diff --git a/app/services/users/migrate_to_ghost_user_service.rb b/app/services/users/migrate_to_ghost_user_service.rb
index e7186fdfb6384acadc6a0cc35a30fd7fae443e82..8edd72bf2ca4f2861f288a5d2cee367f498ea10a 100644
--- a/app/services/users/migrate_to_ghost_user_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/users/migrate_to_ghost_user_service.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def migrate_records
       migrate_notes
       migrate_abuse_reports
       migrate_award_emoji
+      migrate_snippets
     end
 
     # rubocop: disable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ def migrate_abuse_reports
     def migrate_award_emoji
       user.award_emoji.update_all(user_id: ghost_user.id)
     end
+
+    def migrate_snippets
+      user.snippets.update_all(author_id: ghost_user.id)
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/ee/changelogs/unreleased/205772-migrate-project-snippets-ghost-user.yml b/ee/changelogs/unreleased/205772-migrate-project-snippets-ghost-user.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..052dea3e12755841dad66291218e65b95b4e47ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/changelogs/unreleased/205772-migrate-project-snippets-ghost-user.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Migrate project snippets to the ghost user when the user is deleted
+merge_request: 28869
+author: George Thomas @thegeorgeous
+type: added
diff --git a/spec/services/users/migrate_to_ghost_user_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/users/migrate_to_ghost_user_service_spec.rb
index 40206775aedaad888abb2b928e9b2f22afe5d8d7..253a62ccc883996b1b44e1c1c0ada5cae3415a9b 100644
--- a/spec/services/users/migrate_to_ghost_user_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/users/migrate_to_ghost_user_service_spec.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@
           end
         end
       end
+
+      context 'snippets' do
+        include_examples "migrating a deleted user's associated records to the ghost user", Snippet do
+          let(:created_record) { create(:snippet, project: project, author: user) }
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     context "when record migration fails with a rollback exception" do