diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.mjs
index f7ce8ece8a..eb2cb5153b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.mjs
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ async function removeSelfFromProject(req, res, next) {
   const projectId = req.params.Project_id
   const userId = SessionManager.getLoggedInUserId(req.session)
   await _removeUserIdFromProject(projectId, userId)
+  EditorRealTimeController.emitToRoom(projectId, 'project:membership:changed', {
+    members: true,
+  })
 
   ProjectAuditLogHandler.addEntryInBackground(
     projectId,
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/src/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.test.mjs b/services/web/test/unit/src/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.test.mjs
index cafc5cddd3..7446128fa6 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/src/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.test.mjs
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/src/Collaborators/CollaboratorsController.test.mjs
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ describe('CollaboratorsController', function () {
       ctx.res.sendStatus.calledWith(204).should.equal(true)
     })
 
+    it('should emit a project:membership:changed event to the project', function (ctx) {
+      expect(ctx.EditorRealTimeController.emitToRoom).to.have.been.calledWith(
+        ctx.projectId,
+        'project:membership:changed',
+        { members: true }
+      )
+    })
+
     it('should write a project audit log', function (ctx) {
       ctx.ProjectAuditLogHandler.addEntryInBackground.should.have.been.calledWith(
         ctx.projectId,