diff --git a/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroupMembershipRequests.ts b/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroupMembershipRequests.ts
index 6fab87209..78a59ced6 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroupMembershipRequests.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroupMembershipRequests.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { Entities } from 'soapbox/entity-store/entities';
 import { useEntities, useIncrementEntity } from 'soapbox/entity-store/hooks';
 import { useApi } from 'soapbox/hooks/useApi';
 import { accountSchema } from 'soapbox/schemas';
+import { GroupRoles } from 'soapbox/schemas/group-member';
+
+import { useGroupRelationship } from './useGroups';
 
 import type { ExpandedEntitiesPath } from 'soapbox/entity-store/hooks/types';
 
@@ -9,10 +12,15 @@ function useGroupMembershipRequests(groupId: string) {
   const api = useApi();
   const path: ExpandedEntitiesPath = [Entities.ACCOUNTS, 'membership_requests', groupId];
 
+  const { entity: relationship } = useGroupRelationship(groupId);
+
   const { entities, invalidate, ...rest } = useEntities(
     path,
     () => api.get(`/api/v1/groups/${groupId}/membership_requests`),
-    { schema: accountSchema },
+    {
+      schema: accountSchema,
+      enabled: relationship?.role === GroupRoles.OWNER || relationship?.role === GroupRoles.ADMIN,
+    },
   );
 
   const { incrementEntity: authorize } = useIncrementEntity(path, -1, async (accountId: string) => {
diff --git a/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroups.ts b/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroups.ts
index a99dd43c6..f77f66cdc 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroups.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroups.ts
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ function useGroupRelationships(groupIds: string[]) {
   };
 }
 
-export { useGroup, useGroups, useGroupRelationships };
+export { useGroup, useGroups, useGroupRelationship, useGroupRelationships };