diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/group/components/group-member-list-item.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/group/components/group-member-list-item.tsx
index 6ee6c5c59..76ebc1863 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/group/components/group-member-list-item.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/group/components/group-member-list-item.tsx
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ import { HStack, IconButton, Menu, MenuButton, MenuDivider, MenuItem, MenuLink,
 import SvgIcon from 'soapbox/components/ui/icon/svg-icon';
 import { useAccount, useAppDispatch } from 'soapbox/hooks';
 import { BaseGroupRoles, useGroupRoles } from 'soapbox/hooks/useGroupRoles';
-import { GroupMember } from 'soapbox/normalizers/group-member';
 import toast from 'soapbox/toast';
 
 import type { Menu as IMenu } from 'soapbox/components/dropdown-menu';
-import type { Account as AccountEntity, Group } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
+import type { Account as AccountEntity, Group, GroupMember } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   blockConfirm: { id: 'confirmations.block_from_group.confirm', defaultMessage: 'Block' },
diff --git a/app/soapbox/hooks/api/useGroupMembers.ts b/app/soapbox/hooks/api/useGroupMembers.ts
index 24e112ffa..305a969d5 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/hooks/api/useGroupMembers.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/hooks/api/useGroupMembers.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,17 @@
 import { Entities } from 'soapbox/entity-store/entities';
 import { useEntities } from 'soapbox/entity-store/hooks';
-import { normalizeAccount } from 'soapbox/normalizers';
-import { Account } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
+import { GroupMember, groupMemberSchema } from 'soapbox/schemas';
 
-import { BaseGroupRoles, TruthSocialGroupRoles } from '../useGroupRoles';
-
-interface GroupMember {
-  id: string
-  role: BaseGroupRoles | TruthSocialGroupRoles
-  account: Account | any
-}
-
-const normalizeGroupMember = (groupMember: GroupMember): GroupMember => {
-  return {
-    ...groupMember,
-    account: normalizeAccount(groupMember.account),
-  };
+const parseGroupMember = (entity: unknown) => {
+  const result = groupMemberSchema.safeParse(entity);
+  if (result.success) {
+    return result.data;
+  }
 };
 
-const parseGroupMember = (entity: unknown) => entity ? normalizeGroupMember(entity as GroupMember) : undefined;
-
 function useGroupMembers(groupId: string, role: string) {
   const { entities, ...result } = useEntities<GroupMember>(
-    [Entities.GROUP_MEMBERSHIPS, `${groupId}:${role}`],
+    [Entities.GROUP_MEMBERSHIPS, groupId, role],
     `/api/v1/groups/${groupId}/memberships?role=${role}&limit=1`,
     { parser: parseGroupMember },
   );
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/group-member.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/group-member.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f2dc97f9..000000000
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/group-member.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Group Member normalizer:
- * Converts API group members into our internal format.
- */
-import { BaseGroupRoles, TruthSocialGroupRoles } from 'soapbox/hooks/useGroupRoles';
-import { Account } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
-
-import { normalizeAccount } from './account';
-
-export interface GroupMember {
-  id: string
-  role: BaseGroupRoles | TruthSocialGroupRoles
-  account: Account | any
-}
-
-export const normalizeGroupMember = (groupMember: GroupMember): GroupMember => {
-  return {
-    ...groupMember,
-    account: normalizeAccount(groupMember.account),
-  };
-};
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/index.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/index.ts
index c4f4883bc..004049988 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/index.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export { FilterRecord, normalizeFilter } from './filter';
 export { FilterKeywordRecord, normalizeFilterKeyword } from './filter-keyword';
 export { FilterStatusRecord, normalizeFilterStatus } from './filter-status';
 export { normalizeGroup } from './group';
-// export { GroupMember, normalizeGroupMember } from './group-member';
 export { GroupRelationshipRecord, normalizeGroupRelationship } from './group-relationship';
 export { HistoryRecord, normalizeHistory } from './history';
 export { InstanceRecord, normalizeInstance } from './instance';
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/group-member.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/group-member.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99340911f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/group-member.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import z from 'zod';
+
+enum TruthSocialGroupRoles {
+  ADMIN = 'owner',
+  MODERATOR = 'admin',
+  USER = 'user'
+}
+
+enum BaseGroupRoles {
+  ADMIN = 'admin',
+  MODERATOR = 'moderator',
+  USER = 'user'
+}
+
+const groupMemberSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.string(),
+  account: z.any(),
+  role: z.union([
+    z.nativeEnum(TruthSocialGroupRoles),
+    z.nativeEnum(BaseGroupRoles),
+  ]),
+});
+
+type GroupMember = z.infer<typeof groupMemberSchema>;
+
+export { groupMemberSchema, GroupMember };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
index f89e714c1..bae2eb830 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ export { customEmojiSchema  } from './custom-emoji';
 export type { CustomEmoji } from './custom-emoji';
 export { groupSchema } from './group';
 export type { Group } from './group';
+export { groupMemberSchema } from './group-member';
+export type { GroupMember } from './group-member';
 export { groupRelationshipSchema } from './group-relationship';
 export type { GroupRelationship } from './group-relationship';