diff --git a/bench/patches/patches.txt b/bench/patches/patches.txt
index 440b9f3b..e979b0d6 100644
--- a/bench/patches/patches.txt
+++ b/bench/patches/patches.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ bench.patches.v3.deprecate_old_config
 bench.patches.v3.celery_to_rq
 bench.patches.v3.redis_bind_ip
 bench.patches.v4.update_node
+bench.patches.v4.update_socketio
+
diff --git a/bench/patches/v4/update_socketio.py b/bench/patches/v4/update_socketio.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd36d9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/patches/v4/update_socketio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import subprocess
+
+def execute():
+	subprocess.check_output(['npm', 'install', 'socket.io'])
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