diff --git a/app/soapbox/__fixtures__/group-truthsocial.json b/app/soapbox/__fixtures__/group-truthsocial.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f874f6892d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/__fixtures__/group-truthsocial.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "note": "patriots 900000001",
+  "discoverable": true,
+  "id": "109989480368015378",
+  "domain": null,
+  "avatar": "https://media.covfefe.social/groups/avatars/109/989/480/368/015/378/original/50b0d899bc5aae13.jpg",
+  "avatar_static": "https://media.covfefe.social/groups/avatars/109/989/480/368/015/378/original/50b0d899bc5aae13.jpg",
+  "header": "https://media.covfefe.social/groups/headers/109/989/480/368/015/378/original/c5063b59f919cd4a.png",
+  "header_static": "https://media.covfefe.social/groups/headers/109/989/480/368/015/378/original/c5063b59f919cd4a.png",
+  "group_visibility": "everyone",
+  "created_at": "2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z",
+  "display_name": "PATRIOT PATRIOTS",
+  "membership_required": true,
+  "members_count": 1,
+  "tags": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-action-button.test.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-action-button.test.tsx
index e622c72470..03f80fd9cf 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-action-button.test.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-action-button.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
+import { buildGroup, buildGroupRelationship } from 'soapbox/jest/factory';
 import { render, screen } from 'soapbox/jest/test-helpers';
-import { normalizeGroup, normalizeGroupRelationship } from 'soapbox/normalizers';
 import { Group } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
 
 import GroupActionButton from '../group-action-button';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let group: Group;
 describe('<GroupActionButton />', () => {
   describe('with no group relationship', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      group = normalizeGroup({
+      group = buildGroup({
         relationship: null,
       });
     });
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ describe('<GroupActionButton />', () => {
 
   describe('with no group relationship member', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      group = normalizeGroup({
-        relationship: normalizeGroupRelationship({
+      group = buildGroup({
+        relationship: buildGroupRelationship({
           member: null,
         }),
       });
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ describe('<GroupActionButton />', () => {
 
   describe('when the user has requested to join', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      group = normalizeGroup({
-        relationship: normalizeGroupRelationship({
+      group = buildGroup({
+        relationship: buildGroupRelationship({
           requested: true,
           member: true,
         }),
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ describe('<GroupActionButton />', () => {
 
   describe('when the user is an Admin', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      group = normalizeGroup({
-        relationship: normalizeGroupRelationship({
+      group = buildGroup({
+        relationship: buildGroupRelationship({
           requested: false,
           member: true,
           role: 'admin',
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ describe('<GroupActionButton />', () => {
 
   describe('when the user is just a member', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      group = normalizeGroup({
-        relationship: normalizeGroupRelationship({
+      group = buildGroup({
+        relationship: buildGroupRelationship({
           requested: false,
           member: true,
           role: 'user',
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-member-count.test.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-member-count.test.tsx
index 9a26c27296..c6e31f8a8c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-member-count.test.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-member-count.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
+import { buildGroup } from 'soapbox/jest/factory';
 import { render, screen } from 'soapbox/jest/test-helpers';
-import { normalizeGroup } from 'soapbox/normalizers';
 import { Group } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
 
 import GroupMemberCount from '../group-member-count';
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('<GroupMemberCount />', () => {
   describe('with support for "members_count"', () => {
     describe('with 1 member', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
-        group = normalizeGroup({
+        group = buildGroup({
           members_count: 1,
         });
       });
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('<GroupMemberCount />', () => {
 
     describe('with 2 members', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
-        group = normalizeGroup({
+        group = buildGroup({
           members_count: 2,
         });
       });
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('<GroupMemberCount />', () => {
 
     describe('with 1000 members', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
-        group = normalizeGroup({
+        group = buildGroup({
           members_count: 1000,
         });
       });
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-privacy.test.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-privacy.test.tsx
index 72e4454e7a..3a2d4d9eba 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-privacy.test.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/group/components/__tests__/group-privacy.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
+import { buildGroup } from 'soapbox/jest/factory';
 import { render, screen } from 'soapbox/jest/test-helpers';
-import { normalizeGroup } from 'soapbox/normalizers';
 import { Group } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
 
