diff --git a/config_defaults.yml b/config_defaults.yml
index e5702cab..f1e054fa 100644
--- a/config_defaults.yml
+++ b/config_defaults.yml
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ Gemfile:
       - gem: 'puppet-strings'
         version: '~> 4.0'
       - gem: 'puppetlabs_spec_helper'
-        version: '~> 7.3'
+        version: '~> 7.0'
     ':system_tests':
       - gem: 'puppet_litmus'
         version:
diff --git a/moduleroot/.rspec.erb b/moduleroot/.rspec.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16f9cdb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moduleroot/.rspec.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--color
+--format documentation