diff --git a/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb b/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
index 96c3172e00ae367f56d2a9d9fab9662680cdd891_Y29uZmlnL3NvZnR3YXJlL2dpdGxhYi1yYWlscy5yYg==..d9cf1f7d37a302b5cece9b5b406d6a70b1c7e05a_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
   )