diff --git a/models/group/group.go b/models/group/group.go
index 4ddc1f4d88..115a455bcf 100644
--- a/models/group/group.go
+++ b/models/group/group.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/perm"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unit"
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/container"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/optional"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
@@ -434,12 +435,18 @@ func MoveGroup(ctx context.Context, group *Group, newParent int64, newSortOrder
 		if err = ng.LoadSubgroups(ctx, false); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		siblings = append(append(ng.Subgroups[0:min(newSortOrder, len(ng.Subgroups))], group), ng.Subgroups[newSortOrder:]...)
+		filtered := container.Filter(ng.Subgroups, func(e *Group) bool {
+			return e.ID != group.ID
+		})
+		siblings = append(append(filtered[0:min(newSortOrder, len(ng.Subgroups))], group), filtered[newSortOrder:]...)
 	} else if newParent <= 0 {
 		tmpSiblings, err = FindGroups(ctx, &FindGroupsOptions{
 			OwnerID:       group.OwnerID,
 			ParentGroupID: 0,
 		})
+		tmpSiblings = container.Filter(tmpSiblings, func(e *Group) bool {
+			return group.ID != e.ID
+		})
 		tmpSiblings2 := make(RepoGroupList, newSortOrder)
 		copy(tmpSiblings2, tmpSiblings[0:newSortOrder])
 		tmpSiblings2 = append(tmpSiblings2, group)
@@ -463,6 +470,7 @@ func MoveGroup(ctx context.Context, group *Group, newParent int64, newSortOrder
 	group.ParentGroupID = newParent
 	group.SortOrder = newSortOrder
 	for i, gg := range siblings {
+		log.Info("ITEM %+v", gg)
 		gg.SortOrder = i
 		if _, err = sess.Table(group.TableName()).
 			ID(gg.ID).
diff --git a/modules/container/filter.go b/modules/container/filter.go
index 3e27552f1e..6dac7c97f2 100644
--- a/modules/container/filter.go
+++ b/modules/container/filter.go
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ func FilterSlice[E any, T comparable](s []E, include func(E) (T, bool)) []T {
 	return slices.Clip(filtered)
 }
 
+func Filter[E any](s []E, include func(E) bool) []E {
+	filtered := make([]E, 0, len(s)) // slice will be clipped before returning
+	for i := range s {
+		if ok := include(s[i]); ok {
+			filtered = append(filtered, s[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return slices.Clip(filtered)
+}
+
 func DedupeBy[E any, I comparable](s []E, id func(E) I) []E {
 	filtered := make([]E, 0, len(s)) // slice will be clipped before returning
 	seen := make(map[I]bool, len(s))