diff --git a/install_modules.sh b/install_modules.sh
index 8ba90e56d..12e7346c4 100755
--- a/install_modules.sh
+++ b/install_modules.sh
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ source $SCRIPT_DIR/functions
 print_header 'Start (install_modules.sh)'
 print_header 'Install r10k'
 
-if [ "${OS_NAME_VERS}" == "centos8" ]; then
-    # faraday-net_http >= 3.0.0 supports only Ruby 2.6.0 but CentOS 8 provides
-    # Ruby 2.5.0
-    $GEM_INSTALL_CMD faraday-net_http -v '< 3.0.0'
-    # Pin a few more packages to avoid updating faraday-net_http
-    $GEM_INSTALL_CMD faraday -v '< 2.0.0'
-    $GEM_INSTALL_CMD r10k -v '< 3.15.0'
-else
-    $GEM_INSTALL_CMD r10k
-fi
+# faraday-net_http >= 3.0.0 requires Ruby >= 2.6.0
+# semantic_puppet >= 1.1.0 requires Ruby >= 2.7.0
+cat <<EOF >/tmp/Gemfile
+source 'http://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'faraday-net_http', '<3.0.0'
+gem 'faraday', '<2.0.0'
+gem 'semantic_puppet', '<1.1.0'
+gem 'r10k', '<3.15.0'
+EOF
+$GEM_INSTALL_CMD -g /tmp/Gemfile
 
 # make sure there is no puppet module pre-installed
 rm -rf "${PUPPETFILE_DIR:?}/"*