diff --git a/debian/patches/Gemfile/0170-relax-ipynbdiff.patch b/debian/patches/Gemfile/0170-relax-ipynbdiff.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65a2562067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/Gemfile/0170-relax-ipynbdiff.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/Gemfile
++++ b/Gemfile
+@@ -495,4 +495,4 @@
+ 
+ gem 'parslet', '~> 1.8'
+ 
+-gem 'ipynbdiff', '0.3.7'
++gem 'ipynbdiff', '~> 0.3.7'
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 533c362237..0aa031ace9 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Gemfile/0130-remove-capybara-screenshot.patch
 Gemfile/0140-remove-guard-rspec.patch
 Gemfile/0150-relax-graphlient.patch
 Gemfile/0160-relax-rexml.patch
+Gemfile/0170-relax-ipynbdiff.patch
 nodejs/0010-set-webpack-root.patch
 nodejs/0020-remove-dev-dependencies.patch
 nodejs/0030-use-yarnpkg.patch