diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/ProjectApi.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/ProjectApi.java
index de1954cbc..a275c7725 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/ProjectApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/ProjectApi.java
@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ public Project createProject(Project project, String importUrl) throws GitLabApi
             .withParam("build_git_strategy", project.getBuildGitStrategy())
             .withParam("build_coverage_regex", project.getBuildCoverageRegex())
             .withParam("ci_config_path", project.getCiConfigPath())
+            .withParam("repository_object_format", project.getRepositoryObjectFormat())
             .withParam("suggestion_commit_message", project.getSuggestionCommitMessage())
             .withParam("remove_source_branch_after_merge", project.getRemoveSourceBranchAfterMerge())
             .withParam("squash_option", project.getSquashOption());
@@ -2254,7 +2255,7 @@ public ProjectHook addHook(Object projectIdOrPath, String url, boolean doPushEve
             boolean doIssuesEvents, boolean doMergeRequestsEvents) throws GitLabApiException {
         return addHook(projectIdOrPath, url, doPushEvents, doIssuesEvents, doMergeRequestsEvents, null);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Adds a hook to project.
      * Convenience method for {@link #addHook(Object, String, ProjectHook, Boolean, String)}
@@ -4044,7 +4045,7 @@ public ProjectAccessToken createProjectAccessToken(Object projectIdOrPath, Strin
     public ProjectAccessToken rotateProjectAccessToken(Object projectIdOrPath, Long tokenId) throws GitLabApiException {
         return rotateProjectAccessToken(projectIdOrPath, tokenId, null);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Rotates the given project access token.
      * The token is revoked and a new one which will expire in one week is created to replace it.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/models/Project.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/models/Project.java
index b475f6d70..34251e2b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/models/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/models/Project.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public String toString() {
     private AutoDevopsDeployStrategy autoDevopsDeployStrategy;
     private Boolean autocloseReferencedIssues;
     private Boolean emailsDisabled;
+    private String repositoryObjectFormat;
     private String suggestionCommitMessage;
     private SquashOption squashOption;
     private String mergeCommitTemplate;
@@ -900,6 +901,19 @@ public Project withEmailsDisabled(Boolean emailsDisabled) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public String getRepositoryObjectFormat() {
+        return repositoryObjectFormat;
+    }
+
+    public void setRepositoryObjectFormat(String repositoryObjectFormat) {
+        this.repositoryObjectFormat = repositoryObjectFormat;
+    }
+
+    public Project withRepositoryObjectFormat(String repositoryObjectFormat) {
+        this.repositoryObjectFormat = repositoryObjectFormat;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public String getSuggestionCommitMessage() {
         return this.suggestionCommitMessage;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gitlab4j/api/TestProjectApi.java b/src/test/java/org/gitlab4j/api/TestProjectApi.java
index 5f091acfe..4a3e909d4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gitlab4j/api/TestProjectApi.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gitlab4j/api/TestProjectApi.java
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ public void testCreate() throws GitLabApiException {
                 .withMergeRequestsEnabled(true)
                 .withWikiEnabled(true)
                 .withSnippetsEnabled(true)
+                .withRepositoryObjectFormat("sha1")
                 .withVisibility(Visibility.PUBLIC)
                 .withTagList(Arrays.asList("tag1", "tag2"));
 
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ public void testCreate() throws GitLabApiException {
         assertEquals(project.getMergeRequestsEnabled(), newProject.getMergeRequestsEnabled());
         assertEquals(project.getWikiEnabled(), newProject.getWikiEnabled());
         assertEquals(project.getSnippetsEnabled(), newProject.getSnippetsEnabled());
+        assertEquals(project.getRepositoryObjectFormat(), newProject.getRepositoryObjectFormat());
         assertEquals(project.getTagList(), newProject.getTagList());
         assertTrue(Visibility.PUBLIC == newProject.getVisibility() || Boolean.TRUE == newProject.getPublic());
     }
@@ -323,7 +325,7 @@ else if (TEST_PROJECT_NAME_2.equals(project.getName()))
     @Test
     @Disabled("Required Gitlab version not less then 16.9")
     public void testGetAvatar() throws GitLabApiException, IOException {
-        
+
         assumeTrue(testProject != null);
 
         File avatarFile = new File("src/test/resources/org/gitlab4j/api", AVATAR_FILENAME);