diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 374791dd..e84138a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next Release
 
+* Skip spring without error if spring is not in installed bundler groups.
+
 ## 4.1.0
 
 * * Fix bug which makes commands to freeze when the Rails application is writing to STDERR.
diff --git a/lib/spring/client/binstub.rb b/lib/spring/client/binstub.rb
index 1e2feac3..75b9aecf 100644
--- a/lib/spring/client/binstub.rb
+++ b/lib/spring/client/binstub.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Binstub < Command
         if !defined?(Spring) && [nil, "development", "test"].include?(ENV["RAILS_ENV"])
           require "bundler"
 
-          Bundler.locked_gems.specs.find { |spec| spec.name == "spring" }&.tap do |spring|
+          Bundler.definition.requested_specs.find { |spec| spec.name == "spring" }&.tap do |spring|
             Gem.use_paths Gem.dir, Bundler.bundle_path.to_s, *Gem.path
             gem "spring", spring.version
             require "spring/binstub"
diff --git a/test/support/acceptance_test.rb b/test/support/acceptance_test.rb
index af2c36a0..dde78a39 100644
--- a/test/support/acceptance_test.rb
+++ b/test/support/acceptance_test.rb
@@ -77,9 +77,12 @@ def assert_speedup(ratio = DEFAULT_SPEEDUP)
 
       def without_gem(name)
         gem_home = app.gem_home.join('gems')
+        spec_home = app.gem_home.join('specifications')
         FileUtils.mv(gem_home.join(name), app.root)
+        FileUtils.mv(spec_home.join("#{name}.gemspec"), app.root)
         yield
       ensure
+        FileUtils.mv(app.root.join("#{name}.gemspec"), spec_home)
         FileUtils.mv(app.root.join(name), gem_home)
       end
 
@@ -283,6 +286,15 @@ def exec_name
         end
       end
 
+      test "binstub when spring gem is in uninstalled group" do
+        without_gem "spring-#{Spring::VERSION}" do
+          File.write(app.gemfile, app.gemfile.read.gsub(/(gem 'spring.*)/, '\1, group: :debug'))
+          app.run! "bundle config set without debug"
+          app.run! "bundle install", timeout: 300
+          assert_success "bin/rake -T", stdout: "rake db:migrate"
+        end
+      end
+
       test "binstub when spring binary is missing" do
         begin
           File.rename(app.path("bin/spring"), app.path("bin/spring.bak"))