diff --git a/app/src/Model/Table/GroupMembersTable.php b/app/src/Model/Table/GroupMembersTable.php
index e6302d6b2..93c5d4471 100644
--- a/app/src/Model/Table/GroupMembersTable.php
+++ b/app/src/Model/Table/GroupMembersTable.php
@@ -329,7 +329,9 @@ public function requestProvisioning(
   ) {
     // For GroupMembers we need to request provisioning on both the Group and the Person.
 
-    $gm = $this->get($id);
+    // archived: true bypasses Changelog::beforeFind()
+    // allowing deleted GroupMembers to be looked up without error.
+    $gm = $this->get($id, archived: true);
 
     $this->People->requestProvisioning(
       id: $gm->person_id,