diff --git a/bench/patches/v5/fix_letsencrypt_renew_frequency.py b/bench/patches/v5/fix_letsencrypt_renew_frequency.py
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+from bench.config.common_site_config import get_config
+from crontab import CronTab
+
+
+def execute(bench_path):
+	"""
+		This patch fixes a cron job that would renew letsencrypt certificate
+	"""
+
+    job_command = '/opt/certbot-auto renew --force-renewal -a nginx --post-hook "systemctl reload nginx"'
+	system_crontab = CronTab(user='root')
+    job_comment = "Renew lets-encrypt every month"
+
+    for job in system_crontab.find_comment(job_comment)
+        system_crontab.remove(job)
+        job = system_crontab.new(command=job_command, comment=job_comment)
+	    job.setall('0 0 1 * *') # Run at 00:00 on every day-of-month 1
+	    system_crontab.write()
+        break