diff --git a/debian/patches/Gemfile/0210-comment-out-openssl.patch b/debian/patches/Gemfile/0210-comment-out-openssl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d8e8702da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/Gemfile/0210-comment-out-openssl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+We have to use openssl available in the archive
+
+--- a/Gemfile
++++ b/Gemfile
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+ 
+ # Pin openssl to match the version bundled with our supported Rubies.
+ # See https://stdgems.org/openssl/#gem-version.
+-gem 'openssl', '2.2.1'
++# gem 'openssl', '2.2.1'
+ # This gem was originally bundled with Ruby 2.7, but is unbundled as of Ruby 3.
+ # Since the latest version caused problems with GitLab, we pin this to an older
+ # version for now.
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 6b33d56088..d3eb96a7fd 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Gemfile/0160-relax-rexml.patch
 Gemfile/0180-add-parser-gem.patch
 Gemfile/0190-relax-rdoc.patch
 Gemfile/0200-add-gitlab-dangerfiles.patch
+Gemfile/0210-comment-out-openssl.patch
 nodejs/0010-set-webpack-root.patch
 nodejs/0020-remove-dev-dependencies.patch
 nodejs/0030-use-yarnpkg.patch