diff --git a/modules/gitea_instance/modules/team/main.tf b/modules/gitea_instance/modules/team/main.tf
index a305bf5..c3a9fb3 100644
--- a/modules/gitea_instance/modules/team/main.tf
+++ b/modules/gitea_instance/modules/team/main.tf
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ resource "gitea_team" "this" {
   repositories             = var.repositories
 
   lifecycle {
-    ignore_changes = [permission]
+    # Gitea's SDK rejects the stored permission=none on any EditTeam call; units/repositories only churn on provider representation (unordered units string, sorted/include-all repos), so ignore them to avoid spurious edits that would fail.
+    ignore_changes = [permission, units, repositories]
   }
 }