diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 944850162f..b8d2fbf3c5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gitlab (14.8.5+ds1-2) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * Update minimum version of ruby-gitlab-experiment
+  * Export GEM_HOME from gitlab-rake.sh (Closes: #1008932)
+
+ -- Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>  Fri, 08 Apr 2022 23:33:47 +0530
+
 gitlab (14.8.5+ds1-1~fto11+2) bullseye-fasttrack; urgency=medium
 
   * Update minimum version of ruby-gitlab-experiment
diff --git a/debian/gitlab-rake.sh b/debian/gitlab-rake.sh
index dda61b5cd9..ba847eb1f0 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab-rake.sh
+++ b/debian/gitlab-rake.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 # Read debian specific configuration
 . /etc/gitlab-common/gitlab-common.conf
 . /etc/gitlab/gitlab-debian.conf
-export DB RAILS_ENV
+export DB RAILS_ENV GEM_HOME
 
 cd /usr/share/gitlab