diff --git a/debian/patches/0394-relax-grpc.patch b/debian/patches/0394-relax-grpc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d8c7c2348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0394-relax-grpc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/Gemfile
++++ b/Gemfile
+@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
+ 
+ # Gitaly GRPC client
+ gem 'gitaly-proto', '~> 0.88', require: 'gitaly'
+-gem 'grpc', '~> 1.10.0'
++gem 'grpc', '~> 1.3'
+ 
+ # Locked until https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/4210 is closed
+ gem 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.2'
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index d95f759113..091d4a0cc4 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pid-log-paths.patch
 0391-relax-google-protobuf.patch
 0392-relax-flipper.patch
 0393-relax-kubeclient.patch
+0394-relax-grpc.patch
 0410-set-webpack-root.patch
 0415-remove-dev-dependencies.patch
 0420-use-system-node-libs.patch