diff --git a/swh/lister/gitlab/lister.py b/swh/lister/gitlab/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/gitlab/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/gitlab/lister.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
         )
         self.incremental = incremental
         self.last_page: Optional[str] = None
+        self.per_page = 100
 
         self.session = requests.Session()
         self.session.headers.update(
@@ -145,7 +146,25 @@
                 response.url,
                 response.content,
             )
-        response.raise_for_status()
+
+        # GitLab API can return errors 500 when listing projects.
+        # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/262629
+        # To avoid ending the listing prematurely, skip buggy URLs and move
+        # to next pages.
+        if response.status_code == 500:
+            id_after = _parse_id_after(url)
+            assert id_after is not None
+            while True:
+                next_id_after = id_after + self.per_page
+                url = url.replace(f"id_after={id_after}", f"id_after={next_id_after}")
+                response = self.session.get(url)
+                if response.status_code == 200:
+                    break
+                else:
+                    id_after = next_id_after
+        else:
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
         repositories: Tuple[Repository, ...] = tuple(response.json())
         if hasattr(response, "links") and response.links.get("next"):
             next_page = response.links["next"]["url"]
@@ -160,7 +179,7 @@
             "order_by": "id",
             "sort": "asc",
             "simple": "true",
-            "per_page": "100",
+            "per_page": f"{self.per_page}",
         }
         if id_after is not None:
             parameters["id_after"] = str(id_after)
diff --git a/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -244,6 +244,39 @@
     assert_sleep_calls(mocker, mock_sleep, [1])
 
 
+def test_lister_gitlab_http_error_500(swh_scheduler, requests_mock, datadir):
+    """Gitlab lister should skip buggy URL and move to next page.
+
+    """
+    instance = "gite.lirmm.fr"
+    url = api_url(instance)
+    lister = GitLabLister(swh_scheduler, url=url, instance=instance)
+
+    url_page1 = lister.page_url()
+    response1 = gitlab_page_response(datadir, instance, 1)
+    url_page2 = lister.page_url(lister.per_page)
+    url_page3 = lister.page_url(2 * lister.per_page)
+    response3 = gitlab_page_response(datadir, instance, 3)
+
+    requests_mock.get(
+        url_page1,
+        [{"json": response1, "headers": {"Link": f"<{url_page2}>; rel=next"}}],
+        additional_matcher=_match_request,
+    )
+    requests_mock.get(
+        url_page2, [{"status_code": 500},], additional_matcher=_match_request,
+    )
+
+    requests_mock.get(
+        url_page3, [{"json": response3}], additional_matcher=_match_request,
+    )
+
+    listed_result = lister.run()
+
+    expected_nb_origins = len(response1) + len(response3)
+    assert listed_result == ListerStats(pages=2, origins=expected_nb_origins)
+
+
 def test_lister_gitlab_credentials(swh_scheduler):
     """Gitlab lister supports credentials configuration