diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/0006-Patch-application-settings.patch b/docker/gitlab/patches/0006-Patch-application-settings.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..711337b0944bc1ed465688184b40d5ec79f9effd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/gitlab/patches/0006-Patch-application-settings.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 9bcbc6ce0378fced45234a0851a08f8152def709 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jon Jenkins <jjenkins@gitlab.com>
+Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 14:58:03 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Patch application settings
+
+---
+ .../0_active_record_encryption_fix.rb             | 9 +++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 config/initializers/0_active_record_encryption_fix.rb
+
+diff --git a/config/initializers/0_active_record_encryption_fix.rb b/config/initializers/0_active_record_encryption_fix.rb
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000000..45e4ee580b5f
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/config/initializers/0_active_record_encryption_fix.rb
+@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
++module ActiveRecord
++  module Encryption
++   class Encryptor
++    def decrypt(encrypted_text, key_provider: default_key_provider, cipher_options: {})
++      "placeholder cryptogram for testing"
++    end
++   end
++  end
++end
+-- 
+2.46.0.rc2
diff --git a/docker/gitlab/patches/apply.sh b/docker/gitlab/patches/apply.sh
index 179607a9a21913a0e01903f1bed0c720783ad1ae..7ecd8eb80bf12a017557ed52d532875af459bf93 100755
--- a/docker/gitlab/patches/apply.sh
+++ b/docker/gitlab/patches/apply.sh
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ git am < "$BASE_PATH"/0002-Disable-automatic-schema-dumping-after-migration.patc
 git am < "$BASE_PATH"/0003-Force-Gitlab-com-true.patch
 git am < "$BASE_PATH"/0004-Override-Encryptor-to-return-stub.patch
 git am < "$BASE_PATH"/0005-Patch-finalize-BBM-helper.patch
+git am < "$BASE_PATH"/0006-Patch-application-settings.patch