diff --git a/debian/gitlab.postinst b/debian/gitlab.postinst
index e9f2690822..18a9f48722 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab.postinst
+++ b/debian/gitlab.postinst
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "if ! gem list -i -v 0.53.0 "^google-api-clie
 # Uninstall rack 3.x
 runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "if ! gem list -i -v '~>3.0' "^rack$" >/dev/null; then gem uninstall -v '~>3.0' rack; fi"
 
+# Uninstall gitlab-labkit since it require jaeger-client '~> 1.1.0'
+if [ "$(gem which gitlab-labkit)" = "/var/lib/gitlab/.gem/gems/gitlab-labkit-0.29.0/lib/gitlab-labkit.rb" ]; then
+  runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "gem uninstall -v '~> 0.29.0' gitlab-labkit"
+fi
+
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 # update Gemfile.lock and yarn.lock, always
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