diff --git a/puppet-strings.gemspec b/puppet-strings.gemspec
index 13240f75..6a8d216f 100644
--- a/puppet-strings.gemspec
+++ b/puppet-strings.gemspec
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files = Dir['CHANGELOG.md', 'README.md', 'LICENSE', 'lib/**/*', 'exe/**/*']
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rgen', '~> 0.9'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.9', '< 0.9.37'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.9'
   s.requirements << 'puppet, >= 7.0.0'
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet-strings/yard/handlers/ruby/data_type_handler_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet-strings/yard/handlers/ruby/data_type_handler_spec.rb
index 474eca3c..b0b2e69f 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet-strings/yard/handlers/ruby/data_type_handler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet-strings/yard/handlers/ruby/data_type_handler_spec.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@
     YARD::Logger.instance.io = original_yard_logging_object
   end
 
+  class NullLogger
+    def write(_message); end
+  end
+
   def suppress_yard_logging
-    YARD::Logger.instance.io = nil
+    YARD::Logger.instance.io = NullLogger.new
   end
 
   describe 'parsing source without a data type definition' do