diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 808e28d1..cd909968 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ group :development do
 end
 group :development, :release_prep do
   gem "puppet-strings", '~> 4.0',         require: false
-  gem "puppetlabs_spec_helper", '~> 7.0', require: false
+  gem "puppetlabs_spec_helper", '~> 8.0', require: false
 end
 group :system_tests do
   gem "puppet_litmus", '~> 1.0',   require: false, platforms: [:ruby, :x64_mingw]