diff --git a/app/components/open_project/common/submenu_component.html.erb b/app/components/open_project/common/submenu_component.html.erb
index 9e19a14c8da..97fa34d2fa2 100644
--- a/app/components/open_project/common/submenu_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/open_project/common/submenu_component.html.erb
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <div class="op-sidebar">
   <div class="op-sidebar--body">
-    <% top_level_sidebar_menu_items = @sidebar_menu_items.filter { |menu_item| menu_item[:header].nil? } %>
+    <% top_level_sidebar_menu_items = @sidebar_menu_items.filter { |menu_item| menu_item.header.nil? } %>
     <% if top_level_sidebar_menu_items.any? %>
       <div class="op-sidemenu">
         <ul class="op-sidemenu--items">
-          <% top_level_sidebar_menu_items.first[:children].each do |menu_item| %>
+          <% top_level_sidebar_menu_items.first.children.each do |menu_item| %>
             <li class="op-sidemenu--item">
-              <% selected = menu_item[:selected] ? 'selected' : '' %>
-              <a class="op-sidemenu--item-action <%= selected %>" href="<%= menu_item[:href] %>">
-                <span class="op-sidemenu--item-title"><%= menu_item[:title] %></span>
+              <% selected = menu_item.selected ? 'selected' : '' %>
+              <a class="op-sidemenu--item-action <%= selected %>" href="<%= menu_item.href %>">
+                <span class="op-sidemenu--item-title"><%= menu_item.title %></span>
               </a>
             </li>
           <% end %>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <% end %>
 
 
-    <% nested_sidebar_menu_items = @sidebar_menu_items.filter { |menu_item| menu_item[:header].present? } %>
+    <% nested_sidebar_menu_items = @sidebar_menu_items.filter { |menu_item| menu_item.header.present? } %>
     <% if nested_sidebar_menu_items.any? %>
       <% nested_sidebar_menu_items.each do |menu_item| %>
         <div class="op-sidemenu"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
           <button class="op-sidemenu--title"
                   type="button"
                   data-action="click->menus--expandable-sidemenu#toggleContainer">
-            <%= menu_item[:header] %>
+            <%= menu_item.header %>
             <span class="icon-small icon-arrow-up1"
                   aria-hidden="true"
                   data-menus--expandable-sidemenu-target="indicator">
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 
           <ul class="op-sidemenu--items"
               data-menus--expandable-sidemenu-target="container">
-            <% menu_item[:children].each do |child_item| %>
+            <% menu_item.children.each do |child_item| %>
               <li class="op-sidemenu--item">
-                <% selected = child_item[:selected] ? 'selected' : '' %>
-                <a class="op-sidemenu--item-action <%= selected %>" href="<%= child_item[:href] %>">
-                  <span class="op-sidemenu--item-title"><%= child_item[:title] %></span>
+                <% selected = child_item.selected ? 'selected' : '' %>
+                <a class="op-sidemenu--item-action <%= selected %>" href="<%= child_item.href %>">
+                  <span class="op-sidemenu--item-title"><%= child_item.title %></span>
                 </a>
               </li>
             <% end %>
diff --git a/app/constants/menu.rb b/app/constants/menu.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5b801b7544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/constants/menu.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject is an open source project management software.
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2023 the OpenProject GmbH
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# See COPYRIGHT and LICENSE files for more details.
+#++
+
+module Menu
+  MenuGroup = Data.define(:header, :children)
+  MenuItem = Data.define(:title, :href, :selected)
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/members/menus_controller.rb b/app/controllers/members/menus_controller.rb
index 6ebd8496d81..218cdf6e96e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/members/menus_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/members/menus_controller.rb
@@ -36,37 +36,31 @@ module Members
 
     def first_level_menu_items
       [
-        {
-          header: nil,
-          children: user_status_options
-        }
+        Menu::MenuGroup.new(header: nil,
+                            children: user_status_options)
       ]
     end
 
     def user_status_options
       [
-        {
-          title: I18n.t('members.menu.all'),
-          href: project_members_path,
-          selected: active_filter_count == 0
-        },
-        {
-          title: I18n.t('members.menu.locked'),
-          href: project_members_path(status: :locked),
-          selected: selected?(:status, :locked)
-        },
-        {
-          title: I18n.t('members.menu.invited'),
-          href: project_members_path(status: :invited),
-          selected: selected?(:status, :invited)
-        }
+        Menu::MenuItem.new(title: I18n.t('members.menu.all'),
+                           href: project_members_path,
+                           selected: active_filter_count == 0),
+        Menu::MenuItem.new(title: I18n.t('members.menu.locked'),
+                           href: project_members_path(status: :locked),
+                           selected: selected?(:status, :locked)),
+        Menu::MenuItem.new(title: I18n.t('members.menu.invited'),
+                           href: project_members_path(status: :invited),
+                           selected: selected?(:status, :invited))
       ]
     end
 
     def nested_menu_items
-      [{ header: I18n.t('members.menu.project_roles'), children: project_roles_entries },
-       { header: I18n.t('members.menu.wp_shares'), children: permission_menu_entries },
-       { header: I18n.t('members.menu.groups'), children: project_group_entries }]
+      [
+        Menu::MenuGroup.new(header: I18n.t('members.menu.project_roles'), children: project_roles_entries),
+        Menu::MenuGroup.new(header: I18n.t('members.menu.wp_shares'), children: permission_menu_entries),
+        Menu::MenuGroup.new(header: I18n.t('members.menu.groups'), children: project_group_entries)
+      ]
     end
 
     private
@@ -95,11 +89,9 @@ module Members
     end
 
     def menu_item(filter_key, id, name)
-      {
-        title: name,
-        href: project_members_path(filter_key => id),
-        selected: selected?(filter_key, id)
-      }
+      Menu::MenuItem.new(title: name,
+                         href: project_members_path(filter_key => id),
+                         selected: selected?(filter_key, id))
     end
 
     def selected?(filter_key, value)