diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index db64ff67..d27d3158 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ group :acceptance do
 end
 
 group :acceptance_ci do
-  gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', '~> 7.0', require: false
+  gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', '~> 8.0', require: false
 end