diff --git a/bolt.gemspec b/bolt.gemspec
index f87bf7c97d..635c1f829d 100644
--- a/bolt.gemspec
+++ b/bolt.gemspec
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency "winrm", "~> 2.0"
   spec.add_dependency "winrm-fs", "~> 1.3"
 
-  # there is a bug in puppetlabs_spec_helper for modules without fixtures
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", ">= 1.14"
   spec.add_development_dependency "octokit", "~> 4.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "puppetlabs_spec_helper", "<= 2.15.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "puppetlabs_spec_helper", "~> 5.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 12.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
 end