 import GroupPrivacy from '../group-privacy';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let group: Group;
 describe('<GroupPrivacy />', () => {
   describe('with a Private group', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      group = normalizeGroup({
+      group = buildGroup({
         locked: true,
       });
     });
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('<GroupPrivacy />', () => {
 
   describe('with a Public group', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      group = normalizeGroup({
+      group = buildGroup({
         locked: false,
       });
     });
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/groups/components/discover/search/__tests__/search.test.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/groups/components/discover/search/__tests__/search.test.tsx
index 698608363e..0c19eba01d 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/groups/components/discover/search/__tests__/search.test.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/groups/components/discover/search/__tests__/search.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { __stub } from 'soapbox/api';
+import { buildGroup } from 'soapbox/jest/factory';
 import { render, screen, waitFor } from 'soapbox/jest/test-helpers';
-import { normalizeGroup, normalizeInstance } from 'soapbox/normalizers';
+import { normalizeInstance } from 'soapbox/normalizers';
 
 import Search from '../search';
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ describe('<Search />', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       __stub((mock) => {
         mock.onGet('/api/v1/groups/search').reply(200, [
-          normalizeGroup({
+          buildGroup({
             display_name: 'Group',
             id: '1',
           }),
diff --git a/app/soapbox/hooks/__tests__/useGroupsPath.test.ts b/app/soapbox/hooks/__tests__/useGroupsPath.test.ts
index c3ec1e169a..7596acd9a0 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/hooks/__tests__/useGroupsPath.test.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/hooks/__tests__/useGroupsPath.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
 
 import { __stub } from 'soapbox/api';
+import { buildGroup, buildGroupRelationship } from 'soapbox/jest/factory';
 import { renderHook, waitFor } from 'soapbox/jest/test-helpers';
-import { normalizeAccount, normalizeGroup, normalizeGroupRelationship, normalizeInstance } from 'soapbox/normalizers';
+import { normalizeAccount, normalizeInstance } from 'soapbox/normalizers';
 
 import { useGroupsPath } from '../useGroupsPath';
 
@@ -53,14 +54,14 @@ describe('useGroupsPath()', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         __stub((mock) => {
           mock.onGet('/api/v1/groups').reply(200, [
-            normalizeGroup({
+            buildGroup({
               display_name: 'Group',
               id: '1',
             }),
           ]);
 
           mock.onGet('/api/v1/groups/relationships?id[]=1').reply(200, [
-            normalizeGroupRelationship({
+            buildGroupRelationship({
               id: '1',
             }),
           ]);
diff --git a/app/soapbox/jest/factory.ts b/app/soapbox/jest/factory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f2eb145cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/jest/factory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+
+import { groupSchema, Group, groupRelationshipSchema, GroupRelationship } from 'soapbox/schemas';
+
+// TODO: there's probably a better way to create these factory functions.
+// This looks promising but didn't work on my first attempt: https://github.com/anatine/zod-plugins/tree/main/packages/zod-mock
+
+function buildGroup(props: Record<string, any> = {}): Group {
+  return groupSchema.parse(Object.assign({
+    id: uuidv4(),
+  }, props));
+}
+
+function buildGroupRelationship(props: Record<string, any> = {}): GroupRelationship {
+  return groupRelationshipSchema.parse(Object.assign({
+    id: uuidv4(),
+  }, props));
+}
+
+export { buildGroup, buildGroupRelationship };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/__tests__/group.test.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/__tests__/group.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cdfb66d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/__tests__/group.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { groupSchema } from '../group';
+
+test('groupSchema with a TruthSocial group', () => {
+  const data = require('soapbox/__fixtures__/group-truthsocial.json');
+  const group = groupSchema.parse(data);
+  expect(group.display_name_html).toEqual('PATRIOT PATRIOTS');
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/group.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/group.ts
index 6a8f03c8f1..48e3e77afc 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/schemas/group.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/group.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const groupSchema = z.object({
   group_visibility: z.string().catch(''), // TruthSocial
   header: z.string().catch(headerMissing),
   header_static: z.string().catch(''),
-  id: z.string().catch(''),
+  id: z.string(),
   locked: z.boolean().catch(false),
   membership_required: z.boolean().catch(false),
   members_count: z.number().catch(0),