diff --git a/authentik/core/api/groups.py b/authentik/core/api/groups.py
index fd9358152b..ab5e1d8424 100644
--- a/authentik/core/api/groups.py
+++ b/authentik/core/api/groups.py
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ class GroupSerializer(ModelSerializer):
             "users": {
                 "default": list,
             },
-            # TODO: This field isn't unique on the database which is hard to backport
-            # hence we just validate the uniqueness here
-            "name": {"validators": [UniqueValidator(Group.objects.all())]},
         }
 
 
diff --git a/authentik/core/migrations/0040_alter_group_name.py b/authentik/core/migrations/0040_alter_group_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42620eea42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/authentik/core/migrations/0040_alter_group_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.8 on 2024-08-08 12:09
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+from authentik.lib.migrations import fallback_names
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("authentik_core", "0039_source_group_matching_mode_alter_group_name_and_more"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(fallback_names("authentik_core", "group", "name")),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="group",
+            name="name",
+            field=models.TextField(unique=True, verbose_name="name"),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/authentik/core/models.py b/authentik/core/models.py
index 85e8901ed1..62fb3238cc 100644
--- a/authentik/core/models.py
+++ b/authentik/core/models.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Group(SerializerModel, AttributesMixin):
 
     group_uuid = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, editable=False, default=uuid4)
 
-    name = models.TextField(_("name"))
+    name = models.TextField(verbose_name=_("name"), unique=True)
     is_superuser = models.BooleanField(
         default=False, help_text=_("Users added to this group will be superusers.")
     )