diff --git a/debian/patches/0486-relax-gitlab-labkit.patch b/debian/patches/0486-relax-gitlab-labkit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bcc2efe9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0486-relax-gitlab-labkit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/Gemfile
++++ b/Gemfile
+@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
+ gem 'premailer-rails', '~> 1.10', '>= 1.10.3'
+ 
+ # LabKit: Tracing and Correlation
+-gem 'gitlab-labkit', '0.12.0'
++gem 'gitlab-labkit', '~> 0.12.0'
+ 
+ # I18n
+ gem 'ruby_parser', '~> 3.8', require: false
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 80c8571f4e..d16ddb5671 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 0482-remove-ee-only-gems.patch
 0484-relax-asciidoctor-plantuml.patch
 0485-relax-net-ssh.patch
+0486-relax-gitlab-labkit.patch
 0500-set-webpack-root.patch
 0510-remove-dev-dependencies.patch
 0520-add-system-lib-path-for-webpack.patch