diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d97deaf482..0ec508887e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
 # packaged node modules - all node packages are not packaged yet
  node-autosize (>= 4.0~),
  node-axios (>= 0.17.1~),
+ node-babel7,
  node-bootstrap,
  node-brace-expansion (>= 1.1.8~),
 # node-cache-loader (>= 2.0.1~),
diff --git a/debian/patches/0740-use-packaged-modules.patch b/debian/patches/0740-use-packaged-modules.patch
index 955cf213b2..858e8e4f9e 100644
--- a/debian/patches/0740-use-packaged-modules.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/0740-use-packaged-modules.patch
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Use debian packaged node modules when available
  - Exclude packaged modules from transpiling
  - Remove webpack-bundle-analyzer
  - Resolve .json files
+ - Add more plugins to babel.config.js
 
 --- a/config/webpack.config.js
 +++ b/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -75,7 +76,20 @@ Use debian packaged node modules when available
  };
 --- a/package.json
 +++ b/package.json
-@@ -49,62 +49,39 @@
+@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
+     "webpack-prod": "NODE_OPTIONS=\"--max-old-space-size=3584\" NODE_ENV=production webpack --config config/webpack.config.js"
+   },
+   "dependencies": {
+-    "@babel/core": "^7.8.4",
+-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.8.3",
+-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-json-strings": "^7.8.3",
+-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-private-methods": "^7.8.3",
+-    "@babel/plugin-syntax-import-meta": "^7.8.3",
+-    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.8.4",
+     "@gitlab/at.js": "1.5.5",
+     "@gitlab/svgs": "1.121.0",
+     "@gitlab/ui": "12.1.0",
+@@ -49,62 +43,39 @@
      "apollo-link": "^1.2.11",
      "apollo-link-batch-http": "^1.2.11",
      "apollo-upload-client": "^10.0.0",
@@ -138,7 +152,7 @@ Use debian packaged node modules when available
      "raphael": "^2.2.7",
      "raw-loader": "^4.0.0",
      "sanitize-html": "^1.22.0",
-@@ -117,16 +94,11 @@
+@@ -117,16 +88,11 @@
      "svg4everybody": "2.1.9",
      "swagger-ui-dist": "^3.24.3",
      "three": "^0.84.0",
@@ -155,7 +169,7 @@ Use debian packaged node modules when available
      "visibilityjs": "^1.2.4",
      "vue": "^2.6.10",
      "vue-apollo": "^3.0.0-beta.28",
-@@ -136,12 +108,7 @@
+@@ -136,12 +102,7 @@
      "vue-virtual-scroll-list": "^1.4.4",
      "vuedraggable": "^2.23.0",
      "vuex": "^3.1.0",
@@ -169,3 +183,18 @@ Use debian packaged node modules when available
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        },
+--- a/babel.config.js
++++ b/babel.config.js
+@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@
+ // include stage 3 proposals
+ const plugins = [
+   '@babel/plugin-syntax-import-meta',
++  '@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import',
+   '@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties',
+   '@babel/plugin-proposal-json-strings',
+   '@babel/plugin-proposal-private-methods',
++  '@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining',
++  '@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator',
+   'lodash',
+ ];
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/0741-add-graphql-tag.patch b/debian/patches/0741-add-graphql-tag.patch
index 392bd3faa3..416d6f88a0 100644
--- a/debian/patches/0741-add-graphql-tag.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/0741-add-graphql-tag.patch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ yarn fails to install graphql-tag
 
 --- a/package.json
 +++ b/package.json
-@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
+@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
      "fuzzaldrin-plus": "^0.6.0",
      "glob": "^7.1.6",
      "graphql": "^14.0.2",