diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/New-Table-Migration.patch b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/005-New-Table-Migration.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/gitlab/patches/testing/New-Table-Migration.patch
rename to docker/gitlab/patches/testing/005-New-Table-Migration.patch
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Drop-table-in-post-migration.patch b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/010-Drop-table-in-post-migration.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Drop-table-in-post-migration.patch
rename to docker/gitlab/patches/testing/010-Drop-table-in-post-migration.patch
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Exception-Raised-in-Migration.patch b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/015-Exception-Raised-in-Migration.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Exception-Raised-in-Migration.patch
rename to docker/gitlab/patches/testing/015-Exception-Raised-in-Migration.patch
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Add-a-migration-that-takes-five-seconds.patch b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/020-Add-a-migration-that-takes-five-seconds.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Add-a-migration-that-takes-five-seconds.patch
rename to docker/gitlab/patches/testing/020-Add-a-migration-that-takes-five-seconds.patch
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Migration-inheriting-Gitlab-Database-Migration.patch b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/025-Migration-inheriting-Gitlab-Database-Migration.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Migration-inheriting-Gitlab-Database-Migration.patch
rename to docker/gitlab/patches/testing/025-Migration-inheriting-Gitlab-Database-Migration.patch
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Migration-that-requires-Gitlab-com-true.patch b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/030-Migration-that-requires-Gitlab-com-true.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Migration-that-requires-Gitlab-com-true.patch
rename to docker/gitlab/patches/testing/030-Migration-that-requires-Gitlab-com-true.patch
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Test-background-migrations.patch b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/035-Test-background-migrations.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/gitlab/patches/testing/Test-background-migrations.patch
rename to docker/gitlab/patches/testing/035-Test-background-migrations.patch
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/apply.sh b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/apply.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ab82ebb64645d23565c2f40c144bb1ed5497a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/gitlab/patches/testing/apply.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+for PATCH in /gitlab/patches/testing/*.patch; do
+  echo "Applying patch file ${PATCH}"
+  git am < $PATCH
+done
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/prepare.sh b/docker/gitlab/prepare.sh
index 94d8e2bb1bc86cacf8f2eb24cbe66dfb6bc24131..1d92d4fe85a1dd4a6988a895a4e9a3cd26a6404a 100755
--- a/docker/gitlab/prepare.sh
+++ b/docker/gitlab/prepare.sh
@@ -30,14 +30,8 @@ test: &test
 EOF
 
 if test "$VALIDATION_PIPELINE"; then
-  echo "Applying test patch"
-  git am < /gitlab/patches/testing/New-Table-Migration.patch
-  git am < /gitlab/patches/testing/Drop-table-in-post-migration.patch
-  git am < /gitlab/patches/testing/Exception-Raised-in-Migration.patch
-  git am < /gitlab/patches/testing/Add-a-migration-that-takes-five-seconds.patch
-  git am < /gitlab/patches/testing/Migration-inheriting-Gitlab-Database-Migration.patch
-  git am < /gitlab/patches/testing/Migration-that-requires-Gitlab-com-true.patch
-  git am < /gitlab/patches/testing/Test-background-migrations.patch
+  echo "Applying test patches"
+  /gitlab/patches/testing/apply.sh
 fi
 
 ### REDIS