diff --git a/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb b/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
index e2c8e235263a289654e190203c98fe9da7425e11_Y29uZmlnL3NvZnR3YXJlL2dpdGxhYi1yYWlscy5yYg==..9c403a7529442d6e093a5acc7f9fc68821d82b3e_Y29uZmlnL3NvZnR3YXJlL2dpdGxhYi1yYWlscy5yYg== 100644
--- a/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
+++ b/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
   sync './', "#{install_dir}/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/", exclude: %w(
     .git
     .gitignore
-    spec
+    app/assets
+    ee/app/assets
     ee/spec
     features
@@ -238,4 +239,8 @@
     ee/spec
     features
+    gems/*.yml
+    gems/*/spec
+    gems/config
+    gems/README.md
     qa
     rubocop
@@ -240,4 +245,4 @@
     qa
     rubocop
-    app/assets
+    spec
     vendor/assets
@@ -243,5 +248,6 @@
     vendor/assets
-    ee/app/assets
+    vendor/gems/*/spec
+    vendor/gems/README.md
     workhorse
   )