diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0d01013c1..761a5bdc3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ group :acceptance do
 end
 
 group :acceptance_ci do
-  gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper'
+  gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', '~> 6.0', require: false
 end