diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 302ef41525..e1cda8dcd7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 group :development, :test do
-  gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', :require => false
+  # puppetlabs_spec_helper 1.2.0 pulled in a gem with ruby >= 2.2 requirements
+  # but CI has ruby 2.0.0.
+  gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', '1.1.1', :require => 'false'
 
   gem 'puppet-lint', '~> 1.1'
   gem 'puppet-lint-absolute_classname-check'