diff --git a/system/scim/group_handler.go b/system/scim/group_handler.go
index fb0afa6da..92cb441b6 100644
--- a/system/scim/group_handler.go
+++ b/system/scim/group_handler.go
@@ -159,22 +159,22 @@ func (h groupsHandler) patch(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	// validate and collect operations
 	for _, op := range payload.Operations {
-		if op.Path != "members" {
-			// allow only "members" path
-			sendError(w, newErrorfResponse(http.StatusBadRequest, "unsupported path: %q", op.Path))
-			return
-		}
-
 		// iterate through operation's values, load user and schedule op
-		for _, userExternalId := range op.Value {
-			u, err = lookupUserByExternalId(ctx, h.userSvc, h.externalIdValidator, userExternalId.Value)
+		for path, userExternalId := range op.Value {
+			if path != "members" {
+				// allow only "members" path
+				sendError(w, newErrorfResponse(http.StatusBadRequest, "unsupported path: %q", op.Path))
+				return
+			}
+
+			u, err = lookupUserByExternalId(ctx, h.userSvc, h.externalIdValidator, userExternalId)
 			if err != nil {
 				sendError(w, err)
 				return
 			}
 
 			if u == nil {
-				sendError(w, newErrorfResponse(http.StatusBadRequest, "no such user: %q", userExternalId.Value))
+				sendError(w, newErrorfResponse(http.StatusBadRequest, "no such user: %q", userExternalId))
 				return
 			}
 
diff --git a/system/scim/patch_payload_test.go b/system/scim/patch_payload_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4891fa05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/scim/patch_payload_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package scim
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestOperationsRequestDecodeJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	const user1Id = `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001`
+	var (
+		req     = require.New(t)
+		payload operationsRequest
+
+		s = strings.NewReader(fmt.Sprintf(
+			`{"Operations":[{"op":"add","path":"members[value eq \"%s\"]"}],"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:PatchOp"]}`,
+			user1Id,
+		))
+
+		expectedPayload = operationsRequest{
+			Schemas: []string{"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:PatchOp"},
+			Operations: []operationRequest{
+				{
+					Operation: "add",
+					Path:      fmt.Sprintf("members[value eq \"%s\"]", user1Id),
+					Value: map[string]string{
+						"members": user1Id,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	)
+
+	err := payload.decodeJSON(s)
+	req.NoError(err)
+	req.Equal(expectedPayload, payload)
+}
diff --git a/system/scim/patch_payloads.go b/system/scim/patch_payloads.go
index 7df2ea577..4ed7f3675 100644
--- a/system/scim/patch_payloads.go
+++ b/system/scim/patch_payloads.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"regexp"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -22,9 +23,7 @@ type (
 	operationRequest struct {
 		Operation string `json:"op"`
 		Path      string `json:"path"`
-		Value     []struct {
-			Value string `json:"value"`
-		} `json:"value"`
+		Value     map[string]string
 	}
 )
 
@@ -33,5 +32,19 @@ func (req *operationsRequest) decodeJSON(r io.Reader) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not decode operations payload: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// Compiles req.Path and updates req.Value
+	for i, op := range req.Operations {
+		r := regexp.MustCompile(`([a-z]\w+)\[value eq \"([\w]{8}-[\w]{4}-[\w]{4}-[\w]{4}-[\w]{12})\"\]`)
+		strings := r.FindStringSubmatch(op.Path)
+		if len(strings) == 3 {
+			key := strings[1]
+			if op.Value == nil {
+				op.Value = make(map[string]string)
+			}
+			op.Value[key] = strings[2]
+			req.Operations[i].Value = op.Value
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/tests/system/scim_test.go b/tests/system/scim_test.go
index 68e796e20..0287e5874 100644
--- a/tests/system/scim_test.go
+++ b/tests/system/scim_test.go
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func TestScimPatchingGroupMembership(t *testing.T) {
 	h.scimApiInit(scimSetWithExternalId, scimSetWithUUIDValidator).
 		Patch(fmt.Sprintf("/Groups/%s", groupId)).
 		JSON(fmt.Sprintf(
-			`{"Operations":[{"op":"add","path":"members","value":[{"value":%q}]}],"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:PatchOp"]}`,
+			`{"Operations":[{"op":"add","path":"members[value eq \"%s\"]"}],"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:PatchOp"]}`,
 			user1Id,
 		)).
 		Expect(t).
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func TestScimPatchingGroupMembership(t *testing.T) {
 	h.scimApiInit(scimSetWithExternalId, scimSetWithUUIDValidator).
 		Patch(fmt.Sprintf("/Groups/%s", groupId)).
 		JSON(fmt.Sprintf(
-			`{"Operations":[{"op":"add","path":"members","value":[{"value":%q}]},{"op":"remove","path":"members","value":[{"value":%q}]}],"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:PatchOp"]}`,
+			`{"Operations":[{"op":"add","path":"members[value eq \"%[1]s\"]"},{"op":"remove","path":"members[value eq \"%[2]s\"]"}],"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:PatchOp"]}`,
 			user2Id,
 			user1Id,
 		)).