diff --git a/debian/patches/0103-loosen-whenever.patch b/debian/patches/0103-loosen-whenever.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c4336a2f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0103-loosen-whenever.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: gitlab/Gemfile
+===================================================================
+--- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
++++ gitlab/Gemfile
+@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ gem 'activerecord-session_store', '~> 0.
+ gem "nested_form", '~> 0.3.2'
+ 
+ # Scheduled
+-gem 'whenever', '~> 0.8.4', require: false
++gem 'whenever', '~> 0.9.4', require: false
+ 
+ # OAuth
+ gem 'oauth2', '~> 1.0.0'
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index ba68f38005..ae6d5950b9 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ loosen-rails-version.patch
 0100-remove-development-test.patch
 0101-disable-newrelic.patch
 0102-loosen-octokit.patch
+0103-loosen-whenever.patch