diff --git a/remote/gitlab/client/project.go b/remote/gitlab/client/project.go
index f21f1a48a..47565dd51 100644
--- a/remote/gitlab/client/project.go
+++ b/remote/gitlab/client/project.go
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 package client
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 const (
-	searchUrl         = "/projects/search/:query"
 	projectsUrl       = "/projects"
 	projectUrl        = "/projects/:id"
-	repoUrlRawFile    = "/projects/:id/repository/blobs/:sha"
-	repoUrlRawFileRef = "/projects/:id/repository/files"
+	repoUrlRawFileRef = "/projects/:id/repository/files/:filepath"
 	commitStatusUrl   = "/projects/:id/statuses/:sha"
 )
 
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ func (c *Client) Projects(page int, per_page int, hide_archives bool) ([]*Projec
 	projectsOptions := QMap{
 		"page":     strconv.Itoa(page),
 		"per_page": strconv.Itoa(per_page),
+		"membership": "true",
 	}
 
 	if hide_archives {
@@ -79,39 +79,31 @@ func (c *Client) Project(id string) (*Project, error) {
 	return project, err
 }
 
-// Get Raw file content
-func (c *Client) RepoRawFile(id, sha, filepath string) ([]byte, error) {
-	url, opaque := c.ResourceUrl(
-		repoUrlRawFile,
-		QMap{
-			":id":  id,
-			":sha": sha,
-		},
-		QMap{
-			"filepath": filepath,
-		},
-	)
-
-	contents, err := c.Do("GET", url, opaque, nil)
-
-	return contents, err
-}
-
 func (c *Client) RepoRawFileRef(id, ref, filepath string) ([]byte, error) {
+	var fileRef FileRef
 	url, opaque := c.ResourceUrl(
 		repoUrlRawFileRef,
 		QMap{
-			":id": id,
+			":id":       id,
+			":filepath": filepath,
 		},
 		QMap{
-			"filepath": filepath,
-			"ref":      ref,
+			"ref": ref,
 		},
 	)
 
 	contents, err := c.Do("GET", url, opaque, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-	return contents, err
+	err = json.Unmarshal(contents, &fileRef)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	fileRawContent, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(fileRef.Content)
+	return fileRawContent, err
 }
 
 //
@@ -138,8 +130,9 @@ func (c *Client) SetStatus(id, sha, state, desc, ref, link string) error {
 // Get a list of projects by query owned by the authenticated user.
 func (c *Client) SearchProjectId(namespace string, name string) (id int, err error) {
 
-	url, opaque := c.ResourceUrl(searchUrl, nil, QMap{
-		":query": strings.ToLower(name),
+	url, opaque := c.ResourceUrl(projectsUrl, nil, QMap{
+		"query": strings.ToLower(name),
+		"membership": "true",
 	})
 
 	var projects []*Project
diff --git a/remote/gitlab/client/types.go b/remote/gitlab/client/types.go
index 0c6424e03..b950a6d77 100644
--- a/remote/gitlab/client/types.go
+++ b/remote/gitlab/client/types.go
@@ -136,3 +136,15 @@ type HookPayload struct {
 	ObjectKind        string       `json:"object_kind,omitempty"`
 	ObjectAttributes  *HookObjAttr `json:"object_attributes,omitempty"`
 }
+
+type FileRef struct {
+	FileName     string `json:"file_name,omitempty"`
+	FilePath     string `json:"file_path,omitempty"`
+	Size         int    `json:"size,omitempty"`
+	Encoding     string `json:"encoding,omitempty"`
+	Content      string `json:"content"`
+	Ref          string `json:"ref,omitempty"`
+	BlobId       string `json:"blob_id,omitempty"`
+	CommitId     string `json:"commit_id,omitempty"`
+	LastCommitId string `json:"last_commit_id,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go b/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go
index 6b088b4da..a920ca432 100644
--- a/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -311,17 +311,7 @@ func (g *Gitlab) Perm(u *model.User, owner, name string) (*model.Perm, error) {
 
 // File fetches a file from the remote repository and returns in string format.
 func (g *Gitlab) File(user *model.User, repo *model.Repo, build *model.Build, f string) ([]byte, error) {
-	var client = NewClient(g.URL, user.Token, g.SkipVerify)
-	id, err := GetProjectId(g, client, repo.Owner, repo.Name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	out, err := client.RepoRawFile(id, build.Commit, f)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return out, err
+	return g.FileRef(user, repo, build.Commit, f)
 }
 
 // FileRef fetches the file from the GitHub repository and returns its contents.
diff --git a/remote/gitlab/helper.go b/remote/gitlab/helper.go
index 38b3bb88e..03c5092a5 100644
--- a/remote/gitlab/helper.go
+++ b/remote/gitlab/helper.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 // NewClient is a helper function that returns a new GitHub
 // client using the provided OAuth token.
 func NewClient(url, accessToken string, skipVerify bool) *client.Client {
-	client := client.New(url, "/api/v3", accessToken, skipVerify)
+	client := client.New(url, "/api/v4", accessToken, skipVerify)
 	return client
 }
 
diff --git a/remote/gitlab/testdata/testdata.go b/remote/gitlab/testdata/testdata.go
index 2fa2322b6..032d4d588 100644
--- a/remote/gitlab/testdata/testdata.go
+++ b/remote/gitlab/testdata/testdata.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func NewServer() *httptest.Server {
 		//println(r.URL.Path + "  " + r.Method)
 		// evaluate the path to serve a dummy data file
 		switch r.URL.Path {
-		case "/api/v3/projects":
+		case "/api/v4/projects":
 			if r.URL.Query().Get("archived") == "false" {
 				w.Write(notArchivedProjectsPayload)
 			} else {
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ func NewServer() *httptest.Server {
 			}
 
 			return
-		case "/api/v3/projects/diaspora/diaspora-client":
+		case "/api/v4/projects/diaspora/diaspora-client":
 			w.Write(project4Paylod)
 			return
-		case "/api/v3/projects/brightbox/puppet":
+		case "/api/v4/projects/brightbox/puppet":
 			w.Write(project6Paylod)
 			return
-		case "/api/v3/projects/diaspora/diaspora-client/services/drone-ci":
+		case "/api/v4/projects/diaspora/diaspora-client/services/drone-ci":
 			switch r.Method {
 			case "PUT":
 				if r.FormValue("token") == "" {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewServer() *httptest.Server {
 		case "/oauth/token":
 			w.Write(accessTokenPayload)
 			return
-		case "/api/v3/user":
+		case "/api/v4/user":
 			w.Write(currentUserPayload)
 			return
 		}