fatal("no raw secret present")
+				}
+				if (got[i].VerificationError() != nil) != tt.wantVerificationErr {
+					t.Fatalf(" wantVerificationError = %v, verification error = %v,", tt.wantVerificationErr, got[i].VerificationError())
+				}
+				got[i].AnalysisInfo = nil
+			}
+			opts := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(detectors.Result{}, "Raw", "RawV2", "verificationError", "primarySecret")
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tt.want, opts); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() %s diff: (-got +want)\n%s", tt.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFromData(benchmark *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := Scanner{}
+	for name, data := range detectors.MustGetBenchmarkData() {
+		benchmark.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+				_, err := s.FromData(ctx, false, data)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// This test ensures gitlab v3 detector does not work on gitlab v1 secrets
+func TestGitlabV3_FromChunk_WithV1Secrets(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
+	defer cancel()
+	testSecrets, err := common.GetSecret(ctx, "trufflehog-testing", "detectors4")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not get test secrets from GCP: %s", err)
+	}
+	secret := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLAB")
+	secretInactive := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLAB_INACTIVE")
+	type args struct {
+		ctx    context.Context
+		data   []byte
+		verify bool
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                string
+		s                   Scanner
+		args                args
+		want                []detectors.Result
+		wantErr             bool
+		wantVerificationErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "verified v1 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab super secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "verified v1 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("gitlab %s", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unverified v1 secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab secret %s within", secretInactive)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte("You cannot find the secret within"),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.s.SetCloudEndpoint("https://gitlab.com")
+			tt.s.UseCloudEndpoint(true)
+			got, err := tt.s.FromData(tt.args.ctx, tt.args.verify, tt.args.data)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			for i := range got {
+				if len(got[i].Raw) == 0 {
+					t.Fatal("no raw secret present")
+				}
+				if (got[i].VerificationError() != nil) != tt.wantVerificationErr {
+					t.Fatalf(" wantVerificationError = %v, verification error = %v,", tt.wantVerificationErr, got[i].VerificationError())
+				}
+				got[i].AnalysisInfo = nil
+			}
+			opts := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(detectors.Result{}, "Raw", "RawV2", "verificationError", "primarySecret")
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tt.want, opts); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() %s diff: (-got +want)\n%s", tt.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// This test ensures gitlab v3 detector does not work on gitlab v2 secrets
+func TestGitlabV3_FromChunk_WithV2Secrets(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
+	defer cancel()
+	testSecrets, err := common.GetSecret(ctx, "trufflehog-testing", "detectors4")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not get test secrets from GCP: %s", err)
+	}
+	secret := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLABV2")
+	secretInactive := testSecrets.MustGetField("GITLABV2_INACTIVE")
+
+	type args struct {
+		ctx    context.Context
+		data   []byte
+		verify bool
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                string
+		s                   Scanner
+		args                args
+		want                []detectors.Result
+		wantErr             bool
+		wantVerificationErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "verified secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab secret %s within", secret)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unverified secret, not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(fmt.Sprintf("You can find a gitlab secret %s within", secretInactive)),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not found",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte("You cannot find the secret within"),
+				verify: true,
+			},
+			want:    nil,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := tt.s.FromData(tt.args.ctx, tt.args.verify, tt.args.data)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			for i := range got {
+				if len(got[i].Raw) == 0 {
+					t.Fatal("no raw secret present")
+				}
+				if (got[i].VerificationError() != nil) != tt.wantVerificationErr {
+					t.Fatalf(" wantVerificationError = %v, verification error = %v,", tt.wantVerificationErr, got[i].VerificationError())
+				}
+				got[i].AnalysisInfo = nil
+			}
+			opts := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(detectors.Result{}, "Raw", "RawV2", "verificationError")
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tt.want, opts); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Gitlab.FromData() %s diff: (-got +want)\n%s", tt.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3_test.go b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a901baf7c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3/gitlab_v3_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package gitlab
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/engine/ahocorasick"
+)
+
+func TestGitLab_Pattern(t *testing.T) {
+	d := Scanner{}
+	d.SetCloudEndpoint("https://gitlab.com")
+	d.UseCloudEndpoint(true)
+	ahoCorasickCore := ahocorasick.NewAhoCorasickCore([]detectors.Detector{d})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		want  []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid pattern",
+			input: `[{
+					"_id": "1a8d0cca-e1a9-4318-bc2f-f5658ab2dcb5",
+					"name": "Gitlab",
+					"type": "Detector",
+					"api": true,
+					"authentication_type": "",
+					"verification_url": "https://api.example.com/example",
+					"test_secrets": {
+						"gitlab_secret": "glpat-3fZ1p5y4XWcCvMGVlfakeW86MQp1Oml3Ymg0Cw.01.1203afake"
+					},
+					"expected_response": "200",
+					"method": "GET",
+					"deprecated": false
+				}]`,
+			want: []string{"glpat-3fZ1p5y4XWcCvMGVlfakeW86MQp1Oml3Ymg0Cw.01.1203afakehttps://gitlab.com"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			matchedDetectors := ahoCorasickCore.FindDetectorMatches([]byte(test.input))
+			if len(matchedDetectors) == 0 {
+				t.Errorf("keywords '%v' not matched by: %s", d.Keywords(), test.input)
+				return
+			}
+
+			results, err := d.FromData(context.Background(), false, []byte(test.input))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error = %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			if len(results) != len(test.want) {
+				if len(results) == 0 {
+					t.Errorf("did not receive result")
+				} else {
+					t.Errorf("expected %d results, only received %d", len(test.want), len(results))
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
+			actual := make(map[string]struct{}, len(results))
+			for _, r := range results {
+				if len(r.RawV2) > 0 {
+					actual[string(r.RawV2)] = struct{}{}
+				} else {
+					actual[string(r.Raw)] = struct{}{}
+				}
+			}
+			expected := make(map[string]struct{}, len(test.want))
+			for _, v := range test.want {
+				expected[v] = struct{}{}
+			}
+
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("%s diff: (-want +got)\n%s", test.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
index a84945752460..0b272af4408e 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/githubapp"
 	gitlabv1 "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v1"
 	gitlabv2 "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v2"
+	gitlabv3 "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/gitlab/v3"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/gitter"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/glassnode"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/gocanvas"
@@ -1199,6 +1200,7 @@ func buildDetectorList() []detectors.Detector {
 		&githubv2.Scanner{},
 		&gitlabv1.Scanner{},
 		&gitlabv2.Scanner{},
+		&gitlabv3.Scanner{},
 		&gitter.Scanner{},
 		&glassnode.Scanner{},
 		&gocanvas.Scanner{},