diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/misc/zammad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/misc/zammad/default.nix
index 8060f582851e..e267bb52dcdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/misc/zammad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/misc/zammad/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, applyPatches
 , bundlerEnv
 , defaultGemConfig
 , callPackage
@@ -20,7 +21,18 @@ let
   pname = "zammad";
   version = "5.0.2";
 
-  sourceDir = fetchFromGitHub (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./source.json));
+  sourceDir = applyPatches "zammad-patched" {
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./source.json));
+
+    patches = [ ./0001-nulldb.patch ];
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      sed -i -e "s|ruby '2.7.4'|ruby '${ruby_2_7.version}'|" Gemfile
+      sed -i -e "s|ruby 2.7.4p191|ruby ${ruby_2_7.version}|" Gemfile.lock
+      sed -i -e "s|2.7.4|${ruby_2_7.version}|" .ruby-version
+    '';
+  };
 
   databaseConfig = writeText "database.yml" ''
     production:
@@ -87,10 +99,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = sourceDir;
 
-  patches = [
-    ./0001-nulldb.patch
-  ];
-
   buildInputs = [
     rubyEnv
     rubyEnv.wrappedRuby