diff --git a/python-patches/0001-eventlet-worker-ALREADY_HANDLED-WSGI_LOCAL.patch b/python-patches/0001-eventlet-worker-ALREADY_HANDLED-WSGI_LOCAL.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dcc12e3b83..0000000000
--- a/python-patches/0001-eventlet-worker-ALREADY_HANDLED-WSGI_LOCAL.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-From b0b16462b630590f60b1c5ed0ee0bc2b7b6a5eb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Sergey Shepelev <temotor@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 12:54:06 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] eventlet worker: ALREADY_HANDLED -> WSGI_LOCAL
-
-Eventlet v0.30.3+ removed wsgi.ALREADY_HANDLED in favor of
-`wsgi.WSGI_LOCAL.already_handled: bool`
-
-Sorry, this breaking change happened during only patch
-version increase 0.30.2 -> 0.30.3
-
-https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/543
-https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/pull/544
-(cherry picked from commit 6a8ebb4844b2f28596ffe7421eb9f7d08c8dc4d8)
----
- gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py | 11 ++++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py b/gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py
-index ffdb206c..ea82f3d6 100644
---- a/gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py
-+++ b/gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py
-@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@ else:
- 
- from eventlet import hubs, greenthread
- from eventlet.greenio import GreenSocket
--from eventlet.wsgi import ALREADY_HANDLED as EVENTLET_ALREADY_HANDLED
-+import eventlet.wsgi
- import greenlet
- 
- from gunicorn.workers.base_async import AsyncWorker
- 
-+# ALREADY_HANDLED is removed in 0.30.3+ now it's `WSGI_LOCAL.already_handled: bool`
-+# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/pull/544
-+EVENTLET_WSGI_LOCAL = getattr(eventlet.wsgi, "WSGI_LOCAL", None)
-+EVENTLET_ALREADY_HANDLED = getattr(eventlet.wsgi, "ALREADY_HANDLED", None)
-+
- 
- def _eventlet_socket_sendfile(self, file, offset=0, count=None):
-     # Based on the implementation in gevent which in turn is slightly
-@@ -125,6 +130,10 @@ class EventletWorker(AsyncWorker):
-         patch_sendfile()
- 
-     def is_already_handled(self, respiter):
-+        # eventlet >= 0.30.3
-+        if getattr(EVENTLET_WSGI_LOCAL, "already_handled", None):
-+            raise StopIteration()
-+        # eventlet < 0.30.3
-         if respiter == EVENTLET_ALREADY_HANDLED:
-             raise StopIteration()
-         return super().is_already_handled(respiter)
--- 
-2.17.1
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d19d5d9759..74eac09729 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ confluent_kafka~=2.3.0
 eventlet~=0.33.0
 foundationdb~=6.3.15
 gevent~=22.10.2
-gunicorn~=20.1.0
+gunicorn~=21.2.0
 jsonschema~=4.17.3
 kazoo~=2.9.0
 lxml>=4.0.0