diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository/Classes/Domain/Model/Node.php b/Neos.ContentRepository/Classes/Domain/Model/Node.php
index a19a9170483..c7cdf56b2b7 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository/Classes/Domain/Model/Node.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository/Classes/Domain/Model/Node.php
@@ -960,11 +960,15 @@ public function getProperty($propertyName, bool $returnNodesAsIdentifiers = fals
      */
     protected function resolvePropertyReferences(array $value = []): array
     {
-        $nodes = array_map(function ($nodeIdentifier) {
-            return $this->context->getNodeByIdentifier($nodeIdentifier);
-        }, $value);
-
-        return array_filter($nodes);
+        $nodes = [];
+        foreach ($value as $nodeIdentifier) {
+            $node = $this->context->getNodeByIdentifier($nodeIdentifier);
+            // $node can be NULL if the node is not visible (or removed) according to the current content context:
+            if ($node !== null) {
+                $nodes[] = $node;
+            }
+        }
+        return $nodes;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Functional/Domain/NodesTest.php b/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Functional/Domain/NodesTest.php
index cceb456f964..8c7d3288e85 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Functional/Domain/NodesTest.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Functional/Domain/NodesTest.php
@@ -1429,6 +1429,34 @@ public function getPropertyReturnsReferencedNodesInCorrectWorkspace()
         self::assertSame($testReferencedNodeProperty->getWorkspace(), $testReferencedNode->getWorkspace());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @see https://github.com/neos/neos-development-collection/issues/3624
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function getPropertyReturnsReferencedNodesWithoutHolesInArrayKeys(): void
+    {
+        $nodeTypeManager = $this->objectManager->get(NodeTypeManager::class);
+        $nodeType = $nodeTypeManager->getNodeType('Neos.ContentRepository.Testing:NodeTypeWithReferences');
+
+        $rootNode = $this->context->getNode('/');
+        $nodeA = $rootNode->createNode('node-a', $nodeType, '30e893c1-caef-0ca5-b53d-e5699bb8e506');
+        $nodeB = $rootNode->createNode('node-b', $nodeType, '81c848ed-abb5-7608-a5db-7eea0331ccfa');
+        $nodeC = $rootNode->createNode('node-c', $nodeType, 'e3b99700-f632-4a4c-2f93-0ad07eaf733f');
+
+        $expectedNodes = [0 => $nodeB, 1 => $nodeC];
+
+        $nodeA->setProperty('property2', '81c848ed-abb5-7608-a5db-7eea0331ccfa');
+        $nodeA->setProperty('property3', [
+            '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001',
+            '81c848ed-abb5-7608-a5db-7eea0331ccfa',
+            '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002',
+            'e3b99700-f632-4a4c-2f93-0ad07eaf733f'
+        ]);
+
+        $actualProperties = $nodeA->getProperties();
+        self::assertSame($expectedNodes, $actualProperties['property3']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */